With the advent of the Aerotropolis many business people are expressing an interest in office and conference accommodation at airports.

Commercial activity in and around airports typically include aircraft maintenance, hotels, restaurants, car rental facilities, airport-related freight services and increasingly office developments. 

More than 700 delegates at the first ever Airport Cities World Conference and Exhibiton (ACE) 2013 to be held on African spoil, making it one of the well attended meetings in the history of the ACE conference

The Department of Transport embraces the airport cities and aerotropolis concepts as a way to use the aviation infrastructure to meet other social and economic goals of the country

The Ekurhuleni Metro Council is banking on the Airports Cities world conference in Kempton Park to lessen the burden of unemployment, homelessness and poverty.