Everything about Ghana Airways totally explained
Ghana Airways was an
airline based at
Kotoka International Airport,
Accra,
Ghana. All operations ceased in
2004 and the company was placed into liquidation. Ghana now has a new national airline,
Ghana International Airlines, a partnership between the Government and US-based private investors.
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History
The airline was established on
4 July 1958 and started operations on
15 July 1958, taking over the Ghana-based domestic and international services of
West African Airways Corporation. Domestic services were discontinued in September
1991.
In the early 2000s, Ghana Airways chartered
Airbus A330 aircraft from Canadian operator
SkyService Airlines and
McDonnell Douglas MD-11 aircraft from USA operator
World Airways to perform part of its North American operations. In late
2003, it suffered from
DC-10 aircraft becoming inoperable due to maintenance obligations and as a result was forced to cancel a large segment of its long-range flights until it purchased two ex-
Hawaiian Airlines DC-10 aircraft.
On
28 July 2004, Ghana Airways was barred from flying to and from the United States for safety reasons.
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13 August 2004, the board of Ghana Airways was sacked and tickets were no longer sold.
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The airline ceased all operations and has since been replaced by
Ghana International Airlines, a private-public partnership, as the national carrier of
Ghana.
Services
Ghana Airways flew to
North America,
Europe,
Africa, and the
Middle East.
Destinations it served included:
Africa
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Benin
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Canary Islands (Spain)
Côte d'Ivoire
Egypt
The Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Liberia
Mali
Nigeria
Senegal
Sierra Leone
South Africa
Togo
Zimbabwe
In addition, Ghana Airways planned to fly to the following destinations (External Link):
Angola
Ethiopia
Niger
Zambia
Asia
Lebanon
Ghana Airways planned to re-start Beirut and fly to Dubai, United Arab Emirates (External Link).
Europe
United Kingdom
Germany
Italy
Switzerland
North America
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United States
In addition, Ghana Airways planned to develop a nonstop Atlanta, Georgia, United States to Accra flight and a Toronto, Ontario, Canada flight to Accra via Dakar (External Link).
Fleet
The first service was operated using a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser. The Stratocruisers were replaced by Bristol Britannias. Then in the early 1960s the airline acquired the Ilyushin Il-18, but those were returned because they were not economical to operate. They were replaced with the Vickers VC10 and for domestic routes the BAe HS.748. From 1983 the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 aircraft were used on international routes and DC-9-51 aircraft and the Fokker F27-600 on domestic and regional routes. Next came the Airbus A330-300 which was disposed of in May 2002 and an Airbus A320-200 in March 2004.
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