flyboy2
13th May 2006, 18:40
Johannesburg - Airports Company South Africa's (Acsa) three main airports are hubs of activity as the company's R5.2 billion infrastructure expansion programme takes off in earnest.
Key projects in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban International Airports are already in full swing with a few already at advanced stages, while construction activities have also commenced at some of the other airports in the Acsa network.
The emergence of low cost domestic airlines and the booming economic climate in South Africa have resulted in high traffic growth through the Acsa network in the last three years and good prospects for this to sustain over the next few years.
To cater for this growing demand as well as the anticipated influx of tourists into the country for the 2010 Fifa soccer World Cup tournament, Acsa put together a capacity development plan which it is currently implementing on schedule and in line with the Company's broader strategic vision to provide world class airport services.
As Africa's largest and busiest airport, Johannesburg International Airport (JIA) has been allocated 3 billion rand, the biggest share of the R5.2 billion budgeted for infrastructure development. These improvements will effectively address the high traffic volumes being experienced and anticipated for the airport.
An amount of R900 million has been budgeted for a new central terminal building which will integrate the international and domestic terminals at Cape Town International.
The airport has also just completed its first multi-storey parkade, with 2 000 parking bays built at a cost of R100 million.
As the country's third largest Airport and also experiencing similar traffic growth pressure as Johannesburg and Cape Town, Durban International has commenced with the construction of a R90 million, 1 500-bay parkade. The first phase of the parkade is expected to be available for use by the end of 2006 with full occupation during 2007. - I-Net Bridge
http://www.busrep.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=561&fArticleId=3243443
Key projects in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban International Airports are already in full swing with a few already at advanced stages, while construction activities have also commenced at some of the other airports in the Acsa network.
The emergence of low cost domestic airlines and the booming economic climate in South Africa have resulted in high traffic growth through the Acsa network in the last three years and good prospects for this to sustain over the next few years.
To cater for this growing demand as well as the anticipated influx of tourists into the country for the 2010 Fifa soccer World Cup tournament, Acsa put together a capacity development plan which it is currently implementing on schedule and in line with the Company's broader strategic vision to provide world class airport services.
As Africa's largest and busiest airport, Johannesburg International Airport (JIA) has been allocated 3 billion rand, the biggest share of the R5.2 billion budgeted for infrastructure development. These improvements will effectively address the high traffic volumes being experienced and anticipated for the airport.
An amount of R900 million has been budgeted for a new central terminal building which will integrate the international and domestic terminals at Cape Town International.
The airport has also just completed its first multi-storey parkade, with 2 000 parking bays built at a cost of R100 million.
As the country's third largest Airport and also experiencing similar traffic growth pressure as Johannesburg and Cape Town, Durban International has commenced with the construction of a R90 million, 1 500-bay parkade. The first phase of the parkade is expected to be available for use by the end of 2006 with full occupation during 2007. - I-Net Bridge
http://www.busrep.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=561&fArticleId=3243443