加纳非洲世界航空公司（AWA）近日完成了首次飞往沃尔达地区霍（Ho）的商业飞行，其 Embraer 145型飞机在首席运营官 Kwesi Oteng 机长的负责下于当日 14 时 19 分准时降落。

他的副驾驶是阿索格利国王、AWA 首席执行官：十四世托比·阿菲德阁下（XIV Togbe Afede），机上同乘包括加纳民航局、加纳机场有限公司，及行政媒体官员。

沃尔塔地区部长 Archibald Yao Lesta 博士，带领阿索格利大小酋长和他们的夫人们在停机坪迎接机组人员，随后 Ametsitsi Debra 为全体机组人员敬酒，并为日后航班的安全着陆和生意兴隆祈福。

十四世托比·阿菲德阁下（XIV Togbe Afede）

十四世托比·阿菲德阁下（XIV Togbe Afede）现场发表讲话说，今天是他难忘的圆梦之日。他对现任和前任政府在该项目设施建设和运营的巨大投资表示赞许，不失为给后代造福的佳举。托比阁下列举了AWA航空公司开辟该航线的优势，是为来往于霍城到阿克拉等其他地方更经济，更高效，更便捷的商务路线。他要求民众减低车辆的使用，以低成本和高安全性搭乘该航线飞往阿克拉等城市，在这些城市使用网络电召出租车（优步Uber）通勤。

“我们需要增加这个机场的生命力和实用度。” 托比阁下说道。他宣布机场将设立飞行员和飞行工程师培训中心，并在加纳政府、加纳机场有限公司和加纳民航局支持下进行维护。

十四世托比·阿菲德阁下（XIV Togbe Afede）说，“现在轮到我们地区人民开始行动了，欢迎大家积极搭乘我们的航班，促进机场的可持续发展性，展现对梦想的热忱。”

非洲世界航空（AWA）开辟霍城航线的商业道路，兑现实施全面运营的承诺，加纳机场有限公司董事总经理 Yaw Kwakwa 先生对此大加赞赏。

他说，非洲世界航空（AWA）的努力为该地区航空业带来更多机会，促使另一家 “热情航空”也开始准备霍城航线业务。他说，后续航班日期目前未定，要确保适合乘客的商旅日程。

加纳航空局技术副总干事 Daniel Acquah 先生说，包括通信、导航和气象监测设备在内的全套设施都已安装完成，工程师已培训，做好了商业航班所需的所有准备。他说，这些和航空业都很重要，航空公司运输业务耗资重大，需要人们热心光顾该地区航班来持续投资。

Letsa 博士则非常兴奋地称赞非洲世界航空不负众望，证明霍城机场现已做好营业准备。他还称赞十四世托比·阿菲德阁下在诸多同等条件下亲力亲为实现首航。博士向过往和现在的个人和团体致以崇高敬意，他们各司其职，迎来这一丰硕成果。他呼吁本地人积极体验机场航班，促使日航班量的不断提升。

非洲世界航空（AWA）以其八架 Embraer 飞机，提供飞往阿克拉、库马西、塔马莱、塔科拉迪和瓦省等国内航线，也提供飞往尼日利亚、利比里亚、塞拉利昂和科特迪瓦等的国际航线。

AWA Completes Its First Commercial Flight to Ho Airport

The Africa World Airline (AWA) has completed its first commercial flight, with its Embraer 145 to the Ho Airport, landing at exactly 1419 hours with Captain Kwesi Oteng, Chief Operations Officer of the Airline being in charge.

His co-pilot was Togbe Afede, Agbogbomefia of Asogli State and the Chief Executive Officer of the AWA, which carried some Executive Officers of the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), Ghana Airports Company Limited and the media.

The crew were met at the tarmac by Dr Archibald Yao Lesta, Volta Regional Minister, with a retinue of Chiefs and Queens from the Asogli State, after which a libation was heralded by Ametsitsi Debra, to appease the gods for safe landing and business flourishing.

Togbe Afede said today had become a memorable occasion and a dream come to fruition for him.

He praised the present and previous governments for the huge investments made in building the facility and attempts to operationalise it, saying posterity would come to terms for its existence.

He enumerated the advantages of airlines, saying it was more economical, efficient and convenient and asked the people to pack their vehicles and patronise flights to Accra and other cities and use Uber services to commute in those cities at a more affordable cost and safety.

"We need to make this airport viable and enhance its viability," Togbe Afede said.

He announced plans to make the airport a training hub for pilots, flight engineers, as well as for maintenance purposes with support from the government and the GACL, GCAA. Togbe Afede said the "ball is now in the court of the people of the Region to demonstrate a zeal to keep the dream alive by patronising the product to boost its sustainability."

Mr Yaw Kwakwa, the Managing Director of the GACL, commended AWA for finding business means in the Ho route and availing itself for full fledged operations and delivering on its pledges.

He announced that the enthusiasm from the AWA venture was cascading into greater opportunity for the aviation sector in the Region as another entity, Passion Airline, was lacing its boots to make the Ho route part of its business.

He said tentative days for flights were still being considered and patrons must be assured of suitable days for business and pleasure.

Mr Daniel Acquah, Deputy Director-General (Technical), GCAA, said his outfit had done the full complement installations including communication, navigation and weather monitoring devices as well as trained engineers and therefore ready for a commercial take-off.

He said the aviation industry and that matter, airline transport business in an expensive venture and demanded from the people a zeal to patronise flights from the area towards sustaining the investments.

An excited Dr Letsa commended AWA for living to its promise, a testament that the Ho Airport was now ready for business and praised Togbe Afede for personally making it possible for the start of flights all things being equal.

He paid glowing tribute to past and present individuals and groups, who have played various roles to make this day fruitful and appealed to the people of the Region to patronise flights from the airport to make it possible to run multiple flights in a day.

AWA fly domestic to Accra, Kumasi, Tamale, Takoradi and Wa as well as internationally to Nigeria, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Cote D'Ivoire with its eight Embraer fleets.

来源：GhanaWeb

编译：Anita

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