{"id":94027,"date":"2025-12-10T18:12:44","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T18:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/company-selected-to-build-new-cape-town-airport"},"modified":"2025-12-10T18:43:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T18:43:57","slug":"company-selected-to-build-new-cape-town-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/company-selected-to-build-new-cape-town-airport","title":{"rendered":"Company Selected to Build New Cape Town Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>Wilson Bayly Holmes-Ovcon (WBHO) has been appointed as the contractor responsible for the technical development and eventual construction of the new R8 billion Cape Winelands Airport.<\/p>\n<p>The appointment marks a significant step toward transforming the old Fisantekraal Airfield, 13 kilometres northeast of Durbanville, into a modern aviation hub capable of handling millions of passengers.<\/p>\n<p>WBHO is no stranger to projects of this scale. The 55-year-old company traces its origins to 1970, when founders John Wilson and Brian Holmes established the original Wilson-Holmes.<\/p>\n<p>A series of mergers in the decades that followed saw the company evolve into Wilson Bayly Holmes in 1983 and later adopt its current name, WBHO Construction, in 1994.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, it has grown into one of South Africa\u2019s largest construction firms, listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and active across South Africa and abroad.<\/p>\n<p>Its offices stretch from Sandton to Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth and East London, while its Australian footprint is anchored by an office in Melbourne.<\/p>\n<p>Its project history is equally widespread. WBHO has built some of South Africa\u2019s most recognisable and strategically important developments.<\/p>\n<p>These include the Mall of Africa, Cape Town Stadium, Moses Mabhida Stadium, King Shaka International Airport and major renewable energy facilities such as the Kathu Solar Park.<\/p>\n<p>It has also delivered extensive transport, retail and logistics infrastructure, from national roads to data centres and large distribution facilities.<\/p>\n<p>This track record of handling complex, multidisciplinary builds is a key reason the company has been brought on board for the airport project.<\/p>\n<p>The site chosen for the new international airport has its own long history.<\/p>\n<p>Built in 1943 by the South African Air Force, the Fisantekraal Airfield later became a base for general aviation before being privatised in 1993.<\/p>\n<p>Private investors bought the airfield in 2020, and it is now owned and operated by RSA Aero.<\/p>\n<p><b>Beginning of a critical phase<\/b><\/p>\n<p>After years of planning and feasibility work, it is set to be transformed into the Cape Winelands Airport, a development that could reshape air travel in the province.<\/p>\n<p>Cape Winelands Airport managing director Deon Cloete said appointing WBHO marks the beginning of a critical phase.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the contractor now formally on board, the project advances into a crucial new phase \u2013 detailed technical development and planning,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to Cloete, the involvement of WBHO will allow the project team to begin designing the engineering frameworks and specific technical components required before construction can begin.<\/p>\n<p>This work will also help refine the expected timelines and more accurately determine the project\u2019s overall cost profile.<\/p>\n<p>WBHO director Russell Adams described the appointment as an important milestone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWBHO is honoured to have achieved this significant milestone with the Cape Winelands team,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis partnership will enable the acceleration of the technical design processes and subsequent construction completion of the airport project.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Adams added that the company is particularly energised by the opportunity to work on a large greenfield airport development.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuccessful completion will showcase the talent and competence of South Africa\u2019s local development, investment, design and construction capacity in delivering significant economic infrastructure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cloete echoed this confidence and said that with WBHO\u2019s established experience on major infrastructure builds, the new airport is well-positioned for \u201cexcellence in execution.<\/p>\n<p>The main runway will be extended and realigned to 3,500 metres to accommodate larger aircraft, and a new terminal is designed to handle 5.2 million passengers per year.<\/p>\n<p>By 2050, projections show the facility processing about 2 million international and 3 million domestic passengers annually.<\/p>\n<p>If realised, this would increase the total number of travellers moving through the broader Cape region from 10 million to around 20 million a year.<\/p>\n<p>The R8 billion development recently received environmental approval from the Western Cape Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning.<\/p>\n<p>This clearance allows the developers to begin preparing final plans, site designs and implementation measures ahead of construction.<\/p>\n<p>Work on the airport is expected to start next year, with the opening planned for 2028.<\/p>\n<p><b>Cape Winelands Airport<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">South-Africa<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Africa. Wilson Bayly Holmes-Ovcon (WBHO) has been appointed as the contractor responsible for the technical development and eventual construction of the new R8 billion Cape Winelands Airport. The appointment marks a significant step toward transforming the old Fisantekraal Airfield, 13 kilometres northeast of Durbanville, into a modern aviation hub capable of handling millions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":94026,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[275],"class_list":["post-94027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","tag-south-africa-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Company Selected to Build New Cape Town Airport - South Africa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Wilson Bayly Holmes-Ovcon (WBHO) has been appointed as the contractor responsible for the technical development and even ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/company-selected-to-build-new-cape-town-airport\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Company Selected to Build New Cape Town Airport\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Wilson Bayly Holmes-Ovcon (WBHO) has been appointed as the contractor responsible for the technical development and even ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/company-selected-to-build-new-cape-town-airport\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-12-10T18:12:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-12-10T18:43:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2025\/12\/sm_1765379600.577251.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"576\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/company-selected-to-build-new-cape-town-airport#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/company-selected-to-build-new-cape-town-airport\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Company Selected to Build New Cape Town Airport\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-10T18:12:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-10T18:43:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/company-selected-to-build-new-cape-town-airport\"},\"wordCount\":671,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/company-selected-to-build-new-cape-town-airport#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2025\/12\/sm_1765379600.577251.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"South-Africa\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"economy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/company-selected-to-build-new-cape-town-airport#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/company-selected-to-build-new-cape-town-airport\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/company-selected-to-build-new-cape-town-airport\",\"name\":\"Company Selected to Build New Cape Town Airport - 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