National Department of Transport Director-General George Mahlalela will join Eastern Cape Transport, Safety and Liaison MEC, Ms Ghishma Barry to officially open the expanded and upgraded East London Airport terminal building and also the air traffic control tower on Tuesday, 26 October 2010.
The MEC and Director-General will be joined by the CEO of the Air Traffic Navigation Systems (ATNS) Mr Patrick Dlamini for a business breakfast together with senior government officials and key transport stakeholders to mark this historic event.
MEC Barry and the Director General will honour a special graduation ceremony of two pilots to hand over their pilot licenses.The pilots benefited from the provincial department's bursary programme and are now qualified as commercial helicopter pilots with instructor ratings.
The details of the event are as follows:
Date: Tuesday, 26 October 2010
Time: 08h00
Venue: East London Airport
NB: All media are invited to attend. Journalists attending are requested to confirm attendance by no later than 16h00 on Monday, 25 October 2010 with:
Sello Tshipi
Cell: 073 498 6722
E-mail: TshipiA@dot.gov.za.
Enquiries:
Sam Monareng
Cell: 083 326 1521
