King Shaka International Airport
Throughout each year, as tourists flock to the golden beaches of South Africa's "Surf City", the containers roll in and out of the country's biggest port. Durban's new air thoroughfare for this traffic: King Shaka International Airport.
South Africa's newest international airport became operational on 1 May 2010. The last flight out of the old Durban International Airport – now too small to handle the growing tourist and commercial trade through Durban – took place on 30 April 2010.
In 2012, King Shaka International was named the third best airport in Africa in the World Airport Awards, coming in after Cape Town International and OR Tambo.