Bonaero Park

Bonaero Park is a southeastern suburb of Kempton Park, Ekurhuleni, in Gauteng province, South Africa. It lies directly next to OR Tambo International Airport, the busiest airport in Africa. Bonaero Park was built in the 1960s to house employees from the nearby military aircraft factory owned by Atlas Aircraft Corporation. In 1992 Atlas was absorbed into a new entity known as Denel, becoming part of Denel Aviation.[2]

Bonaero Park
Bonaero Park
Bonaero Park
Coordinates: 26°7′23″S 28°15′20″E
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceGauteng
MunicipalityEkurhuleni
Main PlaceKempton Park, Gauteng
Area
 • Total3.13 km2 (1.21 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total7,392
 • Density2,400/km2 (6,100/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
 • Black African19.3%
 • Coloured2.1%
 • Indian/Asian3.3%
 • White73.9%
 • Other1.4%
First languages (2011)
 • Afrikaans55.7%
 • English29.2%
 • Zulu2.9%
 • Northern Sotho2.7%
 • Other9.4%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
1619
PO box
1622

Economy

Two local airlines, Comair and Kulula.com, have their head offices in Bonaero Park.[3][4]

Toyota South Africa has constructed their new parts distribution centre for Southern Africa in Bonaero Park costing 363 million rand. The 42 000 m2 facility supplies local dealerships with replacement parts and also provides parts to 70 international destinations where South African vehicles are sold. By 2015 the second phase will be completed adding 38 000 m2 to the existing facility making it the largest of its kind in Africa.[5][6]

At one time Airlink's head office was also in Bonaero Park.[7][8] In 2009 Airlink leased space in the Greenstone Office Park in Modderfontein, Johannesburg.[9][10][11]

gollark: Maybe you could make a good scifi thing a hundred years in the future or something about faster computers/better optimization algorithms/distributed system designs/something making central planning more tractable. Although in the future supply chains will probably be even more complex. But right now, it is NOT practical.
gollark: In any case, if you have a planned system and some new need comes up... what do you do, spend weeks updating the models and rerunning them? That is not really quick enough.
gollark: If you want to factor in each individual location's needs in some giant model, you'll run into issues like:- people lying- it would be horrifically complex
gollark: Information flow: imagine some farmer, due to some detail of their climate/environment, needs extra wood or something. But the central planning models just say "each farmer needs 100 units of wood for farming 10 units of pig"; what are they meant to do?
gollark: The incentives problems: central planners aren't really as affected by how well they do their jobs as, say, someone managing a firm, and you probably lack a way to motivate people "on the ground" as it were.

References
  1. "Sub Place Bonaero Park". Census 2011.
  2. "The Case of Denel". Peter Batchelor (International Development Research Center). 2006-11-26. Archived from the original on 2006-11-24.
  3. "Contact Us." Comair. Retrieved on 1 April 2014. "Comair Limited Physical address: Cnr Atlas Road and Marignane Drive Bonaero Park 1619 South Africa"
  4. "Contact Us." (Archive) Kulula.com. Retrieved on 6 February 2011. "Physical address Cnr. 1 Marignane Drive and Atlas Road Bonaero Park 1619 South Africa "
  5. Toyota opens R363m Mega Warehouse in Kempton Park Archived 2014-04-07 at the Wayback Machine. SA Commercialprop News 4 October 2012 Retrieved on 1 April 2014
  6. Toyota opens R363 million distribution centre Archived April 7, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Imperial Toyota 2 October 2012 Retrieved 1 April 2014
  7. " contact us." Airlink. 1 August 2008. Retrieved on 6 February 2011. "Head Office (Bonaero Park - Map)"
  8. "Download a map to Airlink's Head Office." (Archive) Airlink. Retrieved on 30 September 2009.
  9. "Map." Airlink. Retrieved on 6 February 2011.
  10. "Contact us Archived June 23, 2011, at the Wayback Machine." Airlink. Retrieved on 6 February 2011. "Head Office (Modderfontein) [...] No.3, Greenstone Hill Office Park, Emerald Boulevard, Greenstone Hill, Modderfontein PO Box 7529, Bonaero Park, 1622, South Africa."
  11. "Company Announcement: Barrow’s Latest Greenstone Hill Office Building Leased." Barrow Properties. 13 August 2009. Retrieved on 28 July 2010.
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