Africa’s top airport once again

CAPE Town International has been named Africa’s Leading Airport for the second consecutive year at the 25th World Travel Awards.

The Africa and Indian Ocean part of the awards were handed out at a gala ceremony at the Durban International Convention Centre last night, and attended by senior executives from major travel companies, operators and destinations.

“Cape Town International is honoured to once again receive this very important accolade. Being named Africa’s leading airport for the second year is extremely gratifying, and reinforces the hard work and commitment to excellence demonstrated at this airport in the past 12 months,” the airport’s senior manager for corporate affairs, Deidre Davids, said.

Airports Company South Africa said it was delighted to be named among the travel sector top performers of 2018, with both OR Tambo and Cape Town international airports also being nominated for World’s Leading Airport 2018, which will be announced at the World Travel Awards Grand Final Gala Ceremony on December 1 in Lisbon, Portugal.

Cape Town remains a firm destination of choice for global travellers and, over the past few years Cape Town International Airport has shown sustained growth in passenger numbers, with a 5.3% increase year-on-year in 2017.

Growth in international passengers has been increasing for a number of years. The airport exceeded the 10 million passengers-per-year milestone for the first time in December 2016, and repeated it in December 2017.

Through its partnerships with Western Cape Air Access, the airport has seen 13 new routes and 18 route expansions since 2015. |