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Cape Town airport expansion ready for take-off

Source: Tourism Update, 05/04/2019

The work will include the realignment of the runway (due for
completion in 2022), the simultaneous construction of a new domestic
arrivals terminal and the redevelopment of the international
departures terminal by 2025. Cloete said passenger process through
the airport would be redirected during the construction, but CTIA
would do its best to minimise impact on passengers.
He was speaking to TU on Thursday during a site visit of the planned
upgrades by Western Cape Economic Opportunities MEC, Beverley
SchÃ¤fer, and City of Cape Town Mayoral Committee Member for Economic
Opportunities and Asset Management, James Vos. This follows CTIA
clinching the Skytrax Best Airport in Africa Award last week for the
fourth year running and being ranked 22nd in the world.
Commenting to TU, SchÃ¤fer said: â€œItâ€™s probably going to be a few
years of headaches for passengers and we ask that they remain
patient, but once the upgrade is in place, it will be of huge benefit
to the economy, job creation and the tourism industry. A bigger
airport will mean we can land bigger planes and process far more
passengers, which will contribute to growing the tourism industry.
Increased connectivity allows us to drive business, trade and foreign
direct investment.â€
Following a slow-down of 9% in tourism growth in 2018, she said the
province was hoping for increased tourism growth now that the water
crisis was over. â€œWe certainly want to make sure that any blockages,
which include visa regulations or queues at the airport, are
mitigated to the maximum. I will be writing to the Tourism Minister
because we want the visa regulations to be scrapped.â€
SchÃ¤fer said the expansion plans would go a long way toward extending
the success of the Cape Town Air Access project, which, since 2015,
resulted in 13 new routes and 18 route expansions. International
seat capacity has doubled by 1.5m seats, resulting in 20% growth or
2.4m more international passengers in 2017.

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