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Founded | 2010 | ||||||
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Commenced operations | 21 September 2012 | ||||||
Operating bases | Kotoka International Airport | ||||||
Fleet size | 5 | ||||||
Destinations | 6 | ||||||
Company slogan | "Touching Africa, Touching The World" | ||||||
Parent company | Hainan Airlines | ||||||
Headquarters | Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana | ||||||
Key people | CEO Cheng Luo, Togbe Afede, Zhang Jiuhua, Shi Cheng | ||||||
Website | flyawa.com.gh |
Africa World Airlines Limited is a Ghanaian airline company with its head office in Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana, and its main hub at Kotoka International Airport in Accra.
Africa World Airlines was incorporated in 2010. It is a joint venture between Hainan Airlines, China-Africa Development Fund, SSNIT and SAS Finance Group .
Africa World Airlines took delivery on 30 August 2012 of its first Embraer 145 aircraft that will be used to operate domestic routes. . A second aircraft was delivered on 8 September 2012. These aircraft were previously operated by Tianjin Airlines which is a sister company within the HNA Group.
Africa World Airlines has plans to increase its fleet size by adding Airbus 319 series of aircraft, as of yet the number of aircraft to be added is undefined.
The Africa World Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of August 2016):
Africa World Airlines operates the following scheduled services.
Africa World Airlines is planning to increase its destinations, first with the addition of flights along the west coast of Africa and then to other regions of Africa.