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covering the round-the-clock operation of SAA flights as fans (in various stages of jubilation or grief) fly from city to city to see the matches. Transport officials, especially those from Airport Company South Africa (ACSA) appear calm and prepared for the customers to descend on their airports. The confidence is due in part to the R7.2 billion (£627 million) construction of the new King Shaka International Airport (KSIA) in Durban, the R3 billion efforts to improve Cape Town International Airport (CTIA) and O.R. Tambo International Airport (ORTIA) in Johannesburg, South Africa’s major gateways for tourist traffic.
The new King Shaka International Airport, Durban
All three airports come with
improved customer service and protection, such as the new Movement Control System (MCS) recently unveiled at ORTIA by Minister of Home Affairs Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma. The R129 million electronic project, now being used at 33 airports across the country, is designed to act as a tool for government agencies such as Interpol who need to keep watch over illegal travellers and those conspiring to stay in South Africa well after the World Cup - and their visas - end. There are 65 security features in place, including a built-in barcode reader linked to a central database which reveals a passengers’ status including domestic and criminal records, pictures and fingerprints. Scanning passports and visas for this information will take less than 15 seconds, is 10 times faster than the old system, and is considered more accurate than any other scanners previously used in South African airports.
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...all of the airport agencies in the country are part of a team and the majority of our R165 million investment went into security systems, which took three years to complete...”
At INDABA’s Global Media Face-Off, Monhla Hlahla, CEO of ACSA reminded the 400 journalists in attendance that South Africa “is not Europe. It is a country with a developing economy.” Nonetheless, she was adamant that the company was well prepared with the addition of new equipment and employees. Speaking with Aviation Security International, she said
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