Plans for a 900-metre-long rural airfield in Gozo have been forwarded to Brussels with the aim of tapping EU funding for the estimated €14 million project.

Documents seen by The Sunday Times of Malta show that the government intends to construct a fully-fledged airstrip, capable of handling international flights, by the end of 2017.

The plan is to have a grass-stripped airfield close to or on the same footprint of the current helipad in the area known as Ta’ Lambert, in Xewkija.

The airstrip would cater for internal traffic and small aircraft but also capable of welcoming direct flights from nearby regions, particularly Sicily, southern Italy, Tunisia and Libya.

Read more in The Sunday Times of Malta.

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