Akufo-Addo commissions Sunyani airport phase I
President Nana Akuffo Addo has today, Wednesday, 3rd August 2022, commissioned Phase I of the Sunyani Airport Rehabilitation Project.
Speaking at the commissioning ceremony, the president said “the rehabilitation of this airport is a critical part of government’s vision to expand the frontiers of the aviation industry in the country, and to realise the dream of making Ghana an aviation hub in West Africa”.
“The airport is today officially open for business. Since the devastating impact of Covid-19, Air travel is still picking up in the aviation industry. It is expected that domestic passenger traffic will continue to grow over the coming years, and will require more infrastructural developments in the sector,” he said.
It has been revealed that the scope of works done included the rehabilitation and extension of the runway from one thousand, two hundred and eighty metres (1,280 metres) to one thousand four hundred metres (1,400 metres); repair of the apron to accommodate small to medium size aircraft; minimal renovation of the Terminal Building; and construction of some airport internal roads.
Other projects that president Nana Addo stated are ongoing across the country currently are “Phases II & III of the Kumasi Airport project, which are presently some ninety-three per cent (93%) complete, and Phase II of Tamale Airport which is ninety-five per cent (95%) complete”.
By: Agaatorne Douglas Asaah | myactiveonline.com
