<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">History Lanseria International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">Lanseria Airport started out as a grass strip airfield in 1972, the brainchild of two Pretoria pilots: Fanie Haacke and Abe Sher. The land was originally bought by Krugersdorp and Roodepoort Municipality together with the Transvaal Peri-Urban Board and contracted to Lanseria Management Company on a 99-year lease since 1972.</p>
<p class="blog-para">The airport was officially opened by the Minister of Transport at the time, Hannes Rall, on 16 August 1974. Soon after its opening, Lanseria Airport hosted the Air Africa '75 (in 1975).</p>
<p class="blog-para">When Nelson Mandela was released from prison in 1990 he was flown to Johannesburg landing at Lanseria Airport.</p>
<p class="blog-para">On 15 November 2012 the airport was sold to a consortium consisting of Harith, an infrastructure development fund management company; the women's empowerment company Nozala; and the Government Employee Pension Fund, through the Public Investment Corporation.</p>
<p class="blog-para">On 11 November 2013 the airport opened its new 45-meter-wide 07/25 Runway and also closed the existing 30-meter-wide 06/24 runway. Kulula was the first airline to land on the new runway.</p>
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<p class="blog-para">Lanseria International Airport serves as an alternative air connection to Johannesburg's OR Tambo International Airport in South Africa. It is a private airport, meeting all the international standards.</p>
<p class="blog-para">Lanseria International Airport serves as an alternative air connection to Johannesburg&rsquo;s OR Tambo International Airport in South Africa. It is a private airport, meeting all the international standards as specified by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).</p>
<p class="blog-para">The airport is located in the vicinity of Johannesburg&rsquo;s major business hub Sandton. It is connected through the R512 road that runs between Randburg and Sandton, two of the wealthiest regions of the city of Johannesburg.</p>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Other facilities </strong></p>
<p class="blog-para">National Airways has its head office building on the airport property.</p>
<p class="blog-para">Various maintenance and avionics companies are situated on the airport including Interjet Maintenance, MPT Maintenance, ExecuJet, Lanseria Jet centre and NAC with various other smaller outfits. The maintenance facilities at Lanseria International Airport provide small to midsize aircraft maintenance mainly focused on corporate aircraft and small regional airliners, up to a Bombardier CRJ700 or similar.</p>
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