More Improvement At KIA

The Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) is collaborating with other public and private institutions to develop Airport City Project (ACP) which is a one-stop complex to support its activities as well as complement the government's gateway programme.

The project when completed will have facilities for hotels, multi-storey car parks, office complex, shopping malls, a hospital and market apartments.

Dr Richard Anane, Minister of Roads and Transport made this disclosures when he met the press on Tuesday to highlight activities in his ministry.

He said the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) was being fitted with requisite security, information and customer friendly facilities such as lounge bars and aerobridges to make the Airport a modern one that befits the nation. He said there was also an increase in parking capacity for cargo aircraft to boost export of non-traditional and high value products.

He said the GCAA had also extended the runway by 416 metres at the cost of 20.18 million dollars to allow long haul flights by wide-bodied aircraft to take off from and land in Accra. Dr Anane said GCAA has been able to improve upon customer delivery at the international airport by the expansion of the departure check-in and waiting lounge.