Wing Commander Andy Mensah (retd), a former director-general of the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), has urged the government to establish a national carrier to support the aviation industry.
He claimed that the lack of a national airline was one of the primary reasons the economy was in trouble and that it had led to capital flight out of the nation.
"Every nation's economy is anchored on aviation.
In order to maintain all of our investments in the nation, we require an airline.
Without it, capital flight would persist because foreign airlines would bring their profits home. It doesn't contribute to company promotion," he claimed.
On May 16, Wg. Cdr. Mensah spoke in Accra at the GCAA's 37th anniversary celebration.
The celebration's subject was "37 Years of Providing World-Class Regulation and Air Navigation Services in the Aviation Industry," and it was also held to celebrate authority employees who had retired.
The suggestion from Ghana Airlines Wg Cdr Mensah is in accordance with Transport Minister Kwaku Ofori Asiamah's announcement in March of this year that a new national carrier will start operations in June.
It is anticipated that Ghana Airlines will offer flights to the USA and the UK.
According to Mr. Asiamah, the airline complied with all criteria.
"It is well anchored, and every condition has been met.
According to my research, they will unveil their logo and begin selling tickets around the end of April or beginning of May.
And you'll see a national carrier, Ghana Airlines, soaring in the sky by June or July, the transport minister promised.
According to Charles Kraikue, the GCAA's director general, for the past 37 years, the organization has connected people and cultures from all over the world by offering top-notch regulatory and air navigation services within the aviation business.
He claimed that the GCAA had won the government's backing for the passage in Parliament of an Air Navigation Services Agency Bill due to conformity with the International Civil Aviation Organization and industry best practices.
He pointed out that the bill will establish an air navigation services provider to take over the GCAA's present duty as supplier of air navigation services inside Accra, paving the road for the ability to pay close attention to its regulatory mandate.
The GCAA Director-General announced that the organization was also building a new complex for air navigation services that would provide, among other things, meteorological services for air navigation and aeronautical information management, communications, navigation, and surveillance systems, and air traffic management services.
According to Mr. Kraikue, a new air traffic management system has been put in place, and older equipment around the nation—including that at So Tomé and Prncipe—has been modified to improve service.
The authority, he said, will shortly start erecting a brand new, cutting-edge air traffic control tower facility because the present one has served its purpose.
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