Golden Ghana VA Reports 1000th flight!
With a charter cargo flight from Johannesburg/South Africa to Atlanta/USA, Golden Ghana VA performed it’s 1000th flight since the founding of the virtual airline in 2011. After a flight time of 17 hours and 32 minutes, the Boeing 777 Freighter, registration 9G-YDG, landed safely at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Continue reading
Golden Ghana VA expands European Ops
Major schedule update for Ghana’s first virtual airline
Today, Accra based Golden Ghana VA (ICAO: GOG) has announced a major schedule update. These are the changes:
1. More flights from/to Europe Additionally to the existing destinations London (Heathrow and Gatwick) and Frankfurt, Golden Ghana VA now also serves Amsterdam, Istanbul and Vienna. This decision is based on Continue reading
Golden Ghana VA adds Boeing 777 routes to Frankfurt and Heathrow
Today, Accra based Golden Ghana VA (ICAO: GOG) starts Boeing 777 flights to Frankfurt (EDDF) and London-Heathrow (EGLL). Two newly acquired Boeing 777-200LR operate from Ghana’s capital to Germany and Great Britain on a daily basis. The flights leave Accra at 0820 UTC to Frankfurt and at 0730 UTC to London. The return flights start at 1500 UTC and 1430 UTC.
Additionally, another Boeing 777-200 remains available for charter cargo flights to any destination at customer’s option. The Boeing 757-200 that formerly served Heathrow is now rescheduled to operate from/to London Gatwick (EGKK).
About Golden Ghana VA:
Golden Ghana Virtual Airlines is Ghana’s first virtual airline. It was founded Christmas 2011 and currently has 84 pilots. The VA operates scheduled passenger flights as well as cargo and vintage charter flights. It is associated with Vatsim Central Africa Division (VATCAF) and supported by the real world Aviation Club Ghana (ACG).
The GOG homepage can be found here: http://www.goldenghanavirtual.org
Golden Ghana VA Starts Operations to Sydney
On August 28th, Accra based Golden Ghana Virtual Airlines announced a new aircraft and a new destination: A Boeing 747-400, registration 9G-AEA, now serves Sydney/Australia via Johannesburg/South Africa. It’s the first Australian destination for GOG VA and also the first scheduled passenger route with the Boeing 747.
Flights to Johannesburg and Sydney are departing from Accra International on tuesdays, thursdays and sundays; the return flights take place on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Flight time is calculated with 5:10 hours for Accra to Johannesburg and 12:13 hours for Johannesburg to Sydney.
About Golden Ghana VA:
Golden Ghana Virtual Airlines is Ghana’s first virtual airline. It was founded Christmas 2011 and currently has 82 pilots. The VA operates scheduled passenger flights as well as cargo and vintage charter flights. It is associated with Vatsim Central Africa Division (VATCAF) and supported by the real world Aviation Club Ghana (ACG).
The GOG homepage can be found here: http://www.goldenghanavirtual.org
Golden Ghana VA: New Flights at Nigeria
Golden Ghana Virtual Airlines has just extended it’s services in Nigeria. Based at Lagos (DNMM), a new Boeing 737-800 (registration 9G-AAH) now serves the following cities:
- Abuja (DNAA)
- Benin City (DNBE)
- Calabar (DNCA)
- Jos (DNJO)
- Port Harcourt (DNPO)
- Kano (DNKN)
The new schedule is a result of the increasing traffic at Nigeria both in real life and at VATSIM. We hope you enjoy the new routes and have some great flights at Western Africa.
About Golden Ghana VA:
Golden Ghana Virtual Airlines is Ghana’s first virtual airline. It was founded Christmas 2011 and currently has 80 pilots. The VA operates scheduled passenger flights as well as cargo and vintage charter flights. It is associated with Vatsim Central Africa Division (VATCAF) and supported by the real world Aviation Club Ghana (ACG).
The GOG homepage can be found here: http://www.goldenghanavirtual.org
Another GOG milestone: 500th flight!
With an charter trip from Munich (Germany) to Praha (Czech Republic), our member Mikolai Staniszewski helped us to achieve another milestone: It was the 500th flight at Golden Ghana Virtual Airlines! Mikolai was flying an Airbus A320 on this trip and made a safe landing at Praha.
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The GOG homepage can be found here: http://www.goldenghanavirtual.org
Discover Central Africa! Golden Ghana VA Releases Promotion Video
Today, Golden Ghana VA (GOG) and VATSIM Central Africa (VATCAF) have released a joint promotion video: “Discover Central Africa!”. It features unique procedures, challenging weather, tricky approaches – and a dedicated African VA.
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