The new Ghanaian High Commissioner to Guyana, Professor Abena Pokua Adompim Busia, paid a courtesy call on the Director General of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), Lt. Col. (Ret’d) Egbert Field, A.A at the GCAA’s Headquarters.
She also met a Member of the Board, Beverly Carrington, and members of the Management Team of the GCAA.
Col. Field and Professor Adompim Busia discussed areas of mutual interest to both countries, including the promotion of air transport and the possibility of creating sustainable air linkages between the two nations. She also touched on the potential benefits which can be derived from commercial exchanges, tapping into the available expertise to strengthen legislation, the improvement of compliance with international standards in the aviation sector, and the emerging oil and gas sector.
She also advocated for a focus on tourism, including the possibilities of promoting and expanding heritage tourism between the African and Caribbean regions.
Professor Adompim Busia’s delegation included Minister and Deputy Head of Mission, Peter Kobina Taylor, and Kwame Jantuah from the African Energy Consortium Limited.
During his remarks to the Ghanaian Delegation, Col. Field said that he is looking forward to working with Professor Adompim Busia and her team on the areas of mutual interest. He also expressed interest in ensuring that both countries benefit from the expertise and skills they have to offer to each other.
The DG posited an interest in areas such as Safety Management Systems, State Safety Procedures, Security, and Drones use and control and also spoke of possible technical assistance needs in the future.
In November 2018, Guyana and Ghana signed an Air Services Agreement at the Third African Diaspora Meeting held at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre. Under this agreement, airlines operating from Guyana or Ghana will be able to fly to any destination within both countries as well as provide any number of services between both countries and beyond to any third country, with no restrictions on capacity, frequency, aircraft type and routing. Further, in December 2018, Guyana also signed a Technical Cooperation Agreement with Ghana for the exchange of knowledge and technical expertise in the area of civil aviation.
