cAN ANYONE TELL ME WHY WEEKS AFTER THE WORLD CUP AND MONTHS AFTER BECOMING OPERATIONAL THERE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE ANY INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS APART FROM THE EMIRATES ONE IN OR OUT OF THE MUCH VAUNTED BRAND SPANKING NEW KING SHAKA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT DURBAN A VERY PUZZLED
BRIAN. C D
By: Arabella-Cox - 15th August 2010 at 18:25
Hurrah! Google Earth has been updated and yer can all see King Shaka International (still called La Mercy) while it was still being built. As with all airports, it will probably continue to be built until infinity. :diablo:
By: Arabella-Cox - 31st July 2010 at 18:43
My dad used to take us to those airports (Virginia and Louis Botha) when we were kids in the late 1960s. They had a lot of character in those days and I watched a few “firsts” (B727, 737, 747) land at Louis. There were also the old Viscounts and HS748s. I may have seen the VC10 there as well. Later on in life I flew out of both airports. I am really hoping that Virginia will be saved, but who knows with the bunch of dorks in charge now.
By: BRIAN C D - 31st July 2010 at 18:30
BRIAN C D
Brian, where are you from? If you’re not from S.A. I would understand your confusion. If you are, then you will know how the present powers-that-be reason. The KSIA project has been subjected to all sorts of incompetence and bureaucracy.
Take a look at a popular South African forum : Fly Africa
Cheers
27vet
Hello 27vet i live in England but have spent many long holidays in South Africa,
the reason for my asking about direct international flights from King Shaka was a phone call from a good friend living in Durban last night who could not understand why after all the hype it looks like he will still have to transit through J/burg to get to England and then have to change again at Munich or Amsterdam if he wants to arrive at Manchester instead of Heathrow .
Now i have been into FLY AFRICA i understand what you are saying.
Sorry to hear about Virginia airport i have spent many happy hours there including a flight in a Boeing Stearman.
Where else can you have a grandstand view of aeroplanes with a beer in your hand and the Indian Ocean as a backdrop.
regards Brian
By: Newforest - 31st July 2010 at 16:19
As we discussed earlier. 😉
Search is your friend and capitals are not necessary. 🙂
http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=100460&highlight=Durban+International
By: Arabella-Cox - 31st July 2010 at 15:26
Brian, where are you from? If you’re not from S.A. I would understand your confusion. If you are, then you will know how the present powers-that-be reason. The KSIA project has been subjected to all sorts of incompetence and bureaucracy.
Take a look at a popular South African forum : Fly Africa
Cheers
27vet
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