Airports Company South Africa obtains management of Wonderboom Airport in Pretoria
With 9 airports under its authority, the South African public company, Airports Company South Africa, is the manager of the main hubs in the country.
The company has just expanded its portfolio with the acquisition of a new airport.
Pretoria Wonderboom Airport is part of the portfolio of platforms managed by the South African public company, Airports Company South Africa (ASCA). This is the consequence of a memorandum of understanding "concerning the management and operation of the airport", signed this Tuesday, March 9, between Mpumi Mpofu, President and CEO of ASCA, and Cllr Randall Williams, the mayor of the metropolitan municipality of Tshwane, manager of the city of Pretoria.
This "aims to facilitate collaboration in terms of compliance and technical advice in aviation, management and execution of projects identified at the city's national airport," says the public operator of several airports. from South Africa. “Airports Company South Africa has evolved over the years, being successful in airport real estate development, airport planning and design, quality, aviation safety and security, operations management, facilities and infrastructure maintenance", boasts the CEO of the company.
With the acquisition of Wonderboom Airport, ASCA now has 10 under its authority. Until then, the company managed the international platforms OR Tambo of Johannesburg, King Shaka of Durban, Bram Fischer of Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and Upington. To these are added the airports of East London, George and Kimberley. The South African company also owns a minority stake of 20℅ in Guarulhos International Airport in São Paulo, Brazil. Moreover, last month, it sold the 10% it had owned since 2006 in the capital of Mumbai International Airport Private Limited (MIAL), operator of the airport in India's second largest metropolis.
