Afra Airlines was an airline

Airline

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 established in Accra

Accra

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 in Ghana

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 in 2003. It was formed as a new consumer airline to be focused on providing efficient, low-cost air services to and from destinations within Ghana, Africa

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, Europe

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 and North America

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Code data

• ICAO Code: UAG
• Callsign: AFRALINE

History

Afra Airlines was awarded its Air Carriers licence for cargo and passenger operations by the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority

Ghana Civil Aviation Authority

GCAA or Ghana Civil Aviation Authority is the regulatory agency of the Republic of Ghana for air transportation in the country.It also provides air navigation services within the Accra Flight Information Region , which comprises the airspace over the Republics of Ghana, Togo and Benin and a large...

, and an Air Tour Operators Licence from the Ghana Tourist Board. It merged with Boeing 747

Boeing 747

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 owner and charter operator, Global Air Group

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, to complete financing arrangements for the purchase of 100 Utilicraft Aerospace Industries

Utilicraft Aerospace Industries

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 new FF-1080-300 Freight Feeder aircraft, for deliveries starting in 2007.

Afra Airlines entered a co-operative agreement with CTK - CiTylinK

CTK - CiTylinK

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 on new regional services. The new service, AfraCityLink

AfraCityLink

AfraCityLink is an airline based in Accra in Ghana, currently operating domestic services and expanding onto West African routes.-History:AfraCityLink is the result of a co-operative agreement between Afra Airlines and CTK - CiTylinK to enable new services on domestic routes in Ghana and to open...

, was scheduled to start domestic services on 15 February 2005 (ref:Airliner World, April 2005).

Afra Airlines claimed official frustration and corruption by the now former Government of Ghana preventing it from operating. As a direct consequence Afra Airlines laid off 40 Ghanaian staff, closed its offices and put its investments in Ghana on hold for the foreseeable future. http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/dossier.php?ID=95