OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg has been named Africa’s leading airport in the 2016 World Travel Awards for Africa and the Indian Ocean.<\/p>\n
This comes after South Africa’s Cape Town International Airport, King Shaka International Airport in Durban and OR Tambo International Airport were three out of the seven airports nominated for Africa\u2019s Leading Airport award for 2016.<\/p>\n
Apart from the SA airports, other African airport nominees were Cairo International Airport in Egypt, Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya, Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Mohammed V International Airport in Morocco.<\/p>\n
OR Tambo ousted all of the aforementioned airports on the continent to claim the top laurels for the 23rd World Travel Awards, voted for by travel and tourism professionals worldwide.<\/p>\n
The winners of Africa and the Indian Ocean were announced at a gala event\u00a0hosted by Diamonds La Gemma dell\u2019Est on the northern tip of Zanzibar, off Tanzania’s coast.<\/p>\n
Read: How much money SAA has lost over the past 10 years<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Among the winners was Kenya Airways<\/strong>, recognised as both Africa\u2019s Leading Airline and Africa\u2019s Leading Airline for Business Class. In winning the leading airline award, Kenya Airways unseated SA flag carrier South African Airways in the category.<\/p>\n Other South African companies crowned leaders in Africa were online booking site\u00a0Travelstart, crowned \u2018Africa\u2019s Leading Online Travel Agency\u2019, and Rhino Africa, Singita Game Reserves and Shambala Private Reserve which were all crowned leading safari companies in Africa.<\/p>\n In other categories, Nairobi Serena Hotel in Kenya took the title of Africa’s Leading Green Hotel, while Indian Ocean’s Leading Destination went to the Maldives.<\/p>\n A full list of the winners from the World Travel Awards Africa & Indian Ocean Gala Ceremony\u00a0can be seen here.<\/p>\n The\u00a0World Travel Awards was established in 1993 to acknowledge, reward and celebrate excellence across all sectors of the tourism industry.\u00a0Today, the World Travel Awards brand is recognised globally as the ultimate hallmark of quality, with winners setting the benchmark to which all others aspire.<\/p>\n News24<\/a><\/p>\n These are the best airports in South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The busiest airports in the world in 2016<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nMore on SAA<\/h3>\n