NPP Manifesto Watch: Aviation Sector

Our vision for this sector is to make Ghana the aviation hub of the West African region to promote tourism and trade, and to create employment.

A Bawumia presidency will, among others:

• Intensify our efforts to set up a national airline through a public-private and technical partnership
• Transit from manual immigration processes to a digital E-Gate Solution, and from a manual or semi-automated aviation and immigration data records to a fully automated and digitised system via the Advanced Passenger Information/ Passenger Name Record (API/PNR) solution at all airports
• Construct a multi-storey car park at Kotoka International Airport’s (KIA) T3, to include commercial office spaces and restaurants, among others
• Extend the Departure Concourse at KIA (T3) • continue the construction of the Northern Apron at KIA to increase the number of aprons for aircraft parking, and extend the existing taxiway by 400 metres
• Revamp KIA’s Runway Overlay by constructing Runway Shoulders, improvement of Airfield Drainage, and supply and installation of LED Aeronautical Ground Lighting (AGL) Systems
• Dedicate KIA’s Terminal 2 (T2) to regional flights, as part of the broader strategy of making Ghana a regional aviation hub
• Implement Phase IV of the Prempeh I International Airport, Kumasi
• Develop PII, Kumasi as a passenger aviation hub
• Extend PII, Kumasi’s runway to accommodate wide- bodied aircraft
• Further develop Sunyani Airport (via Phase II) by extending the runway to allow for all domestic airlines to ply the Sunyani route
• Commence the development of the Cape Coast Airport, for which funding has been secured under the Korean $2 billion facility
• In collaboration with the private sector, build an airport in the Upper East Region
• Facilitate the establishment, by the private sector, of a Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility at the Tamale Airport, to develop it into an aviation cargo, horticultural cargo, and logistics hub
• Incentivise airlines to import aircraft parts through Ghana
• Implement cutting-edge technologies, to improve air traffic management systems and passenger processing platforms, to enhance efficiency and passenger experience.