Low-cost airline 1time will begin flying from Lanseria International Airport, north-west of Johannesburg, in 2011 – a move that will benefit the airport as well as the carrier.
Infrastructure Low-cost airline 1time will begin flying from Lanseria International Airport, north-west of Johannesburg, in 2011 – a move that will benefit the airport as well as the carrier.
The Pretoria, Hatfield and Centurion Gautrain stations will be ready and operational in June 2011. This is according to the Bombela construction company's spokesperson, Kelebogile Machaka.
The FNB Stadium in Johannesburg is the most profitable facility that was renovated in South Africa for the 2010 Fifa World Cup tournament matches; and its success as a venue looks set to continue.
Over 300 000 passengers boarded South Africa’s first rapid rail transport link, the Gautrain last month - a 100 000 more than in its first month.
Transport parastatal, Transnet, will increase infrastructure spend by
R93 billion in the next five years, its acting chief told Parliament on
Wednesday.
Chris Wells told Parliament's portfolio committee on transport that
Transnet, which had spent R74bn in the past five years on projects such
as upgrading ports and building pipelines, had created hundreds of
thousands of jobs for South Africans.
"Some studies we are engaged in show this infrastructure programme has
had a significant benefit effect to SA, both on employment and creating
industries," he said.
On Saturday, the first passengers checked-in at the Cape Town International airport's new central terminal building. The new central terminal building (CTB) is a five storey building which combines the check-in process for both international and domestic passengers. The R1.6 billion CTB has 120 check-in counters, 20 self service check-in machines and a consolidated security screening point covering an area of 50 000m2.
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