OR Tambo International Airport – the busiest airport of Africa

The OR Tambo International Airport, formerly known as Johannesburg Airport, is located at the Kempton Park in Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng. It is only fourteen miles (22 km) away from Johannesburg and this makes it the one of the closest airport to the Johannesburg city. The OR Tambo International Airport serves more the 28,000, 000 travelers every year and that makes it one of the busiest airports of Africa. The OR Tambo International Airport is the main airport for the domestic and international travelers. It’s also a home of South African Airways and many other small local and private airlines.

The OR Tambo International Airport went through major changes and development for the FIFA world cup 2010. There were number of things which were entirely reconstructed or newly added in the airport. This includes the expansion in the new central terminal wing, latest parking lots, new hotels at the airports and a station on the new Gautrain network (Railway network). These new changes gave the airport a completely new look and makes it more compatible to fulfilled millions of passengers.

There are two terminals at the OR Tambo International Airport and there is a bus shuttle service available for the tourists who get off from Johannesburg flights. These bus shuttles run between the two terminals and the car parking lots at the airport.

People coming from Johannesburg to OR Tambo International Airport to pick up their friends and families should take the Route 24 to the airport from Pretoria and then get on the Route 21 to reach the airport. There is nothing to get worried about because once you are on the R24 & R21 you can see all the sign board on roads giving directions towards the OR Tambo International Airport.

OR Tambo International Airport added new car parking lots in the airport area to facilitate the bulging passengers during the FIFA World Cup 2010. So now travelers can see all types of car parking lots underground, shaded and outdoor car parking space. All of these parking lots offer long or short term parking space. The best thing is that there is a 24/7 bus shuttle service available from both terminals to the parking lots, so it has become really convenient for passengers to park their cars and get to the terminals as soon as possible. Right across the domestic terminal at the OR Tambo International Airport, passengers can find many companies offering the car renting facility. There are number fo companies working successfully at the airport like Tempest, Sizwe, Nationla, Khaya, Imperial, Hertz, EuroCar, Budget and Avis.

Tourists coming from European countries on cheap flights to Johannesburg will found OR Tambo International Airport very convenient and helpful. There are hundreds of facilities available for the European passengers to make them relax. Tourist can easily find the Money exchanger, phone booths, a left-luggage facility, shopping malls, restaurants & bars and hotels. The shopping malls provide facilities for the disabled or handicaped passengers plus for the business men there is a business center and a premier conference center which provide them faxing, telephonic and secretarial services.

With these facilities the OR Tambo International Airport has become one of the most trusted and convenient airports in Africa.

Flying to Harare: directly or indirectly

Harare is a capital of Zimbabwe and it is considered as the economic and financial center of the country. Being a central place of the biggest business market of Zimbabwe, every year lots of business men take flights to Harare and visit here for the business purposes. The weather conditions in Harare are tropical. Harare is the main commerce center for tobacco, cotton, maize and citrus fruit. The manufacturing industries in Harare include steel, chemicals, textiles and gold mined in the city. The largest university of Zimbabwe is also in the city of Harare and the famous suburban cities in Harare are Borrow dale, Warren Park, Mount Pleasant, Tyndale, Avon dale, Marlborough and the largest and second oldest suburb “High field” of Zimbabwe

In recent times the world is running on a fast phase so in this situation saving the valuable time is the most precious thing. People around the world get in to the direct flights to Harare because it is the main hub of the business activities in Zimbabwe. After coming to Harare people started to realize that it’s not only a business market but Harare has lot of other activities as well. Harare offers plenty of tourist’s destinations like museums, beaches, waterfalls and ancient preserved building etc. tourists who are traveling from United Kingdom to Harare, for them getting the direct Harare flights are not a problem. In United Kingdom, Edinburgh, Glasgow, New Castle, Manchester, Birmingham and London are the cities from where, businessmen can easily book direct flights. All of these cities have wonderful airports from where getting on the flights is not a time consuming task. It is their efficient air services because of which tourist can save valuable time.

The national Airline of Zimbabwe is the only airline that constructs a direct connection between Harare and United Kingdom. The Air Zimbabwe provides affordable and direct flights to Harare. Air Zimbabwe is famous around the world because of its efficient air services. Air Zimbabwe staffs is friendly and very co-operative regarding any matter concerning their passengers. From Heathrow airport it takes 10 hours on Air Zimbabwe to reach Harare and time spends so quickly in friendly and helpful environment on the flight.

There are also some indirect flights which go to Harare city. These are other world-class airlines, which provide indirect flights. Lufthansa, Ethical airline, British Airways, and Qatar Airways are some of the airlines, which provide cheap flights to Harare. Many major airports of UK run these airlines so no matter either you are in new Castle or London you can book your budget flights to Zimbabwe.

There are many traveling agencies which helps tourist by giving best yet low cost travel consultancy. People can consult them through their phones numbers or E-mail addresses. People who are willing to travel to Harare can also get register themselves with these traveling agencies on their website, which is the easiest way to book your Harare flights.

Now Harare has become a major tourist destination not only in Zimbabwe but in Africa as well.