It is the only airline to have been awarded the coveted ‘Skytrax Airline of the Year’ title, which is recognised as the pinnacle of excellence in the airline industry, five times. It was also named ‘Best Airline in the Middle East’, ‘World’s Best Business Class’, and ‘Best Business Class Seat’, in recognition of its ground-breaking Business Class experience, Qsuite. With Qatar Airways set to start daily service to Accra starting April 15, 2020, the one-way interline agreement will allow Qatar customers to connect onto regional and domestic routes serviced by AWA such as Lagos, Abuja, Abidjan, Freetown, Monrovia, Kumasi, Takoradi and Tamale.Ī multiple award-winning airline, Qatar Airways was named ‘World’s Best Airline’ by the 2019 World Airline Awards, managed by Skytrax. Over the next six months, two more airlines are expected to complete their certification process with the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), which will enable them to operate domestic passenger flights and meet the current demand.AviationGhana can exclusively reveal that Ghana-based regional and domestic airlines, Africa World Airlines (AWA), has struck a deal with Doha-based Qatar Airways that will open up new destinations is the West Africa sub-region for Qatar Airways passengers. Head of Commercial, AWA, noted that this is to “help with the demand since the suspension of flight by Starbow”.
It has had to increase its frequency on the Accra-Kumasi-Accra route from 5x per day to 6x per day, and from 4x per day to 5x per day on the Accra-Tamale-Accra route to meet the sudden increase in demand due to the temporary suspension of flights by Starbow – the only other domestic operator. In January, the Africa Union was able to get 23 Africa countries to launch the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM), an initiative geared to getting the countries to abide by the Yamoussoukro Declaration and liberalise their air spaces.ĪWA remains the only airline currently providing domestic air services between Accra and Kumasi, Tamale and Takoradi.
It would also enhance connectivity, and lead to drops in air-fares. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) estimates that opening up African air routes would boost Ghana’s GDP by US$46.8million Nigeria, US$128.2million and Senegal, US$40.5million. The Africa region, and West Africa sub-region specifically, is not well-connected enough for the various economies to realise the benefits of aviation as a result of subtle protectionism policies and non-adherence to the Yamoussoukro Decision of 1999 that sought to promote open skies in the continent. It further announced in January 2018 the start of a Lagos-Monrovia service via Accra, as it seeks to improve connectivity within the West African sub-region. The return flight departs Monrovia at 14:10hrs and arrives in Accra at 16:10hrs.
The Accra-Monrovia-Accra flights departs Kotoka International Airport at 11:30hrs on Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays and arrives in Monrovia at 13:30hrs. The airline operates flights between the Accra and Monrovia on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays. AWA is expected to announce some promotional fares from Accra to Freetown to mark the start of the new service.ĪWA, which serves the Accra-Lagos-Accra and Accra-Abuja-Accra routes, recently started servicing the Accra-Monrovia-Accra route as it positions itself to be the airline of choice in a sub-region that craves improved intra-regional connection to facilitate trade, investment and easy movement of people.ĪWA, on December 12, 2017, also started a direct service between Ghana’s capital Accra and Liberia’s capital and key economic hub, Monrovia.
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