Passion Air

PassionAir is a domestic airline of Ghana with its head office in Accra, Ghana, and its main hub at Kotoka International Airport in Accra. It is the second largest airline in Ghana, having transported 213,022 passengers in 2019.[2]

PassionAir
IATA ICAO Callsign
OP DIG PASSION
Founded2017
Commenced operations2018
Operating basesKotoka International Airport
Fleet size2
Destinations4
HeadquartersAccra, Greater Accra, Ghana
Key peopleEdward Annan (Founder), Billionaire Boateng, Duncan Sambu[1]
Websiteflypassionair.com

History

Passion Air was founded as DAC International Airlines (Ghana) by notable local businessman Edward Annan, in partnership with DAC Aviation of Kenya. The company was founded in 2017 and achieved its Air Operator Certificate in December that year.[3] Flight operations commenced under the PassionAir brand in August 2018 using a single Bombardier Dash 8 Q400.[4]

Fleet
Passion Air Bombardier Q400
A PassionAir aircraft at Kotoka International Airport

The PassionAir fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of January 2021):[5] [6]

PassionAir fleet
Aircraft In Service Passengers
B E Total
Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 1 0 78 78[7]
Bombardier Dash 8 Q300 1 0 50 50[8]
Total
2

Destinations

PassionAir operates the following scheduled services as of April 2020.

Ghana

Incidents
  • On 10 October 2018, a PassionAir Bombardier Dash 8 from Kumasi to Accra experienced a taxiway excursion incident upon arrival. No injuries were reported, but the aircraft was grounded for further investigation. [9]

References
  1. "Company Information".
  2. https://www.gacl.com.gh/traffic-statistics-2019/
  3. "Ghana's DAC Int'l Airlines secures AOC". 22 December 2017.
  4. "Ghana's PassionAir commences flight operations". 27 August 2018.
  5. "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World. October 2019: 15.
  6. "PassionAir Fleet". CAPA.
  7. "Passion Air on ch-aviation". ch-aviation.
  8. "5Y-IAI Bombardier Dash 8-311". JetPhotos.net.
  9. https://www.gh-aviation.com/11/211/breaking-news-passionair-plane-grounded-due-excursion-on-runway


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