{"id":729685,"date":"2019-10-23T14:42:07","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T14:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/10\/23\/minister-proposes-scorecard-system-for-aviation-industry\/"},"modified":"2019-10-23T14:42:07","modified_gmt":"2019-10-23T14:42:07","slug":"minister-proposes-scorecard-system-for-aviation-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/23\/minister-proposes-scorecard-system-for-aviation-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister Proposes Scorecard System For Aviation Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Kofi Adda (middle) with members of the committee<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Minister of Aviation, Joseph Kofi Adda, has called for the introduction of a Scorecard system in Ghana\u2019s aviation industry.<\/p>\n<p>The Scorecard<br \/>\nsystem, he said, would help rate airlines operating in the country on a<br \/>\nquarterly basis.<\/p>\n<p>Besides, he said<br \/>\nthe system would rate air services providers such as air ticket vendors, the<br \/>\nGhana Airport Company, among others.<\/p>\n<p>According to him,<br \/>\nthe move was necessary to reveal to air passengers on a regular basis which<br \/>\nairlines were performing better in terms of customer service.<\/p>\n<p>The minister made<br \/>\nthe call to aviation stakeholders when he delivered his address to inaugurate<br \/>\nthe National Air Transport Facilitation Committee of Ghana, on Tuesday, October<br \/>\n22, 2019, in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the<br \/>\ninauguration ceremony, Mr. Adda said the rating regime would look at customer<br \/>\nservice on board and before boarding.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that it<br \/>\nshould include all the airlines, particularly, the major ones like British<br \/>\nAirways, KLM, Emirates, among others.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Air Transport Committee <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mr. Adda also<br \/>\ninaugurated the National Air Transport Facilitation Committee of Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the<br \/>\nCommittee are drawn from the Ministries of Tourism, Foreign Affairs and<br \/>\nRegional Integration, Narcotics Control Board, Ghana Civil Aviation Authority,<br \/>\nEnvironmental Protection Agency, Ghana Immigration Service, National Service,<br \/>\nAirlines Board, among others.<\/p>\n<p>The committee was<br \/>\ninaugurated on Tuesday, October 22, 2019, at the Ghana Civil Aviation Training<br \/>\nAuthority (GATA) in Accra, alongside a stakeholders\u2019 meeting on consumer<br \/>\nprotection directives.<\/p>\n<p>The committee is<br \/>\nto ensure that all aviation stakeholders in Ghana, namely airline operators,<br \/>\nair ticket vendors, airport authorities, and air travellers work together in a<br \/>\nmanner that leads to smooth travel experience.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that<br \/>\nsafety and security were issues that all players in the industry must be<br \/>\nconcerned about.<\/p>\n<p>The minister<br \/>\nurged that standards must be maintained in the sector to ensure that Ghana<br \/>\ncontinued to be a shining example in the aviation sector in the West African sub-region.<\/p>\n<p>The Director-General<br \/>\nof the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority, Simon Allotey, said civil aviation<br \/>\nfacilitation was of interest to various groups and stakeholders.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that air<br \/>\ntravel was at the heart of global economic growth, creating about 65 million<br \/>\njobs globally.<\/p>\n<p>He said the protection of air passengers had gained great importance globally.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BY Melvin Tarlue<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kofi Adda (middle) with members of the committee The Minister of Aviation, Joseph Kofi Adda, has called for the introduction of a Scorecard system in Ghana\u2019s aviation industry. 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