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| Founded | 1993 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 2014 | ||||||
| AOC # | 034 | ||||||
| Operating bases | Kotoka International Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 1 | ||||||
| Destinations | 3 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana | ||||||
| Key people | Marwan Traboulsi (CEO) [1] | ||||||
| Website | airghana | ||||||
Air Ghana is a cargo airline of Ghana with its head office at Ghana Airport Cargo Center (GACC) in Accra, Ghana, and its main hub at Kotoka International Airport in Accra. [2]
Air Ghana was founded in 1993 as an air logistics company. It grew to provide ground handling, cargo handling, GSSA and aviation support services over the next two decades. [3] [4]
In 2014, Air Ghana received its Air Operator Certificate from Ghana Civil Aviation Authority and commenced operations with a Boeing 737-400 freighter on behalf of DHL. [5] [6]
In 2016, Air Ghana opened the Ghana Airport Cargo Center, a 10,000 sq.m dedicated cargo warehouse facility supplemented by 9,000 sq.m of office space, in partnership with Ghana Airports Company Limited and Swissport. [7] [8]
The Air Ghana fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of March 2021): [9]
Air Ghana operates the following services as of March 2021. [10]
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