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World Cup to draw bizav traffic to Africa
The first football World Cup tournament to be hosted on the African continent is expected to draw a large influx of business and private jets to South Afri

The first football World Cup tournament to be hosted on the African continent is expected to draw a large influx of business and private jets to South Africa for the month-long event from June 11 to July 11. Flight-planning specialists are urging operators to start making plans immediately to avoid potentially serious constraints on landing and takeoff slots, as well as aircraft parking.

Organizer FIFA expects 550,000 people, including 400,000 foreign visitors, to attend the 64 games, which will be held in numerous locations in and around nine cities. Business jet passengers will be a small percentage of them, but they could be among the most inconvenienced by South Africa’s somewhat limited infrastructure. Attendance at the tournament is estimated to be 15 times greater than the previous largest event hosted by South Africa–the 1995 rugby World Cup.