{"id":771857,"date":"2022-01-29T13:49:08","date_gmt":"2022-01-29T13:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/29\/mcdan-opens-first-private-jet-terminal-2\/"},"modified":"2022-01-29T13:49:08","modified_gmt":"2022-01-29T13:49:08","slug":"mcdan-opens-first-private-jet-terminal-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/29\/mcdan-opens-first-private-jet-terminal-2\/","title":{"rendered":"McDan opens first private jet terminal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/360\/36098222.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"article-123\"><b>McDan opens private jet terminal at KIA<\/b><\/p>\n<p>It is to boost local tourism<\/p>\n<p>McDan Aviation to start commercial private jet services<\/p>\n<p>The aviation wing of the McDan Group of Companies, McDan Aviation, has inaugurated its first private jet terminal at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>This follows the acquisition of a Fixed-Base Operator (FBO) license from the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) by McDan Aviation. <\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Joy News in an interview monitored by GhanaWeb, on Friday, January 28, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the McDan Group of Companies, Daniel McKorley, said, the ultra-modern private jet terminal, which is the first in Ghana, has been equipped to provide first-hand aviation services to all, especially the business class.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe business class is going to see another level of aviation,\u201d he said.<br \/>McDan, as he is known popularly, further explained to graphic online that, the terminal is to boost business and tourism in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe lounge of the private jet terminal has a conference room for people who want to have business meetings at the airport, without necessarily going into the city when they arrive. They get the business done and return on that same day and within hours,\u201d he noted in the graphic reportage.<\/p>\n<p>He disclosed that, McDan Aviation is to kickstart commercial private jet services with three aeroplanes and one helicopter. <\/p>\n<p>He said, the company is also making further arrangements to acquire other aircraft including a Challenger 604 Bombardier, a Gulfstream jet and helicopters, to offer air-ambulance medical, as well as domestic tourism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe McDan Commercial Private Jet Service will not only provide convenience for business people; it will also offer direct employment to over 400 Ghanaians when its operations begin,\u201d McDan stressed.<\/p>\n<p>The private jet terminal is at the Terminal One of the KIA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>McDan opens private jet terminal at KIA It is to boost local tourism McDan Aviation to start commercial private jet services The aviation wing of the McDan Group of Companies, McDan Aviation, has inaugurated its first private jet terminal at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) in Accra. This follows the acquisition of a Fixed-Base Operator [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[2745,2746,1100,1594,2435],"class_list":{"0":"post-771857","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business","7":"tag-jet","8":"tag-mcdan","9":"tag-opens","10":"tag-private","11":"tag-terminal"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=771857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771857\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=771857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=771857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=771857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}