Emirates Announces Interline Pact with Africa World Airlines
Emirates and Africa World Airlines (AWA), the Ghanaian airline headquartered in Accra, have announced a one-way interline agreement.
As per the deal Emirates customers can connect onto selected routes of Africa World Airlines’ network, opening up new African destinations for Emirates customers from May 2019.
Said Orhan Abbas, Emirates Senior Vice President, Commercial Operations, Africa: “The agreement between Emirates and Africa World Airlines underpins our commitment to provide greater connectivity across West Africa.
“This partnership will allow us to further extend West Africa via the selected domestic and regional routes of Africa World Airlines,”
Said Sean Mendis, Chief Operations Officer for Africa World Airlines: "Africa World Airlines is proud to partner with Emirates in order to connect passengers through our hub at the new Terminal 3 in Accra.
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“Customers will enjoy seamless connections at the premier gateway to the West African region as a result of this new agreement."
Passengers on Emirates’ network can now benefit from greater connectivity to West Africa, especially those travelling from popular inbound markets such as Dubai, China, India and Australia who can now connect from Accra onto AWA flights to Kumasi, Tamale and Sekondi-Takoradi in Ghana; and regional destinations Monrovia in Liberia and Freetown in Sierra Leone.
Emirates passengers can choose from seven weekly flights from Dubai to Accra until 2nd of June, 2019, when Emirates will increase services on the route to 11 weekly flights.
The agreement with AWA will further extend Emirates’ connectivity from Accra with up to ten flights daily to Kumasi, four flights daily each to Tamale and Takoradi and six weekly flights to Monrovia and Freetown.
Between Dubai and Accra, Emirates operates the Boeing 777-300ER, one of the most technologically advanced and efficient aircraft in the world.
The aircraft’s advanced wing design, efficient engine and light structure makes more efficient use of fuel.
Africa World Airlines (AWA) is a Ghanaian airline based in Accra. AWA that started operations in 2012.
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