SOUTH AFRICA AIRPORT INDUSTRY MANAGING MAJOR EXPANSION FOR THE WORLD CUP
October 1st, 2009
BY GEORGE STONE
AIRPORTS Company South Africa (ACSA) will be responsible for handling 450,000 international arrivals when the country hosts the Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) 2010 World Cup next summer.
The biggest-ever sporting event on African soil starts on June 11 next year and will run to July 11 with games stretching from the former township of Soweto in Johannesburg to the natural beauty of Cape Town. South Africa's airports will have to cope with up to 78,000 passengers and 260 international flights-a-day. Around 75 airline ...
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