 It is unclear what the fate of the existing Durban International Airport will be now that KSIA is complete.While it was originally expected that the airport would be decommissioned and the site (in a prime industrial area) would be redeveloped, possibly as a dug-out port serving nearby automotive assembly and components factories, Comair has expressed interest in buying the existing airport and operating it as an alternative, secondary airport.Despite wide expectations that the airport would be named "King Shaka International Airport" (Shaka was the leader of the Zulu nation in the early 19th century), it emerged in October 2009 that the airport needed to undergo a formal naming process.