{"id":172033,"date":"2015-12-05T10:32:54","date_gmt":"2015-12-05T10:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=172033"},"modified":"2015-12-05T10:32:54","modified_gmt":"2015-12-05T10:32:54","slug":"harmattan-forces-domestic-airlines-to-cancel-flights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/12\/harmattan-forces-domestic-airlines-to-cancel-flights\/","title":{"rendered":"Harmattan forces domestic airlines to cancel flights"},"content":{"rendered":"
Domestic airline operators in the country are being forced to cancel scheduled flights as a result of bad weather.<\/p>\n
Ghana\u2019s harmattan season, which comes with cold and dryness particularly in the mornings, started becoming visible on Tuesday December 1.<\/p>\n
As a result, domestic airlines like Starbow have since Wednesday suspended flights to the Northern Regional Capital, Tamale.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”0LDYe24iopBtyAk6Z7DeiNME4Yf8GKxG”]Tamale, which is known to be a dry area, has thus been the most affected by the onset of the harmattan.<\/p>\n
A source at the Kotoka International Airport who spoke to Citi News said some scheduled flights for Kumasi and Sunyani have also been cancelled.<\/p>\n
Only a Starbow scheduled flight went to Takoradi on the morning of Friday December 4. All others were cancelled.<\/p>\n
It is unclear yet whether the situation has affected international flights.<\/p>\n
The Harmattan is a cold-dry and dusty trade wind, blowing over the West African subcontinent.<\/p>\n
Harmattan is usually characterized by strong wind, which blows southwest from the Sahara desert into the Gulf of Guinea between November and March.<\/p>\n
The resultant effect of this dryness among other things is the poor visibility that affects air travel.
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\nBy: Ebenezer Afanyi Dadzie\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Domestic airline operators in the country are being forced to cancel scheduled flights as a result of bad weather. Ghana\u2019s harmattan season, which comes with cold and dryness particularly in the mornings, started becoming visible on Tuesday December 1. As a result, domestic airlines like Starbow have since Wednesday suspended flights to the Northern Regional […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":81504,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[43,38,4],"yoast_head":"\n