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Passengers waiting at check-in points.
Thousands of passengers have descended on the OR Tambo International Airport as they head to various holiday destinations this festive season.
Earlier, the Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) said problems at the airport this month did not indicate that it was not prepared for the festive season.
A systems failure led to problems with the fuel bypass line, causing delays at passport control processing points.
Some flights were delayed and others cancelled, inconveniencing thousands of passengers.
JOINT STATEMENT BY MPUMI MPOFU, CEO OF AIPORTS COMPANY SOUTH AFRICA, AND DR MICHAEL MASIAPATO, COMMISSIONER OF THE BORDER MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY.
JOHANNESBURG, Thursday, 19 DECEMBER 2024 – Mpumi Mpofu, CEO of Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) and Dr Michael Masiapato,… pic.twitter.com/X3XtOEF83W
— Airports Company SA (@Airports_ZA) December 19, 2024
ACSA CEO Mpumi Mpofu says, “Multiple stakeholders at the airport will manage the situation. We have a period between January the second and the 15th again with an increasing number of passengers as they return to their homes from their holiday destinations. It’s not as high as the
December one but again it’s more gradual but we have clear projections for each day, each hour. We have deployed appropriate members of staff of ACSA security and we’ll bring additional systems on the ground.”
ACSA and the BMA brief the media ahead of the festive season:
