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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]
All graduates from Ghanaian tertiary institutions must complete a one-year national service. [3] Every year several ten of thousands of graduates are posted to various sectors as service personnel. [4] In 2009 - 2010 service year, about 67,000 graduates were posted. [4] In the 2010 - 2011 service year, 50,069 personnel were posted. [5]
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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.
Before the opening of the new airport, the capacity stood at 12 million passengers per year. [4] Its 4,570-metre (14,993 ft) runway was one of the longest at a civil airport. It was the main base of Qatar Airways. In the past, the airport was mostly used by Qatari holiday makers and foreign workers coming for the oil and gas sector.
The Tamale Airport was upgraded to the status of an international airport in two phases; Phase 1 and Phase 2. Phase 1. In preparation for the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations (20 January 2008 to 10 February 2008) and with a budget of US$4.2 million, this airport was upgraded by: resurfacing the single runway, the taxiways and aprons, upgrading the terminal building, constructing a modified fire ...
It has its head office in Airport City Accra, [5] and its main hub at Kotoka International Airport in Accra. [4] It is the largest airline in Ghana with over 600,000 passengers booked in 2022, [4] accounting for 55% of domestic passengers and 20% of all air passengers in the country. [6] [7] [8] The airline has been consistently profitable ...