{"id":1027,"date":"2009-01-25T00:32:24","date_gmt":"2009-01-24T22:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=1027"},"modified":"2009-01-25T00:32:24","modified_gmt":"2009-01-24T22:32:24","slug":"plett-airport-wont-take-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/tourism-news\/plett-airport-wont-take-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Plett airport won’t take off!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Plans to upgrade the airport at Plettenberg Bay to receive commercial flights were rejected by the Bitou municipality\u00a0this week\u00a0as being too costly, reports The Herald<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0 The decision is a serious blow to tourism to the town.<\/p>\n

The extension to the runway, creating a navigation apron, implementing approach lights, building a control tower and a new terminal building would cost more than R 130 million.<\/p>\n

S A Airlink, kulula.com and SA Express have all expressed an interest in operating from the Plettenberg Bay airport.<\/p>\n

All is not lost, however, as the Bitou Council voted to invite private\u00a0operators to lease the property, and develop the airport to the Council’s specifications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Plans to upgrade the airport at Plettenberg Bay to receive commercial flights were rejected by the Bitou municipality\u00a0this week\u00a0as being too costly, reports The Herald.\u00a0\u00a0 The decision is a serious blow to tourism to the town. The extension to the runway, creating a navigation apron, implementing approach lights, building a control tower and a new […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[22],"tags":[769,770,32390],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t