Stuart Ratcliffe was qouted in the World Airnews sometime during 2006 rearding people that will be travelling to SA, as well as additional ACFT (B737) numbers needed to handle the extra persons.
He said that 300 000 people would visit SA, and a few months later it was ammended to 400 000. This despite the fact that 3 million people attended the soccer spectacle in Gemany.
The amount of extra flight would total in the region of 196 for Gauteng, 80 odd for KZN, and 60 for the Cape region. These would be extra flights per day.
Now it's rumoured that Mr. Ratcliffe will be leaving these sunny shores, take his toll, and go and work in that States, all before the SWC!
I wonder how ATNS's Excell spreadsheet is coming along to accomodate all theses extra flights? I'm sure we are not to worry, because Mr. Dibate (aka Hein Reid) will be re-working the stats anyway!!
Well then, God Bless us all!!!!