...... stuff like this happens :
Swaziland's new international airport is part of
King Mswati III's $1bn millennium project investment initiative to enhance Swaziland's position as a tourist destination, serving as a tourism gateway to Swaziland's game parks,...........However, it has been on the drawing board since 1980..........Sikhupe is near Hlane game park, and may put rare species of eagles and vultures at risk.
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King Mswati-III International Airport was planned to replace Matsapha airport by 2010, with the latter being taken over by the army.
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King Mswati-III International Airport was inaugurated on the 7th March 2014, despite the fact that it did not yet have a license to operate from the
International Air Transport Association.
[4] As of July 2014, no airline has used the airport,
[11] and King Mswati III himself has even avoided it in favor of the existing Matsapha Airport.
[12] There have been reports that the new airport does not yet have hangars or enough office space to accommodate any airline operators.
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Facilities
Plans include a 3,600m CAT 1
runway, and capacity for 300,000 passengers per year. It would be able to handle
Boeing 747 aircraft, and service flights to any destination in the world.
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