Africa World Airlines
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Africa World Airlines Limited (AWA) is a Ghanaian airline company that was incorporated in 2010 and commenced flights in 2012. It has its head office in Airport City Accra,[4] and its main hub at Kotoka International Airport in Accra.[3]
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Founded | 2010; 14 years ago (2010) | ||||||
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Commenced operations | 21 September 2012 | ||||||
AOC # | 030 | ||||||
Hubs | Kotoka International Airport | ||||||
Fleet size | 7 | ||||||
Destinations | 6 | ||||||
Parent company | HNA Group | ||||||
Headquarters | Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana | ||||||
Key people | Togbe Afede XIV (Founder),[1] Zhou Yingli (CEO)[2] | ||||||
Employees | 381 (2020)[3] | ||||||
Website | flyafricaworld |
It is the largest airline in Ghana with over 600,000 passengers booked in 2022,[3] accounting for 55% of domestic passengers and 20% of all air passengers in the country.[5][6][7] The airline has been consistently profitable since 2014.[8][9]
AWA is a joint venture between Ghanaian shareholders SAS Finance Group and SSNIT, with minority shareholdings also by both HNA Group and China-Africa Development Fund via Zhongjia Investments of China.[10][11][12]