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AIRPORTS COMPANY SOUTH AFRICA LIMITED
(ACSA)

Mr Terence Delomoney
www.acsa.co.za

A BLUEPRINT FOR AVIATION SUCCESS sustainable and to focus its business to continue
contributing to the economic growth of South Africa.
It’s been ten years since Airports Company South
Africa (ACSA) opened King Shaka International Airport Despite the uncertainty created by the COVID-19
pandemic, this award-winning facility remains focused
35km north of Durban on 1 May 2010. It was just weeks on ensuring our facilities and operations deliver what
before the FIFA Soccer World Cup kicked off in our
country and thousands of passengers were set to travel our customers and passengers expect and more.
to Durban to attend matches and explore South Africa. In preserving King Shaka International Airport’s
relative high connectivity, this has enabled acting as
A decade later, it’s clear the airport has not only a supporting pillar to the province, through business
grown in size and stature but has proven a catalyst continuity of critical operations such as air cargo during
for economic growth in KwaZulu-Natal and an integral the national lockdown, with cargo operations minimally
feature of the province’s economic and social fabric. impacted compared to passenger operations.
ACSA’s vision is to become the most sought-after The airport provides a blueprint for modern airport
partner in the world for the provision of sustainable success. This facility has a 3,7km long runway to
airport management solutions. The pillars that will accommodate new generation aircraft, boasts its own
ensure ACSA’s sustainability into the future is very aviation fuel farm and even has a water treatment
clear; Run Airports, Develop Airports and Grow Our plant. The airport was the first greenfield project
Footprint. The ACSA strategy is underpinned by that undertaken by ACSA using its build-manage-operate
decisions and actions taken will be based on its impact model. Consequently, a unique opportunity to
on people and society; to remain environmentally conceptualise and design a state-of-the-art airport

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