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There will be an extra 120, 000 flights to South Africa during 2010 Fifa World Cup, According to the Airports Company SA briefing on Tuesday. At a briefing on the airport’s preparedness for the World Cup, Acsa group manager of operations Andre Vermeulen said there had been a definite increase in the number of requests for more slots in June and July by commercial and non-commercial airlines.
"That’s just for that period. It’s not to say that these slots will be used," he said. Vermeulen said the number of flights over the World Cup period had almost doubled in relation to other times in the year. Currently OR Tambo International Airport’s incoming and outgoing flights operated on about 45 to 46 slots an hour and could manage 60 an hour.
The airport’s general manager Chris Hlekane, speaking on behalf of the ten airports which will host World Cup fans, said that with 100 days to go the operation plan was 90 percent complete. All major projects at OR Tambo International had been completed and were being fine-tuned. At Cape Town International, the departures level was 80 percent complete.
The reconfiguration and upgrading of access roads, the multi-storey parkade and the central terminal building would be completed in March.
Durban’s King Shaka International airport would be completed in April and operational in May. "We have now entered a critical stage, we will continue with our partners to ensure that the operational plans are completed within the next couple of weeks," said Hlekane.
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