Why Ghanaian Aviation is Thriving

It is an indubitable fact that Nigerians are the most travelled in Africa; that while passenger traffic is higher in South number of indigenous travellers in the Nigerian travellers drive the highest number of traffic in the sub-regions. So both international carriers and regional airlines that operate in these sub-regions target the Nigerian passengers. Ironically the country that is benefitting hugely from the Nigerian passengers movement is - rican airlines have built their West and Central all targeting Nigerian passengers. situation does not favour Nigeria posited that Nigeria is yet to evolve aviation policy that is geared towards developing a hub at the Lagos or Abuja airport. They noted that there has been lack of visionary plan and execution to put Nigeria’s airports ahead of others in the continent through the attraction of international and African airlines. In a recent breakfast conference organised by personnel have made Nigerian airports unattractive to some international airlines. international airlines to its Katoka airport in - reduced the price of the product. The airport personnel they said are friendly as sometimes in the evening a pianist would be serenading passengers as they disembark and board their Compared to the Lagos airport “our airport - and hostile that when you enter our airports you notice that some of the security person airlines but has created an atmosphere through flexible policies that have attracted international and African carriers to the extent that some African airlines have decided to use the Katoka and Central Africa. allows an airline to carry revenue traffic between foreign countries as a part of services connecting airlines. This increased the viability of that airport It is this flexibility and the fact that deepened - even foreign citizens who wish to live in West Africa. In the past decade many multinationals and international agencies have moved their West Emirates and others. The country is inviting more airlines which want to use Accra. This now opens So while Nigeria is still ruminating over whether to build a national carrier or not; whether to pri advanced in creating a hub by providing incentives to airlines to operate from the country. The Katoka airport in Accra is simply described as functional; which would be completed in few months to accommodate increased passenger traffic and Industry observers also said that it is ironical which largely target Nigerian passengers chose created the space and opportunity for others to operate from its airport. This is so because there is no dominant player in the West Coast. The nearest place to the United States of America and South and to an extend Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire) should be hubs for West Africa. There is no dominant player He remarked that Nigeria may lag behind now in aviation because many things are not working well that things are okay but the foreigners who are moving their airlines are just seeking for clement it to them in West Africa.