Yet, when it comes to the aviation sector of our national economy, what we actually need - now that Africa is one open sky for the continent's airline industry - is a new Ghana Airways, which is a PPP (70/30 in the strategic partner's favour), with a low-cost carrier business model, with new jet planes and global network, such as that which the very profitable low-cost carrier, Norwegian Long Haul has. It will boost our tourism industry, no end.
The question is: Will that not gjve us the opportunity to dominate Africa's airline industry's single market, by offering travellers with low cost point-to-point flights to and from Accra, which links us with all the major cities across Africa - as well, as with major cities in Europe, North America, the Middle East and Asia: opening up their outbound tourism markets to us at the stroke of the pen that signs such a super-creative PPP with Norwegian Long Haul?
In light of all the above, is it not strange that the geniuses who now govern us signed a curious PPP agreement with Ethiopian Airlines (90/10 stakes in Ethiopian Airlines' favour) to fly domestically in Ghana? What exactly is the point of such a daft deal - if not just to enable a powerful few to enrich themselves at Mother Ghana’s expense? Incredible. What amazing poverty of thought.
Finally, I challenge Ghana's current minister for aviation, Hon. Kofi Addah, to invite Norwegian Long Haul's co-founder, Bjoern Kjos, who has just stepped down as its CEO, and is now an advisor to the airline's board's chairperson, and the company's just-appointed acting CEO, Geir Karlsen, to Ghana, to hold discussions about the possibility of a new PPP partnership with Ghana (70/30 stakes in their favour), for a new Pan-African low-cost carrier. Hon. Addah might be pleasantly surprised by the outcome of such an exploratory meeting. Hmmmm, Oman Ghana - eyeasem oooo: asem kesie ebeba debi ankasa. Yooooo. Hmmmm...
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