La géographie aéroportuaire sud-africaine contemporaine, entre la dynamique récente du marché et les incertitudes du futur

  • Charlier, Jacques
Publication date
January 2020
Publisher
Université de La Réunion

Abstract

International audienceAfrica's share in the world air traffic is small but growing. South Africa has been one of the engines of this recent growth. Be it for international or domestic passengers, the largest airport of the continent, Johannesburg, is located there. And at the other two summits of South Africa's "golden triangle", Cape Town and Durban airports handle significant volumes of passengers as well. Much of the growth is due to the dramatic rise of low-cost, low fare airlines, that account nowadays for two-third of the domestic passengers. Thanks to these new players, Lanseria airport has emerged as an alternative to Johannesburg in the Gauteng province. Elsewhere in the country, there is a quite developed network of secondary and ...

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