Cape Town Air Access, a team dedicated to growing the number of direct flights into the Mother City, has welcomed the approval of Cape Town International Airport’s (CTIA) runway realignment project Environmental Impact Assessment.
The realigned runway will not only enable higher flight frequencies but also allow the Airbus A380 to land at the airport.
“This is an important milestone in the runway realignment project, which will contribute to increasing CTIA’s capacity,” said Alan Winde, Western Cape minister of economic opportunities.
“CTIA has committed substantial investment into infrastructure, and they are a vital partner in our joint air access initiative. Through this initiative, we have added over 600 000 two-way seats into Cape Town, with a notable increase in air travel between our region and chosen strategic markets.”
Since its inception in 2015 Cape Town Air Access has helped to facilitate nine new routes and facilitated ten route expansions for the Cape.
This has significantly increased CTIA’s capacity, with the airport experiencing a 28% increase in international traffic in the first four months of this year compared to 2016.
