{"id":150,"date":"2013-12-06T06:28:18","date_gmt":"2013-12-06T06:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.globalbuzz-sa.com\/kzn\/?p=150"},"modified":"2013-12-06T06:29:00","modified_gmt":"2013-12-06T06:29:00","slug":"pmb-airport-gets-makeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globalbuzz-sa.com\/kzn\/news\/pmb-airport-gets-makeover","title":{"rendered":"PMB airport gets makeover"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalbuzz-sa.com\/kzn\/files\/2013\/12\/PMB-Airport.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-151\" title=\"PMB airport  \" alt=\"PMB airport \" src=\"http:\/\/www.globalbuzz-sa.com\/kzn\/files\/2013\/12\/PMB-Airport.jpg\" width=\"540\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globalbuzz-sa.com\/kzn\/files\/2013\/12\/PMB-Airport.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.globalbuzz-sa.com\/kzn\/files\/2013\/12\/PMB-Airport-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Pietermaritzburg Airport has been given an R18 million upgrade at its terminal building and apron.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Unveiling the upgrades on Tuesday, KwaZulu-Natal Finance MEC Ina Cronj\u00e9 said they had to give KwaZulu-Natal\u2019s capital city new wings.<\/p>\n<p>She said she was one of the people who had given up on using the Pietermaritzburg Airport.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI could no longer risk missing important meetings because the aeroplane could not land in or take off from Pietermaritzburg due to bad weather.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The MEC said a lot of hard work and sweat from very dedicated people had made Pietermaritzburg Airport an airport to be proud of today.<\/p>\n<p>Together with the investments by the Msunduzi Municipality to upgrade the navigation lighting systems, a 46% improvement in functionality has been experienced.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, Airlink restarted its Quad Jet services into Pietermaritzburg from July.<\/p>\n<p>Cronj\u00e9 said passenger numbers have since increased from 273 seats per day to 401 seats, while the number of daily return flights also increased from four to five.<\/p>\n<p>As a general aviation airport, the Pietermaritzburg Airport also caters for private aircraft landings and departures.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, it provides hanger space, refuelling facilities, a car hire area, office accommodation and parking, while the land adjacent to the airport is available for industrial and commercial development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese factors were all considered by the provincial government before a decision was taken to invest R40 million for essential upgrades at the airport,\u201d the MEC said.<\/p>\n<p>She said the money will stay in the provincial fiscus and will only be disbursed on satisfactory proof of progress.<\/p>\n<p>The most compelling upgrade which needed to be made, Cronj\u00e9 said, was the resurfacing of the runway and taxiway.<\/p>\n<p>The upgrading of the airport, coupled with the 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