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BY: Mary Anane-Amponsah
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The Ho Airport will start receiving commercial flights by March this year. This came to light yesterday when Africa World Airlines (AWA) announced that commercial flights on the Accra-Ho-Accra route were expected to commence by March 20, 2021 with an affordable introductory fare to attract tourists and investors, boost socio-economic activities and promote development in the Volta Region.
The flights will operate twice weekly on Thursdays or Fridays and Sundays or Mondays at an introductory fare of GH₵99 for a one-way trip, which will take about 15 minutes.
Speaking to the media at a stakeholder consultative engagement organised by the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA), in collaboration with the Ghana Airport Company Limited (GACL), AWA and others, to discuss the viability and possibilities of operating the Ho Airport, the Head of Marketing at AWA, Dr Ade Dayo, said the commercial operations would need potential partnerships.
Ho Airport to begin commercial flights April,2021
Commercial flights to and fro the Ho Airport will begin April this year.
According to the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL), the first batch of commercial flights to Ho will resume during the Easter holidays.
The GACL stated that the opening of the airport will go a long way to ease the stress of passengers having to travel long hours in buses to reach their destination as the duration will be reduced to 30 minutes.
Head of Business Development Services of the GACL, Madam Amma Faake Gadzekpo said the facility had long been ready and was waiting for the right time and opportunity to resume fully.
The Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) has announced the launch of commercial flights to Ho during the Easter holidays.
Madam, Amma Faake Gadzekpo, Head of Business Development Services of the GACL said the facility had long been ready, and that the Company had been looking for the “right opportunity and timing to make it happen.”
She made the announcement at a stakeholders meeting in Ho organised by the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) to engage stakeholders including; players in the hospitality industry on developing sustainable packages to grow the travel and tour industry in the Region.
Madam Gadzekpo said an increase in tourism, and business activities in the Region were likely to make the Ho route one of the “best” in the country.