Government to commission Kumasi International Airport today May 10.
Expectations are high as government is set to commission the Kumasi Airport, now Nana Agyemang Prempeh I International Airport today Friday May 10, 2024.
President Akufo-Addo will join the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Minister of Transport Kwaku Ofori Asiamah and the Managing Director of the Ghana Airport Company Limited, Yvonne Nana Afiriyie Opare, as well as other dignitaries to commission the project.
The Kumasi Airport is poised to commence full operations by June this year after its commissioning on May 10.
The facility, now under the management of the Ghana Airport Company Limited, is currently undergoing equipment testing essential for both domestic and international flights.
With a capacity to accommodate over Eight hundred thousand (800,000) passengers annually, primarily from the northern and middle belt regions, the airport is set to meet the increasing demand for air travel.
Contractors have disclosed plans to expand the runway and intend to demolish outdated facilities once the new terminal is operational.
The Transport Minister Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, during a recent tour of the project alongside Ghana Airport Company Limited management and Board Members, expressed satisfaction with the progress.
