South Africa’s Cape Town International Airport (CTIA) was crowned as Africa’s Leading Airport at the 26th World Travel Awards Africa & Indian Ocean Gala Ceremony which was held in Mauritius on Saturday. The CTIA wins the award for a third consecutive year, reported Africa News.
Egypt’s Cairo International Airport, Kenya’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Tanzania’s Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam, Rwanda’s Kigali International Airport, South Africa’s King Shaka International Airport, Durban, Morocco’s Mohammed V International Airport, Casablanca, and South Africa’s O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, were among the other nominees which were nominated in the said category.
The World Travel Awards were established in 1993 to acknowledge, reward and celebrate excellence across all key sectors of the travel, tourism and hospitality industries. They are voted by travel and tourism professionals and consumers worldwide.
“We are thrilled to be recognized on the world stage and to receive this accolade three years running. It’s a great tribute to all airport staff who work hard to make Cape Town International Airport award-winning,” said Deon Cloete, General Manager at Cape Town International Airport.
Managed by the Airports Company South Africa (ACSA), Cape Town International Airport is the third largest airport in Africa. In the last few years, the Cape Town International Airport has shown sustained growth in international passenger numbers with a 9.6 percent increase in 2018. The airport crossed the 10 million passenger-per-year milestones for the first time in December 2016. The passenger numbers exceeded the 10 million passenger mark again in December 2017 and 2018.
Through various partnerships, the airport has introduced 15 new routes and 19 route expansions since 2015, and a doubling of international seat capacity by 1.5 million seats. The airport has been allotted an R7 billion fund that will mainly focus on key infrastructure projects planned over the next five years.
