[ 2015-08-03 ]

South African Airways flies direct from Accra to Washington
South African Airways (SAA) has launched a new
direct flight from Accra to Washington DC
beginning August 3, 2015.

The flights from Accra to Washington DC will be
offered four times a week on Mondays, Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays.

The Washington-Accra flight will be the only
nonstop flight between Washington D.C. and Ghana.

Mrs. Dzifa Attivor, Minister of Transport, who
launched the flight on Friday, said it was a
manifestation of the dream of past African Leaders
to bring Africans together.

It was also in line with Government’s policy
objective of making Ghana the aviation hub in the
West African Sub region.

The essence, she said, was to ensure an easy and
flexible travel opportunity to customers and gave
the assurance that Ghana will continue to provide
the enabling environment for the operation of air
travel for all airline operators.

“SAA’s decision to route some of its North
American-bound flights to Ghana, was based on
sound business principles, as there was
considerable demand for passengers to fly from
Ghana to the US”, said Dr. John Thambi, a
representative of SAA.

He said the Airline had the best safety record on
the continent and the new flight was the beginning
of the efforts to interconnect African countries
to make flights in Africa more flexible.

Dr. Thambi said the flight, through the operations
of the SAA would not only help its passengers to
get a direct transport to America but also create
employment and share expertise to help its
counterparts, the African World Airlines, to
become one of the best airline operators.

He added that it would help create further
economic cooperation for the benefit of the two
countries and thanked the Government of Ghana for
the opportunity to fly SAA from Accra to
Washington DC.

The South African High Commissioner to Ghana, Ms.
Lulama Xingwana, Nii Kpobi Tetteh Tsru – the La
Mantse, Ms. Hannah Tetteh – Minister of Foreign
Affairs and Regional Integration, Nana Oye Lithur,
Gender, Children and Social Protection Minister as
well as Samuel Osei Kuffour, former Black Stars
player, were also in attendance to grace the
occasion.

Source - GNA

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