Since the downgrade, CemAir and the Bitou Municipality agreed to work together to restore the airport’s former status.
The reason for the suspension was the ongoing failure of the airport to address outstanding issues from Sacaa inspections, some several years old.
Work on getting the Plettenberg Bay Airport up and running for commercial flights again is in its final stages and flights are expected to resume early next month.
The town’s airport was downgraded by the South African Civil Aviation Authority (Sacaa) earlier this year to below the minimum category required for commercial flights.
The reason for the suspension was the ongoing failure of the airport to address outstanding issues from Sacaa inspections, some several years old.
Airline operator CemAir, which has been offering flights between Plettenberg Bay and major city centres for the past seven years, announced in August that it had to suspend all of its flights into the Plettenberg Bay Airport.
Since the downgrade, CemAir and the Bitou Municipality agreed to work together to restore the airport’s former status.
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