Antrak Air

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Antrak Air
Antrak Air logo.png
IATA ICAO Callsign
O4ABVANTRAK
FoundedSeptember 2003 (2003-09)
Ceased operations2012
Hubs Kotoka International Airport
Focus cities Kumasi, Tamale, Sunyani, Takoradi, Accra.
Fleet size4
Destinations5
Parent company Total Flight Comfort
Headquarters Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana
Key peopleAlhaji Asoma Banda, Fadel Banda, William Asare, Abigail Asamoah, Kwaku Antwi-Bosiako
Website antrakair.com

Antrak Air was a Ghanaian scheduled airline based in the Airport Residential Area of Accra, Ghana. [1] It started operations in September 2003 and operated scheduled domestic, regional and international services, as well as charter services in West Africa. Its main base was at Kotoka International Airport, Accra. [2]

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The company suspended all operations in May 2012 following a fire on board its only aircraft. [3] The company resumed its domestic flights on 6 August after being grounded for about two months, [4] but no longer operates.

Destinations

Antrak Air operated the following scheduled services (at April 2012): [2]

Antrak Air was a legally designated carrier of Ghana to numerous countries worldwide, including the United Kingdom, Germany, South Africa and Saudi Arabia.

In September 2011, Antrak Air filed a legal challenge [5] seeking an injunction to suspend operations of new competitor Starbow Airlines.

Fleet

Antrak Air aircraft at Kotoka International Airport in 2012 9GAAB-DGAA.jpg
Antrak Air aircraft at Kotoka International Airport in 2012

The Antrak Air fleet consisted of the following aircraft (as of July 2012) :

Accidents and incidents

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References

  1. ↑ "Contact Us." Antrak Air. 4 August 2010. Retrieved on 8 December 2011. "Accra Corporate Office 50 Senchi Street, Airport Residential. Area"
  2. 1 2 "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International . 2007-03-27. p. 76.
  3. ↑ "citifmonline" . Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "citifmonline" . Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "Antrak, CTK Warn Ghana Civil Aviation, Starbow Airlines". 30 November 2001. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  6. ↑ 9G-AAB Antrak Air ATR 42-320 - cn 041 [ permanent dead link ]. planespotters.net.
  7. ↑ EC-KVI Antrak Air ATR 72-500 (72-212A) - cn 824 Archived 2013-10-20 at the Wayback Machine . planespotters.net.
  8. ↑ "Avoka, others escape aircraft fire", GhanaWeb, 22 May 2012.


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