After a long delivery flight that was routed Tianjin - Changsha - Kunming - Kolkata - Ahmedabad - Abu Dhabi - Djibouti - Entebbe before finally arriving at Accra's Kotoka International Airport at 11.22am today, Ghana's Africa World Airlines (AW) new Embraer ERJ145 (c/n 14500996 | 9G-AET) was greeted with a traditional water cannon salute by the airport's fire department.
Ghana's Africa World Airlines Embraer 145 in Accra, Ghana |
Ghana's Africa World Airlines Embraer 145 in Tianjin, China |
Meanwhile, Togbe Afede XIV, Agbogbomefia of Asogli State and founder of the Africa
World Airlines, says the airline is expected to begin operations in Ghana from September 21, 2012 - the 103rd anniversary of
the birth of Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s first President - with a shuttle service between Accra, Kumasi,
Takoradi and Tamale.