The management of the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) has shut down the McDan Aviation Private Jet Terminal over a reported outstanding debt of over $3 million.
The debt comprises land leases, rentals, and terminal charges accumulated over a period.
This is the second time McDan Aviation has faced such a shutdown. In February 2022, GACL indefinitely barred McDan Aviation from operating its private jet services at Terminal 1 of Kotoka International Airport (KIA) following operational breaches.
The Chairman of the Ghana Airport Company Divisional Union of the Public Services Workers Union of TUC, Alhaji Abdul Issaka Bamba, in a recent interview with Accra-based Starr FM, said the outstanding debt is long overdue.
Mr Bamba expressed the Union’s support for the management’s decision to shut down the terminal and warned that any other partners owing the company would face similar consequences.
Myjoyonline.com understands that police officers had been stationed at the entrance of the terminal to prevent access.
McDan Aviation launched its private jet terminal and services on January 28, 2022, but the event was boycotted by key figures in the aviation sector, including the Minister of Transport, Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, and officials from the Ghana Airports Company Limited, who raised concerns about the company’s operations.
