Airport Guide for Johannesburg International Airport

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  February 10, 2012  

The busiest airport of Africa is the O.R. Tambo International Airport located around 15 miles east to the place of gold and economic power house of South Africa, Johannesburg. This airport serves as air transport hub for the whole of Southern Africa catering more than 17 million passengers per annum.

O.R. Tambo International Airport has 6 Passenger and one Cargo Terminal along with 96 aircraft stands being accommodated.
With 143 check-in desks, 11 baggage claim desks, 39 gates and 13 air bridges, the colossal airport also has:

•  Duty Free Shop
•  Restaurants, Cafeterias and Bars
•  Chemist Shop and First Aid
•  Gift Shop
•  Bank and Post Office
•  Bureau de change
•  Auto Exchange Machine
•  Baby/Parent Room
•  Disabled Access/Facilities
•  Newsagent/Tobacconist
•  Restaurants, Cafeterias, Bars
•  VIP Lounge
•  Business Centre
•  Travel Agent, Tourist Help Desk
•  Car Rental, Taxi Service

The recently constructed airport is well designed and well equipped. It provides fast and easy access to the city centre; one can use the regular express trains, the authorized shuttle busses, taxis or the airport bus that departs regularly to get to Johannesburg. The official metered yellow taxis with yellow taxi light on top should be preferred on other taxis as to avoid any chances of mishap and the recommended means of transport must be utilized only.

Some of the many airlines that operate at the JNB airport are South African Airways (SA), British Airways (BA), Virgin Atlantic (VS), KLM Royal Dutch (KL), Lufthansa (LH), Kenya Airways (KQ), Qatar (QR), Emirates (EK) and Ethiopian Air (ET).