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  • Kumasi’s new terminal at Prempeh I International Airport to commence operations on July 1

    Kumasi’s new terminal at Prempeh I International Airport to commence operations on July 1

    The Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) has announced that the new Terminal building at Prempeh I International Airport, Kumasi, will commence operations on Monday, July 1, 2024.

    According to a statement issued on Monday by GACL, in collaboration with stakeholders, there will be a series of subsystem simulations and two full-scale integrated simulations of all processes and systems in the new terminal building from June 25 to June 30, 2024.

    “The objective is to ensure that all systems, equipment, and staff are fully prepared to operate efficiently and effectively and also to manage risks associated with the transfer of operations from the old terminal to the new Terminal building,” it added.

    The objective is to ensure that all systems, equipment, and staff are fully prepared for efficient and effective operation and to manage risks associated with transferring operations from the old terminal to the new Terminal building.

    As part of the operationalization process, GACL has scheduled three live flights from the new terminal building from June 28 to June 30, 2024.

    GACL has advised Africa World Airlines and Passion Air to inform passengers scheduled to travel on these dates to take note of this arrangement.

    Key features of the new Terminal building include:

    • Capacity to handle 800,000 passengers annually
    • Ability to process 200 passengers per hour
    • Two passenger boarding bridges
    • Presidential lounge and three other lounges
    • Four boarding gates
    • Four self-service check-in kiosks
    • Nine check-in desks
    • Sixteen immigration booths
    • Airline and staff offices
    • Large commercial retail area
    • Currency declaration office
    • Forex bureau
    • Visa-on-arrival facility
    • Automated car park
    • Multipurpose faith room
    • Dedicated area for unaccompanied minors
    • Modern baggage handling systems
    • Medical facility

    GACL reaffirmed its commitment to providing world-class airport facilities and services to position Ghana as the preferred aviation hub and leader in airport business in West Africa.

  • KIA gets first standard certified airline repair facility

    At Kotoka International Airport, 3AMS-CELMS will run Ghana’s first Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) facility.

    Ben Owusu, a Senior Aviation Safety Inspector and Manager at Quality Assurance, claims that the organization is almost finished with its certification procedure, which began about five years ago.

    On March 29, 2022, the GCAA, the regulatory body for the aviation industry, approved 3AMS-CELMS Limited’s request to move on to stage four of the five-step certification process.

    In Ghana and the rest of West Africa, single-aisle aircraft and Boeing 737s will be able to be repaired and maintained by the company, according to Mr. Clifford Martey Korley, managing director of 3AMS-CELMS Limited.

    This means domestic operators Africa World Airlines (AWA) and PassionAir can service and repair their fleet locally.

    West Africa only has an MRO in Nigeria able to repair smaller aircraft, despite being one of the regions where air traffic growth prior to the pandemic in 2020 was on the ascendancy.

    There are about 32 West-Africa based airlines servicing the region, and tens of international flights servicing various airports in the sub-region daily.

    Airline operators in the sub-region have to either fly to Ethiopia, Egypt or South Africa to have faults and regular maintenance carried out on most large aircraft.

    Mr. Korley said when his company’s final certification is issued – hopefully by December, it will be able to service all such aircraft in the sub-region, earn money for the country and help hasten re-attainment of Category-1 status for the Kotoka International Airport.

    For Ghana to become an aviation hub, the establishment of an MRO is imperative.

    “The coming on-stream of 3AMS-CELMS Limited’s MRO operations will greatly accelerate the vision of becoming the go-to aviation hub in the sub-region,” he added.

  • KIA gets first standard certified airline repair facility

    At Kotoka International Airport, 3AMS-CELMS will run Ghana’s first Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul (MRO) facility.

    Ben Owusu, a Senior Aviation Safety Inspector and Manager at Quality Assurance, claims that the organization is almost finished with its certification procedure, which began about five years ago.

    On March 29, 2022, the GCAA, the regulatory body for the aviation industry, approved 3AMS-CELMS Limited’s request to move on to stage four of the five-step certification process.

    In Ghana and the rest of West Africa, single-aisle aircraft and Boeing 737s will be able to be repaired and maintained by the company, according to Mr. Clifford Martey Korley, managing director of 3AMS-CELMS Limited.

    This means domestic operators Africa World Airlines (AWA) and PassionAir can service and repair their fleet locally.

    West Africa only has an MRO in Nigeria able to repair smaller aircraft, despite being one of the regions where air traffic growth prior to the pandemic in 2020 was on the ascendancy.

    There are about 32 West-Africa based airlines servicing the region, and tens of international flights servicing various airports in the sub-region daily.

    Airline operators in the sub-region have to either fly to Ethiopia, Egypt or South Africa to have faults and regular maintenance carried out on most large aircraft.

    Mr. Korley said when his company’s final certification is issued – hopefully by December, it will be able to service all such aircraft in the sub-region, earn money for the country and help hasten re-attainment of Category-1 status for the Kotoka International Airport.

    For Ghana to become an aviation hub, the establishment of an MRO is imperative.

    “The coming on-stream of 3AMS-CELMS Limited’s MRO operations will greatly accelerate the vision of becoming the go-to aviation hub in the sub-region,” he added.

  • Flight operations to Sunyani Airport will enhance Bono Region economic fortunes – Minister 

    Bono Regional Minister, Madam Justina Owusu Banahene, has highlighted the importance of domestic flight operations in Sunyani.

    According to her, the Sunyani Airport would enhance the region’s economic fortunes and spur rapid socio-economic growth.

    “This would improve the livelihoods of the people of the region and beyond”, Mad. Owusu-Banahene said.

    She said domestic airline operations would open the region and attract investors to harness its viable economic potential for development.

    Madam Owusu-Banahene indicated the region’s enormous tourist attraction sites would also be tapped to boost ecotourism too.

    “The inclusion of the Sunyani in the flight route of PassionAir undoubtedly added our dear region to the rapid worldwide air transportation network. This will make the Bono region essentially one stop global commerce centre in Ghana and west Africa”, Mad Owusu-Banahene said at an inaugural flight ceremony held at the Sunyani Airport.

    President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo inaugurated the first phase of the rehabilitation and expansion of the Sunyani airport on August 03, and assured his government’s commitment to release funds for the second phase of the project to begin next year.

    In 2015, the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority closed the facility to pave the way for the rehabilitation and expansion works for the airport to meet the required standard for domestic flight operations.

    “I am fully convinced and highly optimistic that air and road transport system will complement each other to accelerate the economic growth of the region by stimulating trade and investments” Mad Owusu-Banahene added.

    Mr Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, the Minister of Transport, noted high patronage would not only sustain the operations of the airline, but also engender strong competition in the aviation industry in the region, saying that would justify the need for work to begin on the second phase of the project.

    He, therefore, called on the people to patronise, and asked PassionAir to “respect and treat customers with respect and decorum”, saying that was the surest way passengers would buy its products.

    Okokyeredom Sakyi Ako II, the Paramount Chief of the Drobo Traditional Area and the Vice President of the Bono Regional House of Chiefs, commended President Akufo-Addo for the work done at the Airport and urged the people to patronise operations of the airline.

    “The government has contributed its quota by providing the airport; PassionAir has also done its part and so we must also do our part and patronize the services so that the airline will remain in business in our region”, he said.

    Okokyeredom Ako II appealed to the President to facilitate the construction of a dual carriage road linking the Sunyani Central Business District and the Airport.

    Source: GNA