The Port Elizabeth International Airport is leading the way in the eco-drive by Airports Company SA with energy-saving lights installed throughout and a new solar plant that could take it off the grid set to launch in June.

Speaking on Wednesday in celebration of World Environment Day, Acsa spokesperson Senzeni Ndebele said light-emitting diode bulbs had been installed in the terminal, on the centre line of the runway and elsewhere on the taxiway as well as on the approach strip and in the high-mast lights around the apron...