Global Ghana Airlines Will Soon Fly From Chicago To Accra?!

I’m always looking to review new experiences, so I’m especially excited when I hear about new airlines that are in development. For example, I’ve been saving up money since before I was born to be on the inaugural Baltia flight. I can’t wait.

Perhaps even more mysterious than Baltia is Global Ghana Airlines — you can check out their website at flygga.com. Apparently they plan on launching 3x weekly flights between Chicago and Accra, Ghana, as of November 1, 2017.

Tickets for the flight are already bookable on their website, and they have some great premium cabin fares. “Family Class” is $577 one-way, “Royal Class” is $627 one-way, and “First Class” is $652 one-way. At that price, I think just about anyone would spring for first class. Then again, there are no indications on the website of what the difference between the cabins is.

 

Based on the seatmap on their website, it looks to me like they’ll be operating a 767… or something.

And you can go all the way to the booking page (I didn’t try to enter my credit card information, because I sort of feel like I might as well pay via Western Union wire transfer).

There’s only one slight problem. There’s basically nothing about the airline online. I stumbled upon this on airliners.net, but that’s just about the only place where this is talked about. Currently the airline doesn’t operate any flights, they don’t own a plane, they don’t have an operating certificate, etc. I have to wonder if they’re even legally allowed to sell tickets on this flight when they haven’t filed with the FAA or DOT to request permission as far as I can tell.

But they do have a website, and a logo that looks pretty cool.

On their “about us” page, the only person listed under “leadership” is GGA’s “general manager,” who apparently runs an aeronautics training institute and is an aviation consultant for the Chicago Public School system.

I think it goes without saying that something seems a bit off here… does anyone have an idea of what’s going on?

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Shane Guest

Johnnie being very careful not to touch on the fact that they are and have been selling tickets for flights on days there have been no flights given he admits the inaugural flight has yet to take place. If not a scam, their general behaviour is so scam-worthy & unprofessional that they should be essentially treated as such. How they expected to be trusted after continuously posting lies and selling tickets when they've no license or aircraft is beyond me.

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Johnnie O'Toole Guest

All - Good afternoon and thanks for all the feedback and I want to assure you all that we understand the concern you've expressed. First off - we are very real and will be flying Chicago O'Hare to Accra. To address some of the questions raised: • Sister City International is the parent company of Global Ghana Airlines. • We are currently leasing operating space at 5923 S. Central Ave. Chicago, IL 60638. • We are negotiating the final terms of our aircraft lease with Boeing. • Our seating chart was not prepared internally but will be reviewed. • Our website was also created by a 3rd party and, while we certainly made every effort to review all content, it seems that we may have overlooked at least 1 spelling error; this will be corrected. We have been building this airline for 3 years now and there is no simple route to 'getting our first flight off the ground.' At times it seems we are pushing a boulder up a mountain so I apologize for not responding to every comment as they come in. I applaud the enthusiasm for this new service and understand the skepticism – I would kindly just ask that you please be patient and not too quick to arrive at an absolute conclusion as we continue to strive to complete all the last minute details and plan for all logistics to launch our inaugural flight. We will, in fact, be launching this service as announced. Very respectfully, Johnnie O’Toole Founder and Managing Director

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Benedictus Guest

So, I searched the image of Johnie on their website on Google Images search, and I found nothing. But wikipedia said Ghana International Airlines DID actually exist, but they suspended their operation on 2010.

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anthony duke Guest

Be careful about this airline, I spoke with a guy who was recruited to be their mechanic. they wanted him to relocate from Chicago to Ghana for low wages and initially the flight was to be on a B757 with no concrete proof of their license to operate. The mechanic was wondering why they never began to purchase any ground equipment, tools, parts or anything vital to sustain any type of flights. something just does not smell right.

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RD Member

Where's Sean M when you need him

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