Durban International Airport will be closed by the end of April 2010

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Durban International Airport will effectively close its Air operations by the end of April this year. Airports company, ACSA, has confirmed this to Newswatch, adding that from 1 May, all flights landing in or taking off from Durban, will be from the new airport at La Mercy. In October last year, Transport minister S’bu Ndebele said Durban International would only be decommissioned after the Soccer World Cup, so that the city would be able to absorb the influx of passengers expected during the tournament. But Naidoo says, this is not the case. He adds that all concerns about the new airport’s load carrying ability, should be laid to rest.

"Currently, at Durban [International] Airport, we are handling 4.5 million passengers, per annum. The new airport at La Mercy is being built with a capacity to handle 7.5 million passengers. "We’ve got a brand new, fully automated baggage system, that’s already been installed and tested there. That will cater for all flights, [whether] internationally or domestically."

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