Presidential Jet Is Back | Politics

The Falcon 900-EX Presidential jet, used by the President and key government officials for local and international travel, has returned to Ghana.

This is after six months of repairs in Paris, France.

The jet arrived in Ghana on Tuesday, February 14, 2023.

Sources said during this period, all aircraft were completely refurbished, with retrofit and avionics system upgrades also carried out on the aircraft.

With this, aviation and military sources say that the Presidential Jet will now be able to travel to most countries in Europe (with a flight time of six hours, as usual before the unfortunate incident on September 30, 2018, where it happened. to land directly in Washington DC, immediately after taking off because it developed a fault.

President Akufo-Addo is expected to use the Presidential Jet to travel to Munich, Germany, where he will attend the Munich Security Conference, which aims for participants to debate the world’s most relevant security challenges.

The forum is expected to provide an unparalleled platform for high-level debate on pressing and current foreign and security policy challenges.

Coming nearly a year after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Munich Security Conference will also provide an opportunity to take stock of alliance cohesion and political commitment to a rules-based international order.

The President is also expected to fly to Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, aboard the Presidential Jet, to attend the 36th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union.

Prior to the arrival of the Presidential Jet on Tuesday, President Akufo-Addo had to fly by commercial aircraft to events and ceremonies outside the country.

This is expected to bring a huge sigh of relief to President Akufo-Addo and the government, which has sometimes had to endure attacks necessary to fly commercially with the attendant costs and security risks.