Africa World Airlines (AWA), ASKY Airlines and Ethiopian Airlines have teamed up to provide passengers with seamless and stress-free air travel within the West Africa sub-regional and various international routes they serve.
The interline agreement between the three airlines is the first of
its kind in the West Africa sub-region and offers Ghanaian passengers
the opportunity to travel seamlessly from Tamale, Kumasi and Takoradi to
more than 140 destinations in Africa, Europe, Middle East, and North
America without having to collect baggage and check-in again at
Kotoka International Airport, which is currently the country’s main
international airport.
The interline agreement is a commercial arrangement between Africa World
Airlines (AWA), ASKY and Ethiopian Airlines (ET) to handle passengers
when they are travelling on multiple airlines on the same itinerary.
This allows passengers to check their bags through to their final
destination.
The strength in the synergy ensures that passengers still maintain their
allowable two 23kg bags, and have a stress-free travelling experience.
For instance, passengers travelling from Kumasi to New York would have
AWA, ASKY and Ethiopian Airlines on his itinerary. The passenger then
checks-in their luggage at the point of departure, flies from Kumasi to
Accra on AWA, fly from Accra to Lomé on ASKY and connect on Ethiopian
Airlines to the US.
Again, a passenger travelling from Tamale to China can just check-in
their bags at Tamale, fly with AWA to Accra and connect on Ethiopian
Airlines to China without having to check-in their bags again at the
Kotoka International Airport.
Genet W/Michael, Ethiopian Airlines’ Country Manager noted that “the airline, by this partnership, is ready to serve Ghanaians from any destinations operated by AWA to any of the over 120 international destinations across the five continents ET serves. The Seminar in Kumasi is to introduce this partnership to our trade partners and to have open discussions on issues that they may have.”
Africa’s largest carrier, Ethiopian Airlines (ET), operates one of the youngest fleets in the world. The airline currently operates very modern and spacious A350 aircraft on the Accra route.
It operates to more destinations on the continent than any other airline and also offers flights from Accra to the various destinations in Europe, Americas, Asia, Gulf and the Middle East via its hub in Addis Ababa. ET flies to more than 120 destinations worldwide.
Head of Commercial of AWA, Richard Kyereh, noted that “This partnership is to ensure that we provide very good flying options to the travelling public and improve on the travelling experience for the many Ghanaian travellers. The stakeholder engagement with our agents in the Ashanti Region is to introduce this new partnership and associated services to them and address any questions they may have.”
Africa World Airlines (AWA) is a Ghanaian airline based in Accra. AWA started operations in 2012 and now operates a fleet of 8 all-jet aircraft across 8 destinations throughout Ghana, Nigeria, Liberia and Sierra Leone, with services to Cote D’Ivoire planned to commence soon. AWA is the only IATA member airline registered in Ghana and maintains IOSA certification, the global gold standard for aviation safety.
Asky Airlines has steadily built up its network and now offers
several flights per week to almost all countries in West Africa and
major commercial and popular destinations in Central Africa. It recently
started flights to South Africa.
Source: Ghana | JoyBusiness | JAD
