Findings have revealed that the aviation fuel scarcity in Nigeria has ignited a boom in the Ghana’s aviation sector as more airlines now refuel in the country.
There are also indications that there was a significant rise in the number of aircraft that landed at the Kotoka International Airport, since the ongoing shortage of aviation fuel in Nigeria, Daily Trust reports.
As a result of this development and other ancillary factors, the aviation industry in Ghana is said to be savoring a momentary boom, because more airlines now fly the route.
The Manager of Business Development and Statistics of the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority, GCAA, Reverend Stephen Wilfred Arthur, while reacting to the upsurge in demand for aviation fuel in the country acknowledged an upswing in capital inflows.
“In short term we would say yes because we have wide bodied aircraft landing in Kotoka and making it possible for us to increase the stream of revenue from landing and also suppliers of the fuel as well as the government by way of taxes and others will also benefit,” he explained.
Arthur however declared that the boom fueled by the challenges in the Nigerian aviation industry was transitory saying, “I believe that it may be a temporarily situation but that notwithstanding there are benefits that we may be deriving.”
Further investigations revealed that several Nigerians, especially those returning to the country now prefer to fly to Ghana and then travel by road to Lagos.
