Update, 10am:
The Airports Company South Africa (Acsa) confirmed that flights resumed at Cape Town International Airport in the early hours of Monday morning after a power outage.
On Sunday, a power outage grounded planes and diverted other flights.
In a statement issued Monday morning, Acsa confirmed that the runway lights and navigational aids were restored to service at 1am on 29 July, allowing for safe aircraft landings.
They added that 11 aircraft landed after that.
‘ACSA said technicians and specialists were continuing with permanent repairs and restoration of the network,’ said ACSA, apologising to travellers for the inconvenience caused.
‘However we are waiting for a clear window of opportunity to execute the required work.’
A power outage at Cape Town International Airport forced aircraft to be grounded and flights to be diverted.
According to Airports Company South Africa (Acsa), the airport experienced a power supply issue that affected runway lights, air-side fire rescue, and air traffic navigation services.
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‘As a result, flights are not able to land or depart.’
‘Technicians are onsite trying to establish the cause of the power outage and resolve the challenge as soon as possible,’ Acsa said.
FlySafair reported that several flights had to be diverted.
In a statement on its website, the airline stated that flights en route to Cape Town are being diverted to their planned diversion airports, while new departures are being halted until the situation is resolved.
‘FlySafair’s Operations team is hard at work to minimize the impact of these delays. We await information from ACSA as to when Cape Town International will be operational again. Once this is understood, our teams will plan new departures and arrange landing and departure slots from the airport,’ the statement read.
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FlySafair stated that significant delays are to be expected.
It added that a number of aircraft from various airlines have been diverted, and they must all be given opportunities to complete their journeys into and out of the airport in order.
‘We apologise to our customers for this inconvenience, albeit outside of our control, and thank them for their patience and support for our teams who are working tirelessly to complete these flights. FlySafair customers on the impacted flights are asked to please keep a close eye on their mobile devices. We will communicate to all customers via SMS using the telephone numbers provided to us at the time of booking and check-in,’ FlySafair said.
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