Guest House / B&B, 35 kilometers from this airport( 25 minutes drive).
Tel: (011) 6803452 for bookings.
Transfers can be arranged. Click HERE for pictures and
info about this accommodation.
O R Tambo (Johannesburg International) Airport.
07 DEC 1947Johannesburg-Jan Smuts Airport Johannesburg International Airport
OCT 2006 Johannesburg-O.R. Tambo International Airport
Johannesburg International Airport is the world-class air transport hub of
southern Africa. It hosts airlines from all five continents, caters for more
than 13 million passengers each year and forms part of a global network of
trade, distribution and other economic activities. According to the Airports
Council International’s passenger statistics, Johannesburg International Airport is busier than Brisbane and
Dubai airports, and its passenger traffic has even overtaken that of Cairo. The
biggest and busiest airport on the continent, it is now capable of handling 22
million passengers annually.
Since ACSA’s inception in 1993, Johannesburg International Airport’s growth rate has been consistently high,
putting the airport’s infrastructure under pressure and making extra capacity
and efficient movement of passengers a top priority. ACSA is actively pursuing
the development of Johannesburg International Airport not only as an airport of excellence and an entry point
into the rest of Africa but also as an ‘aerocity’. Johannesburg International
Airport is currently one of the
most cost-effective airports in the world, according to a recent report by the
United Kingdom Transportation Research Laboratory.
To facilitate the achievement of its development objectives ACSA has divided
Johannesburg International Airport
into nine precincts dedicated to increasing and enhancing the efficiency and
capacity of all operations. Most of these precincts have undergone or will
undergo major infrastructural changes and development. Current plans include the
CTB, the International Terminal upgrade, a new apron, a train link and several
multi-storey car parks. Surrounding road infrastructure and access roads have
also been recently upgraded.
The exponential increase in passengers necessitated the expansion and upgrading
of the terminal precinct. The new Domestic Terminal building, which was
completed in 2003, boosted Johannesburg International Airport’s capacity to more than 16 million passengers a
year. A R44-million domestic-to-international passenger transfer facility was
opened in April 2004 and the International Terminal is presently undergoing a
major upgrade.
The CTB, currently under construction, is being built on the site of the old
Domestic Terminal building situated between the present International Terminal
and the recently completed new Domestic Terminal. The design of a building
within the space designated for the CTB is unique and challenging, says Riley.
As a hub airport Johannesburg International Airport has a focus to maximise the efficient processing of
passengers and goods. The conceptual design challenge for the CTB has been to
find an even balance between the built infrastructural requirements and the
operational, technical and economic considerations of Johannesburg International
Airport. The airport aims for
the highest standards of service and its operations are run very tightly.
Concept plans for the CTB feature a spacious triple storey internal space, an
enormous central atrium with a glass dome allowing plenty of natural lighting,
lots of large and spacious open areas and overhead walkways to other buildings.
The airport station for a train link will also be integrated with the CTB. ACSA
is working closely with the Gauteng Provincial Government on the development of
a Gautrain high-speed link to Johannesburg International Airport.
With this development we are ensuring that Johannesburg International Airport can cater for all the people who
will be moving in many directions through this hub. The enormous central atrium
will serve as a single entry point for all arriving and departing passengers as
well as visitors to the airport. From this central core they will then move in
different directions into the various parts of the building and further into
connections with other parts of the airport, depending on where they want to be.
