By Alberto Mario Noretti
The 50-capacity aircraft, Dash 8-300 from the Kotoka
International Airport Terminal 2, touched down at exactly 10:34, after flight
duration of 34 minutes, with Captain Sidney Ribeiro at the controls.
Meanwhile, some chiefs from the Asogli State and members of
the public were at the airport to witness the historic event.
"This is a long dream-come-true," said an elated
Togbe Adzi Lakle Howusu XII, Dufia of Ho-Dome and Awafiaga of Asogli, as he
welcomed the crew and passengers soon after the aircraft landed.
Togbe Howusu urged the government to set up a pilot training
school and an aircraft's maintenance and repairs centre at the Ho Airport to
make it an aviation hub in West Africa.
He urged the public to patronise the services of Passion Air
vigorously to enable it to maintain operations between Ho and Accra and also
begin flights from the municipality to other parts of the country sooner than
later.
Togbe Howusu gave an assurance that the traditional authorities
of Asogli would give their full support to the airline to ensure that it
remained in business on the route and also ensure that its services benefitted
generations yet unborn.
"The long uncertainty over when our airport will become
operational is finally over and this is great cause for joy," he added.
Earlier, Mr Duncan W. Sambu, Chief Operating Officer of
Passion Air, said that since its operations in the country in 2018, the airline
had been experiencing overwhelming patronage.
He said that apart from the 50-capacity aircraft on the
route between Accra and Ho which was used for the maiden flight, Passion Air
also had 78-seater aeroplane for the same route.
"Clearly, we have closed the gap between Accra and
Ho," said Mr Sambu.
The Chief Operating Officer announced plans by Passion Air
to commence direct flights from Ho to Takoradi, Kumasi and Tamale in the near
future.
Among the more than 40 passengers who disembarked from the
plane was Mr Benjamin Kpodo, MP for Ho Central.
He said that the commencement of flights to and from the Ho
Airport would definitely change the economic status of the Volta Regional
capital. - Ghanaian Time
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