Starbow Airlines

Starbow Airlines
IATA
S9		 ICAO
IKM		 Callsign
EASYSHUTTLE
Founded 2007
Operating bases Kotoka International Airport
Fleet size 3
Destinations 3
Headquarters Accra, Ghana
Key people Brock Friesen (CEO)
Website flystarbow.com

Starbow Airlines is a privately owned airline headquartered in Osu, Accra, Ghana.[1] It operates domestic flights out of its base at the city's Kotoka International Airport.[2].

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History

The company was founded in 2007 as Aero Surveys Ghana Limited and later rebranded as Air Shuttle. It operated 2 Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante aircraft for domestic air taxi services.[3] In 2011 the ownership of the airline changed, which resulted in a further rebranding to Starbow Airlines. An advertising and recruitment campaign was launched [4] and a pair of 22-year old BAe 146-300s was acquired[5], which should allow for scheduled passenger services.

Starbow Airlines failed to commence scheduled operations on 29 August 2011 as it originally had been announced.[6] The airline eventually commenced operations on 26 September 2011.[7]

Fleet

As of September 2011, the Starbow Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft:

Starbow Airlines fleet
Aircraft In Service Passengers
Business Economy Total
BAe 146-300 2[5]
8
86
94[8]
Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante 1[7]
—
15
15
Total
3

References

  1. ^ "Contact us." Starbow Airlines. Retrieved on 8 December 2011. "Location: 832 First Street Adjacent to the Salvation Army Territorial Headquarters Osu, Accra"
  2. ^ Information concerning Starbow Airlines at worldairlinenews.com
  3. ^ Air Shuttle Begins Regular Charter Flights
  4. ^ Information about the launch of Starbow Airlines at flightglobal.com
  5. ^ a b Starbow Airlines fleet list at planespotters.net
  6. ^ Ghanaian start-up Starbow to begin regional flights
  7. ^ a b Antrak, CTK warn Ghana Civil Aviation, Starbow Airlines
  8. ^ Airline Route

External links

Ghana portal
Aviation portal
Airlines of Ghana

Aerogem Aviation · Antrak Air · CTK – CiTylinK · Johnsons Air · Meridian Airways · Starbow Airlines

See also Defunct airlines of Ghana