Vector wins the new Airport Project in Swaziland

20/2/2008

CONTACT: Ju-Liang Trigg +44 (0)20 8440444

LONDON - Following an international competitive tender the Swaziland Government has commissioned Vector to act as its overall project manager for a new international airport at Sikhuphe.  Vector will manage the development of the new airport and will co-ordinate an umbrella marketing campaign to strengthen Swaziland’s appeal as a tourism destination.

Vector will also bring together a route development programme to attract airlines.

Sikhuphe Airport is part of Swaziland’s Millennium Programme.  The programme is an effort to accelerate economic growth through strategic projects involving the development of infrastructure and tourism.  Each component has a strategic framework and aims to promote economic development.

Vector is now working with a number of ministries to identify and synchronise a number of measures that will encourage economic growth, reconciling demand and capacity and drawing up plans for a tourism master plan.

Vector is giving guidance in the formation of a new Civil Aviation Authority and will co-ordinate a massive training programme to enable adequate numbers of local people to successfully run all this.