OR Tambo Airport is best African airport of the year
Eighty-two per cent of South Africa’s total air cargo volume of about 400 000 tons a year is routed through OR Tambo International Airport.
OR Tambo International Airport was named African Airport of the Year at the Air Cargo Africa conference and exhibition.
This was the fourth time the airport had won the award.
The Air Cargo Africa 2019 event in Ekurhuleni attracted more than 80 international exhibiting companies and more than 3 000 trade visitors from 60 countries, including 30 African nations.
The purpose of the annual awards is to recognise outstanding achievements by leading cargo logistics service providers.
General manager of the airport Bongiwe Pityi-Vokwana said winning this award demonstrated their commitment to delivering the best infrastructure for stakeholders.
Pityi-Vokwana said 82 per cent of South Africa’s total air cargo volume of about 400 000 tons a year is routed through OR Tambo International Airport’s western precinct cargo terminal with 92 per cent of the total being international cargo.
Most of the uplift capacity is provided by passenger airline networks that transport 70 per cent of the total cargo in the belly of passenger flights. Freighter traffic generates 30 per cent of the total volumes.
