作为加纳机场有限公司（GACL）的前任董事总经理，Charles Asare 表示，随加纳首都阿克拉飞往东部沃尔塔地区首府霍城和 Wa 机场的商业航班的开始，加纳正成为西非首选的航空枢纽，并升级为航空旅行业务领导者。

Asare 先生指出，“通过在科托卡国际机场开发世界一流的航站楼（3 号航站楼）、修复塔马利和库马西机场，以及在霍城和 Wa 引入新的支线机场，并不断改进安全和服务提供，毫无疑问，加纳将成为该次区域的首选航空枢纽。”

这位前加纳机场有限公司老板的评论是在当地航空公司 Passion Air 宣布从 2021 年 12 月 4 日星期六开始通过霍城和 Wa 开始商业航班之后发表的。

这将是霍城机场于 2018 年竣工后，航空公司首次将该航线投入商业运营。

该耗资 2,500 万美元的项目原定于 2016 年 9 月完工，实际上在 2018 年竣工，包括一条 1,900 米的跑道、交通控制塔、可容纳 1,150 人的乘客候车区、超现代空中客车航站楼，以及自动火灾探测和控制系统系统。

迦纳术略旗下一家与中国海南航空公司合作的 “非洲世界航空公司”，于 2021 年年中进行了飞往霍城的试飞，承诺于今年 6 月开始在该航线进行商业旅行，因疫情原因尚未实现。

Passion Air 运营该航线后，从阿克拉到霍城的公路旅行时间将从约 5 小时（包括交通）缩短至约 20 至 30 分钟。

再加上通往有着极佳口碑的旅游胜地沃尔塔地区道路状况较差，预计这条航空路线将获得需要前往该地区的阿克拉居民的肯定，他们将定期往返与首都阿克拉和霍城之间，以及由于路况不良而舍弃沃尔塔旅游胜地的游客也将回头。

Asare 先生在上周飞往霍城的首航中发表讲话，敦促航空公司开发更多从霍城飞往加纳其他地区首府甚至邻国的航线。

Ghana on Course to Becoming Aviation hub – Ex-GACL Boss

A former Managing Director of the Ghana Airport Company Limited, Charles Asare says Ghana is on course to becoming a preferred aviation hub and a leader in air-travel business in West Africa with the commencement of commercial flights to Ho and Wa airports from Accra.

Mr Asare noted that “by developing a world-class terminal (terminal 3) at the Kotoka International Airpot, a rehabilitation of the Tamale and Kumasi airports and the introduction of new regional airports in Ho and Wa coupled with a continues improvement safety and service delivery, there is no doubt that Ghana will become a preferred aviation hub in the subregion”.

The former GACL boss’ comment comes on the back of the announcement of the local carrier, Passion Air, to begin commercial flights through Ho and Wa beginning Saturday, December 4, 2021.

This will be the first time an airline will fly the route commercially after the Ho Airport was completed in 2018.

The $25 million project, which was scheduled for completion in September 2016, actually concluded in 2018 with a 1,900-metre runway, a traffic control tower, a 1,150-capacity passenger waiting area, an ultramodern airbus terminal, and an automatic fire detection and control system.

Another local carrier, Africa World Airline, conducted test flights to Ho in mid-2021 with a promise to begin commercial travel on the route in June 2021, but that did not hold.

Passion Air’s operation of the route will cut travel time of about 5 hours (traffic inclusive) from Accra to Ho by road to about 20 to 30 minutes by air.

Coupled with the bad nature of the roads leading to the Volta Region, which is an acclaimed tourist destination, it is expected that the route will see maximum patronage from locals resident in Accra who will visit home regularly and tourists who have stayed away from the area due to the nature of the roads.

Mr. Asare, speaking during an inaugural flight to Ho on Wednesday, December 1, 2021, urged Passion Air to develop more routes from Ho to other regional capitals and even to neighbouring countries.

来源：CBN

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