Bloemfontein Airport

Bram Fischer International Airport is primary airport located in Bloemfontein, a city in the Free State province of South Africa. The runways are shared with AFB Bloemspruit.In 2012, the airport served 426,420 passengers. Bloemfontein airport, like many others in South Africa, underwent R46 million's worth of construction and upgrading of the whole airport in preparation for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.In November 2012, the South African government announced that the airport's name was to be changed to Bram Fischer International Airport; the official renaming was performed by Pres. Jacob Zuma on Thursday, 13 December 2012.FacilitiesBram Fischer International Airport main terminal building is used for both international and domestic flights. The building contains arrivals and departure hall, with different restaurants, car rental offices, including Europcar, Budget, Sixty, Value, and many more, and there are hotels near the airport. Citylodge is the nearest.InfrastructureDue to low passenger traffic at this airport ACSA have decided not to expand the airport, says the will expand the airport if the passenger traffic rises currently the airport is serving about 750 000 passengers per annum.Airlines and destinationsPassengerCargoSouth African Express is the operator with the most scheduled flights to Bloemfontein. Its fleet of Q400's and CRJ200's can regularly be seen at FABL. Mango, a subsidiary of South African Airways, operates one daily flight to Cape Town. Its services to Durban and Johannesburg were discontinued after no profit was made.