Business News of Monday, 31 May 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• Resurfacing works on the KIA's runway will commence in October 2021• The last time KIA’s runway was resurfaced was some 30 years ago• The works when completed is projected to attract more flight operations into GhanaResurfacing works on Ghana’s Kotoka International Airport runway will commence in October this year, Managing Director of the Ghana Airport Company Limited (GACL), Yaw Kwakwa has revealed. In an interaction with the B&FT monitored by GhanaWeb, Kwakwa said the resurfacing works which was earlier estimated to cost about US$40million, could further be reduced owing to the nature of the runway and flight operations. However, we are looking to government for assistance; and we believe we will get it because it is critical,” the GACL managing director said. He continued, “The business we are planning to get, we need to make a claim for that business; we need to build capacity, and resurfacing the runway is key to making that claim. The resurfacing works when completed is projected to attract more flight operations into Ghana.

Source: GhanaWeb May 31, 2021 17:15 UTC