Players in the Aviation Industry say visibility due to the weather is relatively clear and has not affected any flight landing yet.
They maintain that the installation of the Instrument Landing System (ILS) at the Tamale and the Kumasi airports has been aiding in the landing of domestic flights in the event of poor visibility.
Speaking to Citi News, the Chief Pilot at Passion Air, a domestic flight company, Captain Nasser Sinare assured passengers of safety in case of severe harmattan in the days ahead.
“We will encourage customers to keep travelling, their safety is rest assured. We will fly them to their destination. But the weather as it is, is very unpredictable. For instance, this morning we had a weather forecast of a visibility of 1,200 feet, it went up to 1,800 feet and suddenly shot up to 6,000 feet. So there’s nothing much the operators can do we are subject to the weather conditions, so we operate as and when the weather is permissible and is safe to fly.”
“We will only fly when conditions are right for us to fly and under no circumstances will we put the lives and safety of our customers at risk. And so if the weather permits us to fly, we will, otherwise we will have to find alternative means, whereby we will either put them on subsequent flights if the weather permits or we will reschedule it.”
