Regional Studies Center

Regional Studies Center held a seminar by Dr. Nofal Qassim Al-Shahwan, Head of the Department of Economic and Social Studies, for his research titled “Reconstruction of Mosul International Airport: Obstacles and Opportunities for Economic Development”, in the presence of the Center’s researchers, on December 15, 2021.Al-Shahwan said that the research aims to verify the availability of the economic and technical feasibility and its dimensions for re-establishing Mosul International Airport, and the extent of its contribution to economic development opportunities in light of various hindrances. It presents an outcome to support the decision to reconstruct or dissuade it with an analytical simulation of the feasibility of the historical work of the airport and the possibility of restoring civil aviation activity to Mosul International Airport.The researcher concluded that the study had reached direct and indirect returns for the economic sectors served by the airport, which provide development opportunities that far exceed the cost of the investment decision economically, technically, financially, socially, and scientifically.