I always understood that the King Shaka Airport, which is opening up just outside Ballito, was going to be an additional airport for KwaZulu-Natal. In fact, the old airport, and I think it is as soon as one may, is closing down for good and apparently being sold to one of the vehicle manufacturers for one of its assembly lines and all flights will be going to the King Chaka Airport from then on. I guess, because I have heard that it was a new airport, that I expected to see three or four runway strips and something along the lines of OR Tambo, but it is much smaller and I could only see two landing strips when I flew over it but I would imagine that the buildings must be more developed and modern than the antiquated and embarrassing Durban International Airport at the moment. International seems to be Mauritius, from what I could see from the flights from there.

What will be interesting to see though is what the development of the King Chaka Airport so close to Ballito and Umhlanga does to property values there – I think that in a few years’ time, they can only rise as a result as both of those destinations are likely to become far more popular for Johannesburg people if you will now be landing only 3 or 4 minutes away from Ballito and 10 minutes, at the very most, from Umhlanga Rocks compared to currently landing basically close to Amanzimtoti and having to drive the whole way to Umhlanga Rocks. It would probably make hotel destinations in Umhlanga and Ballito more popular with time, when people realise the convenience, than the main Durban hotels who still seem to do very big business.