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INTERVIEW Huge growth in cargo volumes at Africa’s biggest cargo hub Bongiwe Pityi, General Manager, O.R. Tambo International Airport, explains the processes behind her team’s awardwinning management, and outlines plans for future expansion. Bongiwe Pityi BIOGRAPHY An admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa, Bongiwe Pityi has an 18-year record in the aviation industry. Her career with Airports Company South Africa began in Johannesburg as manager of landside and car park operations. She led the transition from the Durban Airport to the King Shaka International Airport and in 2012 became Deputy Director Operational Readiness Planning at Guarulhos International Airport in São Paulo, Brazil. In 2014 she was promoted to General Manager of O.R. Tambo International Airport. How did O.R. Tambo International Airport achieve the distinction of winning the Integrated Risk Management (Transport and Logistics) South Africa 2017 Industry Award? We were delighted to receive this recognition because it was based on the results produced by my leadership team in embedding a safety and risk management culture. As people involved in risk management will know, it is often a combination of risks that are relatively minor on their own that can create significant challenges. We not only worked on strengthening risk management but focussed on environmental compliance, aviation safety and general operational governance. The notable successes in focus areas which earned us the nomination included: • ISO 14001:2015 certification • Achieving Airport Carbon Accreditation Level 1 through our risk management approach • Reduction in Aviation Safety incidents • Increased Aviation Safety Risk-based programmes • We have partnered with all stakeholders operating on our airfield to conduct serviceability checks of ground service equipment (GSE) and all other motorised and non-motorised equipment through our Risk Management approach to incident management • Joint management inspections of Foreign Object Debris (FOD) • Extension of our ethics programme, given the airport staff volumes (38 000) employed by various stakeholders, service providers and other companies. How big a component of operations is the transport and logistics side? The air cargo volumes at our airports saw a very healthy growth in 2017 of almost 20%, far exceeding forecasts. Johannesburg is still the largest cargo hub in Africa, handling just short of 415 000 tons GAUTENG BUSINESS 2018/19 18
INTERVIEW in 2017 alone. The existing 14 cargo international and local carriers have maintained or increased their frequencies. Strong improvement has been seen on the belly-cargo which is also important in supporting the immense interest we’ve noted in the passenger market. As the country moves towards a more stable and stronger economic outlook, we expect the interest in the freighter market to grow. Over 2017, the top five export markets in terms of value were to China, USA, Germany, Japan and India, closely followed by Botswana and Namibia – highlighting the role we play as a major supplier to the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and Sub-Saharan Africa countries. Are you running at full capacity? Does ACSA have plans to expand? While there still is some capacity on the passenger handling side, some Terminal subsystems have reached saturation resulting in long queues and operational bottlenecks. At our International Terminal, these include passenger security screening, passport control check points, boarding gates and arrival baggage carousels. We have accelerated completion of the least disruptive projects which included construction of a direct link allowing passengers to proceed straight from check-in counters to security screening and passport control check points at the Central Terminal Building (CTB). Refurbishment and capacity enhancing projects require meticulous planning and execution in a live environment such as an airport. At our Transit Terminal we enabled unrestricted access to transit hotels; this was critical, considering the four-million passengers connecting to international destinations. Short to medium-term developmental plans will see us increase the number of International boarding gates and the processing capacity of baggage carousels. For our Airfield infrastructure, we have several efficiency improvement projects lined up. We are planning to build a bypass taxiway at the threshold of our departure runway (RWY 03L/21R) and more rapid exit taxiways. This will improve the current processing rate of departing aircraft which is negatively impacted by the unavoidable daily crossings of a live runway by well over 300 aircraft. Furthermore, we have an aircraft parking stand constraint for wide-bodied types such as the A380s and B747s. Aircraft parking stand saturation in peak hours results in the capping of potential air traffic movement growth, which is not good considering our strategic focus to grow air traffic. To address this, we are planning to build an additional nine x Code F aircraft parking stands in Multiple Apron Ramp System (MARS) configuration which can be converted to accommodate 18 x Code C type aircraft. This configuration gives us the flexibility and efficiency to maximise space for aircraft parking and turnarounds on the tarmac. At our Cargo Precinct, we have short-term refurbishment plans to upgrade existing Landside facilities. These mini projects will include the reconfiguration of access roads to improve access, relocation of the main gate, extended goods receiving areas, increased on-site security monitoring stations and vehicle parking capacity. The Cargo warehousing capacity will also be extended to accommodate growth in specific commodities such as electronics, perishables 19 GAUTENG BUSINESS 2018/19
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