Finance and Economic Opportunities MEC David Maynier has welcomed the announcement today by Minister of Transport, Fikile Mbalula that George Airport will open to receive business travellers and cargo under alert level 3.
"That is why we have been working hard, together with the Airports Company of South Africa , the George Airport management, George Municipality and our provincial Department of Health, to find a solution which will allow the George Airport to meet the criteria required for the airport to open," said Maynier.
"Since the beginning of alert level 3, the George Airport management have implemented significant health and safety steps to ensure the readiness of the airport to open during the Covid-19 pandemic.