Africa World Airlines

Africa World Airlines
IATA ICAO Call sign
AW AFW BLACKSTAR
Founded2010; 14 years ago (2010)
Commenced operations21 September 2012; 12 years ago (2012-09-21)
AOC #030
HubsKotoka International Airport
Fleet size7
Destinations6
Parent companyHNA Group
HeadquartersAccra, Ghana
Key peopleZhou Yingli (CEO)[1]
FounderTogbe Afede XIV[2]
Employees381 (2020)[3]
Websitewww.flyafricaworld.com

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]

  1. ^ "Introducing Our New CEO". FLYAfrica. Accra, Ghana: Land & Marine Publications. August 2022. pp. 18–19. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Togbe Afede's Airline Takes Delivery of Second Aircraft". Ghanaweb.com. 11 September 2012.
  3. ^ a b c "About Africa World Airlines". Africa World Airlines. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Contact Us". Africa World Airlines. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  5. ^ "Traffic Statistics". Ghana Airports Company Limited. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  6. ^ Maclean Kwofi (31 March 2022). "Domestic Air Travels Surge". Daily Graphic.
  7. ^ "Aviation Statistics - GCAA". Ghana Civil Aviation Authority. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  8. ^ "HNA's Africa World Airlines helps the Ghanaian government". PR Newswire. 8 April 2020.
  9. ^ James Pearson (5 November 2019). "Africa World Airlines will be West Africa's leading carrier". Anna.aero.
  10. ^ Katie Cantle; Rob Finlayson (25 July 2012). "Hainan Airlines, Africa World Airlines launch JV". Aviation Week.
  11. ^ "HNA Group and Africa World Airlines sign Joint Venture Agreement". Bravia Capital. Archived from the original on 18 November 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  12. ^ "Africa World Airlines - World Airline News". World Airline News. Retrieved 31 March 2021.