General News of Monday, 26 July 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.comA Ghana Air Force operated plane charged nearly three times the amount that commercial operators took to evacuate Ghanaians at the height of the Coronavirus pandemic last year. ‘Analyst’ Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, North Tongu MP and ranking member on Foreign Affairs, noted that Ghana’s Air Force Casa aircraft charged average $940 per passenger for evacuation flights within the West and Central African region. “It seems to me that foreign airlines were more empathetic to the plight of stranded Ghanaians than the aircraft managed by our own government,” he noted. However, our own Casa aircraft operated by the Ghana Air Force somehow managed to evacuate Ghanaians from neighboring West and Central Africa at a staggering cost to the taxpayer of $940 per passenger. It seems to me that foreign airlines were more empathetic to the plight of stranded Ghanaians than the aircraft managed by our own government.

Source: GhanaWeb July 26, 2021 06:33 UTC