Passion Air
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| Founded | 2017 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 2018 | ||||||
| Operating bases | Kotoka International Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 2 | ||||||
| Destinations | 4 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana | ||||||
| Key people | Edward Annan (Founder), Billionaire Boateng, Duncan Sambu[1] | ||||||
| Website | flypassionair | ||||||
PassionAir is a domestic airline of Ghana with its head office in Accra, Ghana, and its main hub at Kotoka International Airport in Accra. It is the second largest airline in Ghana, having transported 213,022 passengers in 2019.[2]
It was founded as DAC International Airlines (Ghana) by notable local businessman Edward Annan, in partnership with DAC Aviation of Kenya. The company was founded in 2017 and achieved its Air Operator Certificate in December that year.[3] Flight operations commenced under the PassionAir brand in August 2018 using a single Bombardier Dash 8 Q400.[4]
Fleet
The PassionAir fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of January 2020):[5] [6]
| Aircraft | In Service | Passengers | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | E | Total | |||||
| Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 | 1 | 0 | 78 | 78[7] | |||
| Bombardier Dash 8 Q300 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 50[8] | |||
| Total | |||||||
Destinations
PassionAir operates the following scheduled services as of April 2020.
- Ghana
- Accra – Kotoka International Airport
- Kumasi – Kumasi Airport
- Tamale - Tamale Airport
- Takoradi – Takoradi Airport
Incidents
- On 10 October 2018, a PassionAir Bombardier Dash 8 from Kumasi to Accra experienced a taxiway excursion incident upon arrival. No injuries were reported, but the aircraft was grounded for further investigation. [9]
References
- ^ "Company Information".
- ^ https://www.gacl.com.gh/traffic-statistics-2019/
- ^ "Ghana's DAC Int'l Airlines secures AOC". 22 December 2017.
- ^ "Ghana's PassionAir commences flight operations". 27 August 2018.
- ^ "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World. October 2019: 15.
- ^ "PassionAir Fleet". CAPA.
- ^ "Passion Air on ch-aviation". ch-aviation.
- ^ "5Y-IAI Bombardier Dash 8-311". JetPhotos.net.
- ^ https://www.gh-aviation.com/11/211/breaking-news-passionair-plane-grounded-due-excursion-on-runway