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Dozens of domestic airline passengers are stranded at Kotoka International Airport (KIA) when Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) workers went on strike over the illegal usurpation and sale of aviation land.
Passengers, due to the mishap at the airport, complained of the inconvenience they endured when trying to reach their various destinations.
According to Maxwell Agbagba of JoyNews, the airport runway is now congested because many passengers whose flights have been canceled have been left in limbo.
A message he received from a stranded passenger read: “Africaworld must learn to treat Ghanaians with some dignity and respect. Why keep passengers on board a stationary plane (with masks) when you know that Ghana Airport Company staff are on strike and will not allow domestic flights? “
However, Africa World Airline in response has assured its customers that it will resume domestic operations from Thursday October 15, following the disruption at the airport yesterday.
“Due to traffic control problems that delayed flights beyond the opposite probabilities of Kumasi and Tamale airports, unfortunately, we had to cancel two flights; one to Kumasi and one to Tamale today. At this moment we plan to operate all our flights normally tomorrow ”.
In an interview on JoyBusiness, Africa World Airlines COO Sean Mendis said his team had not been officially briefed on GCAA’s industrial action.
On Tuesday, GCAA staff alleged that the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, the Lands Commission and the Ministry of Aviation are involved in the illegal sale of aviation land to private developers and real estate.
They called for key personalities such as former Aviation Minister Cecilia Dapaah, Aviation Minister Joseph Kofi Adda and Land Minister Kwaku Asomah Cheremeh to be held accountable for any plane crash or serious incident that may occur within Ghanaian airspace.
According to workers, since October 2, 2020, some flights have been experiencing occasional interruptions in communication with air traffic control due to constant interference and strong background noise on some of the frequencies.
They attributed these challenges to the activities of real estate developers around their communication systems, navigational aids and surveillance systems on GCAA lands.
