ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada (CMC):

Government here has announced plans to reopen the country's second airport to support a major hotel development project in the north of the country.

Tourism and Civil Aviation Minister Dr. Clarice Modeste Curwin says a request to reopen Pearls has been made to the Antigua-based Eastern Caribbean Civil Aviation Authority (ECCAA).

The ECCAA is the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) institution responsible for regulating aviation safety and security within the OECS member states in accordance with international standards.

"We are still waiting on a final word from them because they have to give approval for the use of the airstrip," said Modeste Curwin.