Yusif Jajah, a member of Parliament’s Transport Committee, says McDan Aviation is likely to begin operations at the private jet terminal shortly.
Following a visit to the terminal to assess firsthand the situation that led to the revocation of McDan Aviation’s operation license last month, he stated that the committee believes the company will be able to resume operations soon if the regulatory instructions from the Ghana Airports Company Limited are followed.
On Eyewitness News on Wednesday, the Ayawaso North MP said that the committee was briefed that McDan needed to make certain technical adjustments to its signs as well as meet some financial requirements.
He, however, said the committee was delighted that conversations were underway between McDan Aviation, the Ghana Airports Company Limited, and the Civil Aviation Authority to fix the concerns.
“McDan Aviation has gone to meet with the Ghana Airports Company Limited and the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority to see the way forward. They are in discussion to regularize the signage that is there. And that is the technical aspect, so they are almost through with that,” he said.
“The second issue has to do with the financials. It is a fee that needs to be agreed upon with both parties. They are now discussing it which I believe will soon be over and once it is over, McDan Aviation will have to seal that commitment by paying and if that is done, I think the operation of the terminal would have to commence,” he noted.
Yusif Jajah had previously said that it would take between one and two years for McDan Aviation to regularize its private jet services at Kotoka International Airport, but after the briefing, he feels it would be sooner than he had previously anticipated.
He expressed his desire to see the terminal operationalized as soon as possible since it cannot be left to waste.
“This is something that we can’t just leave. It is a state-of-the-art terminal. So we cannot have such a beautiful edifice and leave it that way without using it. The issues should be sorted so that things can move on,” he said.
McDan Aviation announced the suspension of its private jet operations at Terminal 1 of the Kotoka International Airport to allow the management of the company to have negotiations with the Ghana Airport Company Limited over contentions over operational procedures.
This came after the GACL, in a letter dated January 31, 2022, stopped McDan Aviation from performing private jet services at Kotoka International Airport’s Terminal 1.
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SOURCE: CITINEWS
