MARCH ‘17

From left to right: Deon Cloete (General Manager, International Airport), MEC Alan Winde ( Minister of Economic Opportunities), (Executive Mayor, The City of Cape Town), Tim Harris (Ceo, Wesgro), Enver Mally (Chairperson, Cape Town Tourism) • City of Cape Town • Airports Company (ACSA) Cape Town • Cape Town Tourism • The Western Cape Government Air Access • Wesgro (official tourism, trade and investment agency) is the focal point for international air route What do we offer airlines? development to Cape Town and the Western • Single point of contact Cape. Established in 2015, Cape Town • Data driven analysis Air Access has a proven track record assisting • Optimizing capacity and time slots with ACSA Cape Town in the establishment of 7 new routes and • Mobilising business and government in Cape Town expanding 10 existing routes. During this • Developing marketing programmes in cooperation with Wesgro and Cape Town Tourism period almost 600,000 seats were added to • Assisting in tourism, trade and investment promotion the Cape Town network. • Assisting in media exposure and launch events • Initiate negotiations with SA Department of Transport On 24 February 2016 an MOU* between the following stakeholders was signed to start the Contact: Cape Town Air Access – +27 (0) 21 4878691 Cape Town Air Access operations: Cape Town International Airport welcomes 10 million passengers in a year

2014 additional international 8.6 million seat capacity added 600,000 since July 2015. 2015 9.4 million

2016 10 million

On 28th December 2016 Cape Town Cape Town International Airport and Cape 16% growth in international passengers International Airport reached 10 million Town Air Access would like to thank all passengers per year for the first time. its airlines, stakeholders and partners in 19% average growth per year on the CPT – US route since 2011 making this important milestone a reality.

*MOU – Memorandum of Understanding To celebrate and further promote this service, Lufthansa has partnered with Cape Town graffiti artists Lyle Dolman and Mathew Schafer from Airline news: Arts Alternative to create a series of temporary art installations to celebrate the airline’s love for the Mother City. Cape Town is Lufthansa Lufthansa’s city of the month of February and will be promoted by this global media campaign. Immersive graffiti installations have been In addition to its 5 times a week seasonal service between Munich painted on three buildings in some of Cape Town busiest commercial and Cape Town, Lufthansa introduced its 3 weekly whole year round areas – Claremont, St Georges, and Woodstock – all carrying the service between Frankfurt and Cape Town on 2 December 2016. hashtag #LHCityoftheMonth

London Gatwick – CPT Route At the end of 2016 both Thomas Cook 15 December 2017 and 23 March 2018. Airlines as well as British Airways introduced Flights from Cape Town will depart on an a direct flight between London Gatwick and Airbus 330-200 on a Monday, Tuesday Cape Town. and Saturday. British Airways continues its Gatwick-Cape Town operations on a Boeing Both Airlines have decided to return to 777-200, also three times a week. Cape Town next summer season. Thomas Cook Airlines will operate the route between

Thomas Cook Airlines new flight celebrations – August 2016 Cape Town International route update 2017 Airlink: Increased its capacity on the Cape Town to Windhoek route KLM: Offers Whole year around daily service between from 2 to 3 daily flights from February 2017. The Cape Town to Maun Amsterdam and Cape Town. route in Botswana will become a direct daily connection from June 2017. Air France: Increased its capacity from 3 flights a week from Paris to Cape Town in summer season to whole year around service. Ethiopian Airlines: increased its capacity to Cape Town from 6 to 10 weekly flights from 1 December 2016 Lufthansa: Launched its direct flight from Frankfurt to Cape Town on 2 December 2016. Three times a week service whole year around. Kenya Airways: Launched its flight on 1 July 2016. From May From summer 2017/18 flight increase to 5 times a week. 2017 it will add a three weekly service between Nairobi via Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe to Cape Town. Edelweiss: Increase from 2 to 3 weekly flights between Zurich and Cape Town summer 2017/18 TAAG: Increase from 3 times a week to a daily connection between Luanda and Cape Town from 30 October 2017. Turkish Airlines: Direct service between Istanbul and Cape Town in SA winter season 5 times a week.

Singapore Airlines The Singapore Airlines A350-900 made its debut in Cape Town on 30 October 2016. The A350-900 is the latest addition to the Singapore Airlines fleet offering the airline’s latest generation cabin products in Business, Premium Economy and Economy class. The A350-900 operates 4 times weekly from Cape Town to Singapore (via Johannesburg) on Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. It offers great connections via Singapore into Asia and Oceania.

Ethiopian Airlines Ethiopian Airlines was the fastest growing airline in Cape Town in On 8 December 2016 a gala dinner was organised to celebrate 2016. the increased capacity and the inaugural ceremony of the 787-8 operation to Cape Town. On 1 December 2016 Ethiopian Airlines increased its flight capacity from Addis Ababa to Cape Town to 10 flights a week. The route was only launched on 30 June 2015 with six scheduled flights.

The Cape Town Air Access team with representatives of Ethiopian Airlines and ACSA Top 10 Destinations Cape Town 2016

UK 1 368 432 3 USA 211 893 France

7 81 900 Netherlands 5 92 887

Germany 2 288 137

UAE 6 9 85 312 Angola 66 296

Zimbabwe Namibia 8 4 66 651 Mauritius 174 940 10 66 264

Source: OAG

Cape Town International Airport is the: Winner Routes Most punctual airport in South Africa | Best airport in Africa | Africa Award rd nd 2016 3 largest in Africa | 2 largest in South Africa