While Ghana’s private jet ownership landscape is relatively small, neighboring Nigeria boasts a significantly larger market, with billionaires like Aliko Dangote and Abdul Samad Rabiu proudly owning private jets.
However, checks by GhanaWeb Business reveal that in Ghana, only two prominent individuals are known to own private jets: Dr. Daniel McKorley, Executive Chairman of the McDan Group, and Ibrahim Mahama, CEO of Engineers & Planners.
Ibrahim Mahama owns a luxurious Bombardier 604 private jet, customized with the name Dzata. The jet’s interior exudes elegance, featuring cream-colored seats that provide ultimate comfort for passengers.
Daniel McKorley, on the other hand, owns a private jet used for both personal and commercial purposes. He also operates and manages the executive lounge for private jets at the Terminal 1 section of Kotoka International Airport.
With the continuous rise in global fuel prices, the cost of aviation fuel and jet maintenance can amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars.
According to flyalliance.com, the average maintenance cost of a private jet ranges from $500,000 to $1 million, in addition to expenses such as parking fees, avionics upgrades, interior refurbishments, pilot fees, and more.
The latest individual to join the ranks of private jet owners in Ghana is entrepreneur Richard Nii-Armah Quaye, the founder and CEO of Bills Microcredit.
To celebrate his 40th birthday, he acquired a custom-branded private jet along with a high-end Bugatti Chiron.
The jet, prominently emblazoned with his initials RNAQ, was revealed in a post captioned, “…and I got myself a jet too #RNAQ40.”
Source: www.ghanaweb.com
