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Ghana: Mahama sets roadmap for new national airline

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Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama and Boeing have agreed on a roadmap to re-establish a national airline following studies deemed viable. The project includes a strategic and technical partner, an operating certificate, fleet selection and financing, according to 3News.

Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama has agreed with Boeing on a roadmap for establishing a new national airline, following preliminary studies that confirmed the project's viability, according to 3News. The timetable includes finding a strategic airline partner and a technical partner, obtaining an air operator certificate, and making decisions on the fleet and financing.

Boeing assured John Dramani Mahama that the group would continue to support Ghana during the airline's establishment and operations, according to 3News. The project is intended to increase the use of Ghana's modernised airport infrastructure and forms part of the president's objective of making Accra a major aviation hub in West Africa.

The new airline is expected to create thousands of jobs for pilots, cabin crew, aircraft engineers and aviation management specialists. John Dramani Mahama wants the national airline to be operational before the end of his term in January 2029.

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