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4 unusual facts about Ghana Airways


Ghana Airways

Ghanaian President Kwame Nkrumah was accused of being too aligned to the West, and hence he entered into agreements with the Soviets and on 18 August six Ilyushin Il-18s, at a cost of ₤670,000 each, were ordered.

Following the February 1966 coup in which Nkrumah's regime was overthrown, the new National Liberation Council (NLC) took steps to eliminate loss-making routes from the Ghana Airways network, which Nkrumah had kept open in order to show the Ghanaian flag.

Jojo Cobbinah

As a columnist and book reviewer he is also part of the editorial staff of »The African Courier«, a journal published in English. In 2003, he developed Ghana’s first all expense tour offer for Ghana Airways. His most recent work is »Dr.

La Tante DC 10 Restaurant

La Tante DC 10 Restaurant is a public private partnership restaurant established in Accra which operates from the defunct Ghana Airways DC-10 carrier.


Edmund Alexander Lanquaye Bannerman

His later legal career encompassed being a senior lecturer at the Ghana School of Law (1960-64), a visiting lecturer at the University of Ghana (1961-63), a High Court judge in Tanzania (1964-67), legal adviser to Ghana Police and Ghana Airways (1967-70).


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Kotoka International Airport

-- This involved a co-operation between Ghana Airways and the Ghana Air Force, not the South African airline -->Fokker F-27 en route from Tamale to Accra crashed on approach to Kotoka International Airport.