PRESIDENT AKUFO-ADDO COMMISSIONS REHABILITATED SUNYANI AIRPORT
3rd August, 2022 For Immediate Release PRESIDENT AKUFO-ADDO COMMISSIONS REHABILITATED SUNYANI AIRPORT The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Wednesday, 3rd August 2022, commissioned Phase I of the Sunyani Airport Rehabilitation Project. Describing the commissioning ceremony as a “a seminal moment in the growth and development of this elegant city, Sunyani”, President Akufo-Addo stated that “the rehabilitation of this airport is a critical part of government’s vision to expand the frontiers of the aviation industry in the country, and to realise the dream of making Ghana an aviation hub in West Africa”. The existence of the Sunyani Airport dates back to the Second World War in 1942, when it was used as an airstrip for the Allied Forces. In 1969, the then far-sighted Busia Government, realising the need for an airport in Sunyani, initiated construction work to convert the airstrip into an airport. This was completed and officially opened ...