Passion Air

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PassionAir
PassionAirLogoGhana.png
IATA ICAO Callsign
OP DIG PASSION
Founded2017
Commenced operations2018
Operating basesKotoka International Airport
Fleet size3
Destinations6
HeadquartersAccra, Greater Accra, Ghana
Key peopleEdward Annan (Founder), Billionaire Boateng, Duncan Sambu[1]
Websiteflypassionair.com

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]

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]

On 20 February 2021, Passion Air operated its first flight with an all female crew from Accra to Tamale.[5] The airline is also notable for hiring Ghana's youngest female pilot, Audrey Esi Swatson.[6]

Fleet[]

Passion Air Bombardier Q400
A PassionAir aircraft at Kotoka International Airport

The PassionAir fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of November 2021):[7] [8]

PassionAir fleet
Aircraft In Service Passengers
B E Total
Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 1 0 78 78[9]
Bombardier Dash 8 Q300 2 0 50 50[10]
Total
2

Destinations[]

PassionAir operates the following scheduled services as of December 2021.[11]

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. [12]

References[]

  1. ^ "Company information".
  2. ^ "Traffic Statistics – GACL".
  3. ^ "Ghana's DAC Int'l Airlines secures AOC". 22 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Ghana's PassionAir commences flight operations". 27 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Passion Air makes history with all female crew". Joy News. 21 February 2021.
  6. ^ "Meet Audrey Swatson: a young female pilot changing the aviation narrative". Business and Financial Times. 20 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World. October 2019: 15.
  8. ^ "PassionAir Fleet". CAPA.
  9. ^ "Passion Air on ch-aviation". ch-aviation.
  10. ^ "9G-TIA Bombardier Dash 8-314". JetPhotos.net.
  11. ^ "Route Map". flypassionair.com. 6 March 2021.
  12. ^ "BREAKING NEWS: PassionAir plane grounded due excursion on runway". GH-Aviation.
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