Airport Name Changes: East Coast Drive speaks to ACSA

Airport Name Changes: East Coast Drive speaks to ACSA

Where do you sit with the proposed airport name changes? Are you for or against the name changes of these airports?

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Listen to Bongani and Mags talk about the airport name changes below, or read the details under the podcast.

Four South African airports are up for a possible name change, and we're curious as to what KZN listeners think about the proposed changes. 

Airports Company South Africa Senior Manager Corporate Affairs, Diedre Davids speaks to Bongani and Mags about the airport changes in question are Cape Town International Airport, Kimberley Airport, Port Elizabeth Airport, and East London Airport. All four are to undergo renaming as part of government's Transformation of Heritage Landscape programme.

The one causing the biggest stir is the Cape Town International Airport name change, and Bongani feels it's a change that definitely should go ahead.

Read: Robust debates over airport renaming

Aside from the change in name, the airport will also undergo a R5.5 billion upgrade.

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