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Ghana would allow domestic airlines into its domestic air travel space from a short to a medium term span, the Ministry of Aviation has announced.
This would give Ghana a competitive edge as a keen force in the aviation industry across Africa.
The government’s priority to make Ghana an aviation hub within the sub-region demands tough policy decisions such as tax cuts to reduce the cost of operation in the country, the Deputy Minister of Aviation, Kwabena Okyere Darko said.
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He said the country is prepared to collaborate with all airlines in Nigeria to also allow them to operate in our domestic market.
‘This is a great opportunity to invite other stakeholders to invest in Ghana” he added.
The Minister also highlighted the president’s vision of increasing the free movement of people and goods across the West African coast adding that partnerships with transport and aviation organizations as well as countries in the region would provide the mechanism for that to happen.
READ ALSO: Ghana has one of the best aviation regions in West Africa Mr. Okyere Darko, disclosed this when he launched Africa World Airline’s inaugural flight to Abuja on Monday.Meanwhile, the Acting Director of Air Transport Management for Nigeria’s Transport Ministry, Gregory Adebiyi Taiwo considers this as an opportunity to increase Nigerian investments into Ghana.“We feel that this will help strengthen the relation between Ghana and Nigeria especially with the movement of air passenger and cargo and open up the market to private investors in Nigeria.”
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“It will increase competition between Nigerian and other incoming airlines into the country,” he asserted. Africa World Airline’s Accra-Abuja route operates a flight daily every week.
The company also says it intends to increase its fleet of Embraer 145 aircrafts as it considers the extension of its operations to other markets within the sub-region.