KUMASI AIRPORT TO RUN NIGHT FLIGHTS BY END OF JANUARY

Local airline operators in the country would be
commencing night flights to Kumasi by the end
of this month.
This follows the installation of airfield lights on
the runway last year.
Speaking with Joy Business, Chief Operations
Officer of Africa World Airlines, Apiigy Afenu,
said all is set for them to start night
operations.
“We’ll start night operations to Kumasi on the 23
of January. We’ll be having two flights, one at
6:30pm and the other at 8:30pm. Tickets will be
on sale this weekend and customers will not see
any difference whether they fly during the day
or in the night,” Mr Afenu said.
The airline also expects high patronage as it
expects high night traffic over time.
“Now we can go to Kumasi and land smoothly
because of the improvement in the systems
there.
The runway was costing us a lot, our tires, etc.
but now it’s quite safe and it’s been extended
too. The lights are a big bonus for us because if
we go there in the evening, we can leave after
6pm and also if there should be any problem
during take-off from Kumasi, we can always go
back to Kumasi because it has airfield lights. We
know that for the last flight, a lot of people go
to Kumasi and they rush to leave Accra for
Kumasi because of the time we leave."
"This time around if people decide to go much
later, they can and we believe more people will
come in, in addition to the passengers coming
from overseas. We’re going to start somewhere in
the middle of January and I expect that
February onwards the response should be good,”
he said.