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Ghana Tours folds up
Accra, July 29, Ghanadot/GNA
- Ghana Tours, a charter company to Ghana, has folded up,
after five years of operation, a statement by the company
said in Accra on Tuesday.
The company has been dogged by problems of landing rights
and refuelling problems, which had led to cancellation of
its flights, creating a wave of stranded passengers.
“After discussion with Ghana Tours management, the
management took a bow to surrender its licence in the United
Kingdom and cease operation so that United Kingdom Civil
Aviation Authority (UKCAA) would take responsibility for
re-protecting all passengers by being given full refund.”
Ghana Tours said it was still unclear what would happen to
the payments for the flights and deposits which Air Namibia,
a carrier for Ghana Tours, were holding before the collapse,
adding “it is, however, suspected that the UKCAA would carry
out an investigation once the dust clears.”
The UKCAA has made available a number for all who might be
stranded for refund or repatriation. The number is
+442074536350.
Ghana Tours said they were expecting only 45 passengers from
Ghana to be affected.
“This is a far cry from thousands which other failed charter
flight operators had left stranded abroad in the past.
The company has refunded almost all the Ghana originating
passengers’ money,” the company said.
“This marks the end of a chapter in the history of low
affordable flight travel to and from Ghana on the UK route.
The company which partnered Britannia Airways and Astraeus
Airlines over five years has been well commended to have
survived that long in spite of economic and political
pressures.
Ghana Tourist Board would also lose a partner in promoting
tourism to Ghana.”
GNA
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