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All things being equal, the Sunyani Airport is ready to be reopened for aircrafts after its closure to freights since 2015 for renovations, Kweku Ofori Asiamah, Transport Minister, has announced.

The Minister made the disclosure after he led a team comprising of Minister for Employment and Labour Relations Hon Ignatius Baffour Awuah, Bono Regional Chairman Kwame Baffoe Abronye, MP for Sunyani East Hon Akwasi Ameyaw-Cheremeh, Authorities of Ghana Airports Company Limited, Ghana Civil Aviation Authority and other regulatory bodies on a final inspection tour of the phase one of the Sunyani Airport on Tuesday.

The minister after the inspection of the renovation works at the airport expressed his satisfaction with the work done and added that phase two, which consist of raising the central tower from two-storey to three-storey, separating departure hall from the arrival hall, providing drainage and proper sewage system, and adding bigger septic tanks is next in line to be constructed.

Hon Ofori Asiamah averred that, the project would open the economy of the country, especially for those in the three regions of Bono, Bono East and Ahafo, because it would reduce travel time of passengers which is in line with the vision of the Government to develop and promote domestic airline services.


The Managing Director for the Ghana Airports Company Limited, Pamela Djamson-Tettey pegged the progress of work on the facility at 99.99 per cent which she hopes to it starts receiving aircrafts any moment from now pending approval from the regulatory bodies.