Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) reported a strong performance for the 2025/26 financial year, with a 98% passenger recovery compared with pre-Covid-19 levels and an 8.5% increase in passenger traffic year-on-year.
There were 20.58-million departing passengers in absolute terms, which translated into R8.8-billion of revenue from aeronautical and non-aeronautical for the period, ACSA acting CEO Charles Shilowa said during a presentation of the majority State-owned entity’s financial results on September 9.
While traffic has returned, this is uneven. Growth is centred at three major gateways, with 90% of passenger share at OR Tambo, Cape Town and King Shaka.
Shilowa pointed out that there were constraints despite this, with OR Tambo contending with slot availability challenges, while Cape Town was experiencing congestion. The latter was expected to be addressed with the new domestic arrivals terminal, as well as upgrades to the international terminal, which ASCA was currently pursuing.
ACSA achieved a profit before tax of R1.99-billion for the period, and profit after tax of R1.2-billion. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation was R2.8-billion.
