Royal Fly-GH

Royal Fly-GH was founded as Fly540 Ghana, a subsidiary of Fly540, on 11 November 2008.^[2] It began operations in November 2011, flying to Accra, Tamale, Kumasi, and Takoradi.^[3]

In June 2012, Fly540 and its subsidiaries were acquired by Rubicon Diversified Investments, which intended to absorb the airlines into its new venture Fastjet.^[4] However, in May 2014 Fastjet decided to suspend Fly540 Ghana's operations, as it needed to transition the airline's full-service model to Fastjet's low-cost one.^[5] In addition, Fastjet then sold off Fly540 Ghana's fleet, a single ATR 72-500.^[6]

In June 2015, Fastjet sold Fly540 Ghana to DWG-G Co Ltd for only USD1.00.^[6][7][8] Within a week of the decision, the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) announced the airline would be rebranded as Royal Fly-GH and would soon resume operations.^[9] The resumption of service was expected to occur in October 2015,^[10] and then was thought to have been possible by the third quarter of 2016.^[2] However, Citi Business News reported in June 2016 that the resumption might be delayed as Royal Fly-GH had yet to complete the processes for further clearance from the GCAA.^[11]

Royal Fly-GH is owned by Samuel Palmer Wesley-Quaison, a Ghanaian businessman based in Germany and Ghana.^[6] From 2010 to 2012 it was a subsidiary of Fly540 (owned by Lonrho Aviation),^[3] and from 2012 to 2015 it was owned by Fastjet/Rubicon Diversified Investments.^[7]

Royal Fly-GH planned fly to the same destinations that Fly540 Ghana flew to. It also planned to explore international destinations.^{[citation needed]}

Royal Fly-GH has no aircraft, as its sole aircraft, an ATR 72-500, was sold off by Fastjet during the suspension.^[6]

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• List of airlines of Ghana