TRANSPORT and Logistics Minister Frank Tayali says for a country to develop, it needs to invest in transport connectivity. And Tayali has disagreed with sentiments that the Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport was a costly mistake, describing such statements as “myopic”. On Thursday, Transport Economist and Team leader Maysam Abedin said the investment in the Kenneth Kaunda International Airport was reasonable while the Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport was a costly mistake. Abedin predicted that the Ndola Airport, which cost about US$400 million, would have an economic loss of US$490 million over 60 years. Commenting on this in an interview, Monday, Tayali said the city of Ndola was in dire need of modern airport infrastructure and therefore, the Ndola Airport...

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