New Kumasi Airport receives A320 aircraft

The successful landing and taking off of the Airbus A320 is a feather in the cup of airport managers, Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL), who are seeking to fully operationalise the airport by the end of June 2024.

This is the third time an A320 has successfully landed and taken off from the facility since 2019.

Already, some international airlines have written to Ghana Airports Company Limited about their intention to operate scheduled passenger flights to the airport located at the Ashanti regional capital, Kumasi.

Transport Minister Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, speaking during a recent tour of the facility, said it will be inaugurated in May ahead of the full operationalisation of the airport by the end of June 2024.

Further expansion works are planned to extend the length of the current runway from 1994m to 2,300m plus so that the facility can accommodate larger planes above the A320 and B737.

Aviance, a leading passenger and ground handling company, successfully serviced the EgyptAir flight on April 25, 2024.

Mark Kamis, Managing Director of Aviance, told aviationghana.com: “We are excited to expand our ground handling activity to our airline customers in Kumasi and Tamale.”

The extension of Aviance’s services to Kumasi now prevents a situation where there is no equipment to service various chartered flights calling at the airport.