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Startup Ghana International Airlines plans to launch its first service from Accra to London on Oct. 29 and unveiled plans to start code-share flights with Ethiopian Airlines.
The Ghanaian goveranment and a U.S. investment group joined forces last year to start the new national airline for Ghana (DAILY, Dec. 21, 2004). At the time, the plan was for the new company to be owned 70% by the Republic of Ghana and 30% by a U.S. entity, GIA-USA, LLC, formed specifically for the airline venture. The U.S. group will act as sole management for the new airline. SkyWest founder and World Transport Group CEO Jerry Atkin will head GIAL's board.
The carrier was formed after Ghana Airways lost its operating authority in the U.S. last summer (DAILY, July 30, 2004). The new carrier was looking to start flights on many of the same routes as Ghana Airways, but it has not revealed plans beyond the London route. The carrier last week said it will use the Radixx International reservations system.
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