Ghana Airways

From Dominion of British Columbia
Ghana Airways
Headquarters Accra, Ghana
IATA code GH
ICAO code GHA
Call sign GHANA
Hubs Kotoka Int'l Airport, Accra

Ghana Airways is the flag carrier and largest airline of Ghana, operating scheduled domestic and international services.

History

Gold Coast Airways was founded in 1956 by Inter-Dominion Air Lines of British Columbia. Two years later - one year after the independence of Ghana - IDAL sold 75% to the government of Ghana, and the airline was renamed Ghana Airways. IDAL sold its remaining share to Ghana in 1979.

Ghana Airways in British Columbia

Ghana Airways inaugurated its service between Accra and Vancouver via London in 1990.

The airline was a customer of De Havilland BC from its inception - its first two aircraft were a DHBC-3 Sandpiper and a pair of DHBC-2 Heron 3B aircraft delivered new to Gold Coast Airways, and subsequently operated a variety of other DHBC aircraft.

Fleet

Current

Historic

BC-made aircraft

Note: a green background indicates an aircraft in service, a yellow background indicates a retired aircraft, and a pink background indicates an aircraft lost in an accident.

Type Registration C/n Blt Acquisition Disposal
DHBC-2B Heron 3B VP-ARB
9G-ARB
C428 1956 1956, new to Gold Coast Airways
1958, re-registered
1988, retired
DHBC-2B Heron 3B VP-ARC
9G-ARC
C429 1956 1956, new to Gold Coast Airways
1958, re-registered
1981, sold to Merpati Nusantara Airlines (Indonesia)
DHBC-2B Heron 3B 9G-ARJ C674 1962 1962, new to Ghana Airways 1988, retired
DHBC-2B Heron 3B 9G-ARK C675 1962 1962, new to Ghana Airways 1981, sold to Merpati Nusantara Airlines (Indonesia)
DHBC-3B Sandpiper VP-ARA
9G-ARA
C408 1956 1956, new to Gold Coast Airways
1958, re-registered
1988, retired
DHBC-3B Sandpiper VP-ARD
9G-ARD
C447 1957 1957, new to Gold Coast Airways
1958, re-registered
1988, retired
DHBC-3B Sandpiper VP-ARE
9G-ARE
C448 1957 1957, new to Gold Coast Airways
1958, re-registered
1988, retired
DHBC-4 Skylark 9G-AAC C660 1961 1961, delivered new 1977, sold to West Africa Air Cargo (Ghana)
DHBC-4 Skylark 9G-AAD C661 1961 1961, delivered new 1977, sold to West Africa Air Cargo (Ghana)
DHBC-4 Skylark 9G-AAE C662 1962 1961, delivered new 1977, sold to West Africa Air Cargo (Ghana)
DHBC-4 Skylark 9G-AAF C663 1962 1961, delivered new 1977, sold to West Africa Air Cargo (Ghana)
DHBC-5 Swan 9G-AAU C762 1964 1964, delivered new 1992, sold to Air Charters Zambia (Zambia)
DHBC-5 Swan 9G-AAV C763 1964 1964, delivered new 1992, sold to Air Charters Zambia (Zambia)
DHBC-5 Swan 9G-AAW C764 1964 1964, delivered new 1992, sold to Air Charters Zambia (Zambia)

Routes

Entries with a green background indicates a destination in British Columbia. "Domestic" refers to services within Ghana.

Airport Service area Destination Notes
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (ABJ) International Accra (ACC)
Abuja, Nigeria (ABV) International Accra (ACC)
Accra, Ghana (ACC) Domestic Kumasi (KMS)
Sunyani (NYI)
Takoradi (TKD)
Tamale (TML)
International Abidjan (ABJ)
Abuja (ABV)
Addis Abeba (ADD)
Cotonou (COO)
Dakar (DSS)
Düsseldorf (DUS)
Freetown (FNA)
Harare (HRE)
Johannesburg–Tambo (JNB)
Lagos (LOS)
London Heathrow (LHR) Continuing to Vancouver
Lusaka (LUN)
Monrovia (ROB)
Rome–Fiumicino (FCO)
Washington, DC (IAD)
Vancouver (XVR) via London
Addis Abeba, Ethiopia (ADD) International Accra (ACC)
Cotonou, Benin (COO) International Accra (ACC)
Dakar, Senegal (DSS) International Accra (ACC)
Düsseldorf, Germany (DUS) International Accra (ACC)
Freetown, Sierra Leone (FNA) International Accra (ACC)
Harare, Rhodesia-Zimbabwe (HRE) International Accra (ACC)
Johannesburg (O.R. Tambo), South Africa (JNB) International Accra (ACC)
Kumasi, Ghana (KMS) Domestic Accra (ACC)
Lagos, Nigeria (LOS) International Accra (ACC)
London (Heathrow), United Kingdom (LHR) International Accra (ACC) Originating in Vancouver
Vancouver (XVR) Originating in Accra
Lusaka, Zambia (LUN) International Accra (ACC)
Monrovia, Liberia (ROB) International Accra (ACC)
Rome (Fiumicino), Italy (FCO) International Accra (ACC)
Sunyani, Ghana (NYI) Domestic Accra (ACC)
Takoradi, Ghana (TKD) Domestic Accra (ACC)
Tamale, Ghana (TML) Domestic Accra (ACC)
Vancouver, British Columbia (XVR) International Accra (ACC) via London
London Heathrow (LHR) Continuing to Accra
Washington (Dulles), DC, USA (IAD) International Accra (ACC)