Airports Company South Africa
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Airports Company of South Africa (ACSA) operates ten of South Africa’s airports
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[edit] History
All South Arica’s airports use to be owned and operated by the state until 1993 when nine airports were reassigned to ACSA. The state was initially the only shareholder, but the first shares where transferred in 1998 when 20% of the shares where bought by Aeroporti di Roma which was sold again in 2005 at double the original amount paid[1].
[edit] Airports
The following international airports are operated by ACSA:
- OR Tambo International Airport
- Cape Town International Airport
- Durban International Airport
- Pilanesberg International Airport
The following local airports are operated by ACSA:
- Bloemfontein Airport
- East London Airport
- George Airport
- Kimberley Airport
- Port Elizabeth Airport
- Upington Airport
[edit] Controversy
On 25 March 2006 gunmen armed with AK-47’s stole bags containing several million of US dollars at Johannesburg International Airport (now OR Tambo International Airport). Three ACSA employees and six other individuals where arrested and appeared in court in connection with the heist.[2]
