Fikile Mbalula announces more domestic airports to reopen

Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula held a virtual media briefing on Monday morning giving a detailed update on the current operations in the aviation industry during Level 3 lockdown.

The minister was pleased with the compliance by these airports and has decided to reopen more airports in phase 2. The following domestics airports will reopen; Bram Fischer International Airport, Kruger Mpumalanga Airport, Pietermaritzburg Airport, Port Elizabeth Airport, Richards Bay airport, Upington International Airport and Skukuza Airport from the 1 July.Approved regional re-positioning flights for all South African and foreign-registered aircraft into and from South Africa for return after maintenance and repair, to perform maintenance and repair.

He added that 100% capacity seating in airlines was because they are fitted with air filters that absorbed any type of virus, whereas taxis do not have this.“The dark days are still coming, it’s going to depend on us to weather the storm, the virus is coming closer to home. South Africa’s numbers are growing exponentially,” he said.

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