GEORGE NEWS - Airports Company South Africa's (ACSA) George Airport has honoured its service providers and stakeholder partners at the 2018 George Airport Feather Awards, hosted in George on Friday 23 November. The theme for the Feather Awards was "Connecting You to Possibilities".
The annual Feather Awards provide an opportunity for the state-owned company to recognise the regional partners and service providers that go the extra mile to ensure optimal operations and management of the regional airport, offering a range of services.
These included airlines, retailers, car rental companies, hotels, ground handlers, government agencies and community-based non-profit organisations.
George Airport manager Brenda Vorster said, "There are many unknown and unrecognised faces who do incredible work behind the scenes at George Airport to ensure that we offer our close to 400 000 annual departing passengers a seamless and enjoyable travel experience. Our Feather Awards are a token of our appreciation for these individuals and companies for their outstanding service excellence that assist us, year in and year out, to maintain our award-winning status as one of Africa's safest and most prestigious regional airports."
The winners of the Feathers Awards 2018 are, in front from left: Dina Dias (Goodbye Malaria); Andrea Rother (Europcar/Tempest); Pedro Oliphant (George Municipality); Siphiwe Dladla (Garden Route Municipality); Brenda Vorster (George Airport manager); Ilse Smal (Mabone Waste Management); Claudia Rousseau (Air BP) and Salome van Vught (Swissport). Back: Mark Perrins (SAPS); Edwenah du Plessis (Flysafair); John Spence (Airlink); Edana Oberholzer (Europcar/Tempest); Warren Williams (Sunglass Hut); K
ACSA corporate affairs senior manager, Senzeni Ndebele, said, "These awards demonstrate that no organisation runs optimally without strategic support from its key stakeholders and partners. As an airport operator, it is therefore vital for us to affirm each stakeholder and recognise how they are an integral part of achieving and maintaining service excellence at this regional tourist hub that is the gateway to the Garden Route."
This year ACSA celebrates its 25th anniversary.
Municipal and Business Chamber officials from left: Cllr Barnie Groenewald (Mossel Bay); Cllr Gerrit Pretorius (George Municipality Speaker); Fanus Truter (Mossel Bay Business Chamber); Cllr Charlotte Clark (George Deputy Mayor); Siphiwe Dladla (Garden Route Municipality); Brenda Vorster (George Airport Manager); Fundi Sithebe (ACSA), Cllr Erika Brown (George) and Dr Dennis Farrel (George Business Chamber Chairman);
Deon Groenewald (left) with the best performing Government Agency Award recipient Siphiwe Dladla and Brenda Vorster
Fundi Sithebe (Acsa) (left) Mervyn Nefdt (Manager: Fire and Rescue – Cape Town International Airport), George Municpality Speaker, Cllr Gerrit Pretorius and Brenda Vorster.
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