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The shipping unit of the company is the first and only Freight Forwarding Company to obtain the Air Carrier Licence in handling chartered cargo flights in Ghana and currently has the GSA for Global Aviation in West Africa. [8] In 2019, McDan acquired a license to operate a private jet section at the Kotoka International Airport. [9]
Airport City Accra is an urban development within the airport enclave of Accra, [1] [2] centered around Kotoka International Airport. The development is promoted by Ghana Airports Company Limited on the principle that airports have ceased to be mere terminals, but rather economic growth outlets to promote trade and generate employment.
Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) is a state-owned company with responsibility for developing, maintaining, planning, and managing airports in Ghana. It was registered in 2006 and presently manages airports such as Kotoka International Airport, Nana Agyemang Prempeh I International Airport, Tamale International Airport, Wa Airport, Sunyani Airport, Ho Airport and other airstrips in Ghana. [2]
Since “The Year of Return, Ghana 2019,” it seems we haven’t stopped returning to the motherland. In my circle of The post The Career of Return: What is it like to work abroad in Ghana ...
The development of Ghana’s aviation industry dates back to 1918 when the idea of aerial transportation for the then Gold Coast was conceived. Starting as a unit within the Public Works Development in 1930, Civil Aviation was granted Departmental status in 1953, under the Ministry of Transport and Communications.
Until the upgrading of the Tamale and Kumasi airports to international standards, KIA, for a longtime, was the sole international airport in Ghana. [4] In 2023, the airport served a record of 3.1 million passengers, a recovery from the 1.2 million in 2020 (reduced due to the COVID-19 pandemic). [1]
In April 2019, the Parliament of Ghana approved a budget of €58.9 million for Phase 3 of the development of the Prempeh I International Airport. [28] Phase 3 includes an extension of the terminal building, a fire station, fire access routes and an air control tower.
The railway system in Ghana has historically been confined to the plains south of the barrier range on mountains north of the city of Kumasi.However, the 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) narrow-gauge railway, totalling 935 kilometres (581 mi), is presently undergoing major rehabilitation and inroads to the interior are now being made.