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| Founded | 2010 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 21 September 2012 | ||||||
| AOC # | 030 | ||||||
| Hubs | Kotoka International Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 7 | ||||||
| Destinations | 6 | ||||||
| Holding company#Parent company | HNA Group | ||||||
| Headquarters | Accra, Ghana | ||||||
| Key people | Zhou Yingli (CEO)[1] | ||||||
| Founder | Togbe Afede XIV[2] | ||||||
| Employees | 381 (2020)[3] | ||||||
| Website | www | ||||||
Africa World Airlines Limited (AWA) is a Ghanaian airline company that was incorporated in 2010 and commenced flights in 2012. It has its head office in Airport City Accra,[4] and its main hub at Kotoka International Airport in Accra.[3]
It is the largest airline in Ghana with over 600,000 passengers booked in 2022,[3] accounting for 55% of domestic passengers and 20% of all air passengers in the country.[5][6][7] The airline has been consistently profitable since 2014.[8][9]
AWA is a joint venture between Ghanaian shareholders SAS Finance Group and SSNIT, with minority shareholdings also by both HNA Group and China-Africa Development Fund via Zhongjia Investments of China.[10][11][12]
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- ^ "Togbe Afede's Airline Takes Delivery of Second Aircraft". Ghanaweb.com. 11 September 2012.
- ^ a b c "About Africa World Airlines". Africa World Airlines. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- ^ "Contact Us". Africa World Airlines. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- ^ "Traffic Statistics". Ghana Airports Company Limited. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
- ^ Maclean Kwofi (31 March 2022). "Domestic Air Travels Surge". Daily Graphic.
- ^ "Aviation Statistics - GCAA". Ghana Civil Aviation Authority. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- ^ "HNA's Africa World Airlines helps the Ghanaian government". PR Newswire. 8 April 2020.
- ^ James Pearson (5 November 2019). "Africa World Airlines will be West Africa's leading carrier". Anna.aero.
- ^ Katie Cantle; Rob Finlayson (25 July 2012). "Hainan Airlines, Africa World Airlines launch JV". Aviation Week.
- ^ "HNA Group and Africa World Airlines sign Joint Venture Agreement". Bravia Capital. Archived from the original on 18 November 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
- ^ "Africa World Airlines - World Airline News". World Airline News. Retrieved 31 March 2021.