New international airport for Vic Falls
An international airport is set to open at Victoria Falls by July 2015 at a cost of US $150 million.
The new Victoria Falls International Airport will accommodate more than three times more passengers, catering for an annual capacity of 1.2 million international travellers and 500,000 domestic passengers.
It will feature a new international terminal building, while the existing airport will be re-opened as a domestic terminal.
A new 4km runway, capable of landing the biggest passenger planes, including the A380, is due to be built, while the existing runway is set to become a taxiway.
Africa Albida Tourism, a hospitality group operating in Zimbabwe and Botswana, is supporting the initiative.
Chief Executive Ross Kennedy, said: "The Victoria Falls Airport is going to be a massive game changer, not only for Zimbabwe, but for the region. We will have a new airport capable of landing and handling, in all conditions, long haul wide body jets.
"This would turn Victoria Falls into a new regional hub, firstly for tourism, but it also has the potential to become a commercial centre".
The new Victoria Falls Airport, funded by a China Exim Bank loan to the Zimbabwean Government, is being constructed by China Jiangsu International Group.
Diane
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