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Sir Seretse Khama International Airport located 15km (9 mi) north of Gaborone is the main international airport of the capital city of Botswana. The airport is named for Sir Seretse Khama the first president of Botswana.(External Link

) The government of Botswana has started a $61 million expansion plan to further develop the airport to accommodate increased traffic and larger planes.

Overview

Time: GMT +2.
Transfer to the city: Hotel minibuses and taxis (travel time 15 minutes). No scheduled bus service.
Car rental: Avis and Imperial.
Facilities: One terminal building with Barclays Bank bureau de change, bar and restaurant, left luggage facility and duty-free shop for flights outside the Common Customs Union (South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland).

Airlines

Air Botswana (Cape Town, Francistown, Harare, Johannesburg, Kasane, Maun, Tuli Block, Windhoek)

South African Express (Cape Town, Johannesburg)

Fatal crash

On October 11 1999, an Air Botswana captain, Chris Phatswe, boarded a parked ATR-42 aircraft A2-ABB in the early morning and took off. Once in the air, he asked by radio to speak to the president, Air Botswana's general manager, the station commander, central police station and his girlfriend, among others. Because the president was out of the country, he was allowed to speak to the vice president. In spite of all attempts to persuade him to land and discuss his grievances, he stated he was going to crash into some planes on the apron. After a total flying time of about 2 hours, he did two loops and then crashed at 200 knots (230 mph) into Air Botswana's two other ATR-42s parked on the apron. The captain was killed but there were no other casualties.
Airline sources say the pilot had been grounded on medical reasons, refused reinstatement and regrounded until February 2000. Air Botswana operations were crippled, as the airline temporarily only had one plane left - a BAe 146 which was grounded with technical problems.(External Link

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