Passion Air

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PassionAir
PassionAirLogoGhana.png
IATA ICAO Call sign
OPDIGPASSION
Founded2017
Commenced operations2018
Operating bases Kotoka International Airport
Fleet size5
Destinations6
Headquarters Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana
Key people Edward Annan (Founder), Billionaire Boateng, Duncan Sambu [1]
Website flypassionair.com

Pisces Aviation (dba as PassionAir) [2] is a domestic airline of Ghana with its head office in Accra, Ghana, and its main hub at Kotoka International Airport in Accra.

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It is the largest domestic airline in Ghana, having transported 386,294 passengers in 2023, [3] and holds a 51% share of the domestic market as of 2023. [4]

History

Passion Air was founded as DAC International Airlines (Ghana) by notable local businessman Edward Annan, in partnership with DAC Aviation of Kenya. The company was founded in 2017 and achieved its Air Operator Certificate in December that year. [5] Flight operations commenced under the PassionAir brand in August 2018 using a single Bombardier Dash 8 Q400. [6]

On 20 February 2021, Passion Air operated its first flight with an all female crew from Accra to Tamale. [7] The airline is also notable for hiring Ghana's youngest female pilot, Audrey Esi Swatson. [8]

Fleet

Passion Air Bombardier Q400 9GMRH-DGSI.jpg
Passion Air Bombardier Q400
A PassionAir aircraft at Kotoka International Airport PassionAir-9GACC-PIA-MRH-DGSI.jpg
A PassionAir aircraft at Kotoka International Airport

As of August 2025, Passion Air operates the following aircraft: [9]

PassionAir fleet
AircraftIn ServicePassengers
BETotal
Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 207878 [10]
Bombardier Dash 8 Q300 305050 [11]
Total
5

Destinations

PassionAir operates the following scheduled services as of March 2022. [12]

Ghana
Destinations map
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Destinations for Passion Air
Red = Year-round destination
Green = Seasonal destination
Blue = Future destination

Incidents

References

  1. ↑ "Company information".
  2. ↑ "Ghanaian Valid ACL Holders as of March 2022" (PDF). Ghana Civil Aviation Authority. 21 March 2022.
  3. ↑ "Traffic Statistics – GACL".
  4. ↑ Maclean Kwofi (31 March 2022). "Domestic Air Travels Surge". Daily Graphic.
  5. ↑ "Ghana's DAC Int'l Airlines secures AOC". 22 December 2017.
  6. ↑ "Ghana's PassionAir commences flight operations". 27 August 2018.
  7. ↑ "Passion Air makes history with all female crew". Joy News. 21 February 2021.
  8. ↑ "Meet Audrey Swatson: a young female pilot changing the aviation narrative". Business and Financial Times. 20 September 2020.
  9. ↑ "Global Airline Guide 2025 - Passion Air". Airliner World. September 2025. p. 60.
  10. ↑ "Passion Air on ch-aviation". ch-aviation.
  11. ↑ "9G-TIA Bombardier Dash 8-314". JetPhotos.net.
  12. ↑ "Route Map". flypassionair.com. 25 March 2022.
  13. ↑ "BREAKING NEWS: PassionAir plane grounded due excursion on runway". GH-Aviation.
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