Air Ghana
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| Founded | 1993 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 2014 | ||||||
| AOC # | 034 | ||||||
| Operating bases | Kotoka International Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 1 | ||||||
| Destinations | 3 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana | ||||||
| Key people | Marwan Traboulsi (CEO)[1] | ||||||
| Website | airghana | ||||||
Air Ghana is a cargo airline of Ghana with its head office at Ghana Airport Cargo Center (GACC) in Accra, Ghana, and its main hub at Kotoka International Airport in Accra.[2]
History
[edit]Air Ghana was founded in 1993 as an air logistics company. It grew to provide ground handling, cargo handling, GSSA and aviation support services over the next two decades.[3][4]
In 2014, Air Ghana received its Air Operator Certificate from Ghana Civil Aviation Authority and commenced operations with a Boeing 737-400 freighter on behalf of DHL.[5][6]
In 2016, Air Ghana opened the Ghana Airport Cargo Center, a 10,000 sq.m dedicated cargo warehouse facility supplemented by 9,000 sq.m of office space, in partnership with Ghana Airports Company Limited and Swissport.[7][8]
Fleet
[edit]The Air Ghana fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of March 2021):[9]
- 1 Boeing 737-400F (operated for DHL Aviation); registration 9G-AGL.
Destinations
[edit]Air Ghana operates the following services as of March 2021.[10]
- Abidjan – Félix-Houphouët-Boigny International Airport
- Accra – Kotoka International Airport
- Lagos – Murtala Muhammed International Airport
- Lomé – Gnassingbé Eyadéma (Tokoin) International Airport
References
[edit]- ^ "Air Ghana : News". AirGhana.com. 29 April 2016.
- ^ "Air Ghana : Contact". AirGhana.com.
- ^ "Air Ghana Airline Profile". CAPA Centre for Aviation.
- ^ "Air Ghana : About". AirGhana.com.
- ^ "Air Ghana obtains AOC, begins West Africa cargo ops". CH-Aviation. 5 May 2014.
- ^ "Air Ghana takes delivery of B737-400PTF". Air Cargo News. 2 March 2015.
- ^ "Ghana Airport Cargo Center (GACC)". GACC.
- ^ "Official Opening for Ghana Airport Cargo Centre". Air Cargo News. 31 October 2016.
- ^ "Air Ghana Fleet". planespotters.net. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- ^ "FlightRadar - GHN". flightradar24.com. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
