"Ghana now has a fully functional international airport in Tamale"

" \r\n\r\n Ghana now has a fully functional international airport in Tamale \r\n\r\nTamale, the Northern Regional capital was officially ushered into a new life on Tuesday afternoon when Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia inaugurated the second phase development project at the Tamale International Airport (TIA) at a brief ceremony.\r\n\r\nThe airport which has now gained international status after the expansion project has formally been opened to international air travelers.\r\n\r\nThis follows successful tests and simulation exercises of the project by the Ghana Airport Company Limited (GACL).\r\n\r\nThe expansion works, costing US$70 million, included the construction of a new terminal building and other ancillary facilities such as a VIP lounge, two boarding gates, four self-service check-in kiosks, eight check-in desks, airline offices, commercial retail areas, a multi-purpose terminal for Hajj travel facilitation and a five-kilometre road network.\r\n\r\nThe airport also has a 350-capacity car park, a technical area, which includes a reservoir for potable water and firefighting, a sewage treatment plant, among other facilities.\r\n\r\n Airline infrastructure\u00a0 \r\n\r\nInaugurating the facility on Tuesday, the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia indicated that the terminal was designed for a passenger throughput of 400,000 annually, adding that with the opening of the new terminal a number of airlines would now be flying directly from Tamale to various parts of the world.\r\n\r\nHe said the project was in line with the government's efforts to expand the infrastructure in the airline industry to boost the businesses in the country and attract foreign investors while making Ghana an aviation hub in the West African sub region.\r\n\r\nHe added that the Tamale International Airport (TIA) would now serve as a good alternative and complement to the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) for international travel and a nerve-centre for air travel for the North and the Sahel to Europe and beyond.\r\n\r\n\"Agriculture is known as a major sector in the north, so this project would help boost agro-based agriculture, it is a major hub for air cargo for the exportation of agricultural produce to Europe and various parts of the world\u201d he noted.\r\n\r\nAside from that, Dr. Bawumia said the annual Hajj Pilgrimage had also received a major boost as the new terminal could now contain more aircraft for international travels.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n International trade\u00a0 \r\n\r\nFor his part, the Minister of Transport, Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, said the new airport was a gate way to promoting International trade, and tourism and culture.\r\n\r\nWhile urging the existing domestic airlines to increase their frequencies to make services available to the traveling public at all time, he admonished international airlines to consider extending their services to the region.\r\n\r\nHe reiterated the government\u2019s commitment to extending aviation infrastructure and services to all regions in the country, nothing that, the aviation sector had witnessed a significant development in infrastructure development and service expansion coupled with the implementation of government liberalized sky policy for the past six years.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n Investment opportunities\u00a0 \r\n\r\nThe Northern Regional Minister, Shani Alhassan Shaibu, said the project demonstrated that the government cared for the people of the region and the entire northern part of the country.\r\n\r\nHe called on investors to consider exploring the numerous investment opportunities in the region to help create jobs for the teeming youth and open up the area.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n Background \r\n\r\nOn Thursday, August 15, 2019, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, cut the sod for the commencement of the second phase of the rehabilitation of the Tamale Airport.\r\n\r\nThe project was funded by a United Kingdom Export Finance (UKEF) facility, with support from KFW IPEC-Bank, and was expected to be completed in 30 months.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nThe scope of work included \u00a0the construction of a modular airport terminal building of approximately 5,000 square metres, which is expandable in the future; a Hajj facility of approximately 1,000m2, a single carriageway access road, landside and airside infrastructure adapted to the terminal size and water, electricity and sewerage infrastructure deemed necessary for normal operations.\r\n\r\nThe new airport will have VVIP & VIP lounges, three boarding gates, four self-service check-in kiosks, 12 check-in desks, operational offices, airline offices, administrative offices, baby care, commercial and rental areas and an underground water tank.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n "

"Ghana now has a fully functional international airport in Tamale"

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