Accra, Feb. 8, - Mrs Cecilia
Dapaah, the Minister of Aviation, has said significant progress had been made
on major airport projects across the country, including 87 per cent completion
of the Terminal 3 of the Kotoka International Airport (KIA).
She assured the airline
operators, stakeholders and the travelling public of the Ministry’s commitment
to meeting the deadline for commissioning by April 30, 2018.
Mrs Dapaah was speaking at the
second Aviation Breakfast Meeting organised by Aviation Ghana, an
Aviation-oriented PR organisation, in partnership with the Ministry of Aviation
and Board of Airlines in Accra on the theme: “The Role of Airlines in Creating
an Aviation Hub.”
The Terminal 3 is designed to
accommodate five million passengers a year and will process 1,250 passengers
within an hour.
The event brought together
aviation sector regulators and operators, including airlines, to discuss
pertinent issues affecting airlines and possible ways to addressing them to
move the sector forward and promote the growth of the industry.
Mrs Dapaah said some of the
issues raised at the first breakfast meeting were being attended to by the
Ministry and assured operators of government’s commitment to supporting the
operations and activities of the airline by formulating policies.
She said the concern on the
removal of import duties on aircraft spare parts raised last year had been
forwarded to the Minister of Finance for consideration.
Some of the issues discussed
included the proposed removal of the import duties on aircraft spare parts,
waiver on airport tariffs for airline employees and the negative impact of
harmattan on air navigation services.
Mr Simon Allotey, the
Director-General of Ghana Civil Aviation Authority, said the Authority had made
various investments in navigation equipment to improve on flight operations at
the Airport.
He said the installation of
modern air navigation systems across the various airports had upgraded their
communication equipment as well.
“It is to ensure safety of flight
operations in all the country’s airports,” he added.
He called on the travelling
public to bear with the airlines when flights were cancelled or delayed due to
harmattan conditions.
Mr John Attafuah, the Managing
Director of Ghana Airport Company Limited, said the new Terminal 3 would have a
dedicated prayer room to cater for the spiritual needs of Muslims.
He said by the end of March, this
year, the contractor would fix the car park.
GNA
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