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Ghana Civil Aviation
On July 4, 1958, the Ghanaian government established Ghana
Airways (GA) to replace the former African Airways Corporation. By
the mid-1990s, GA operated international scheduled passenger and
cargo service to numerous European, Middle Eastern, and African
destinations, including London, Düsseldorf, Rome, Abidjan, Dakar,
Lagos, Lomé, and Johannesburg. The airline also operates direct
service to New York. The GA fleet includes two Fokker 28s, one
McDonnell Douglas DC-10, and one McDonnel Douglas DC-9. Since the
late 1980s, GA has received overhaul and maintenance service from,
among others, Swissair, Field Aircraft Services, and Fokker
Aviation. Historically, the airline has suffered from chronic
financial problems and thus has had difficulties meeting its
foreign debt obligations. Additionally, GA has been unable to
purchase new aircraft to bolster its domestic and regional routes.
Ghana has eleven airports, six with hard surfaced runways. The
most important are Kotoka International Airport at Accra and
airports at Sekondi-Takoradi, Kumasi, and Tamale that serve
domestic air traffic. In 1990, the government spent US$12 million
to improve Accra's facilities. Workmen resurfaced the runway,
upgraded the lighting system, and built a new freight terminal.
Construction crews also extended and upgraded the terminal building
at Kumasi. In early 1991, the government announced further plans to
improve Accra's international airport. The main runway was
upgraded, improvements were made in freight landing and
infrastructure, and the terminal building and the airport's
navigational aids were upgraded.
Data as of November 1994
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