Royal Fly-GH was a

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ian

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based at

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in Accra. Previously using the name

Fly540 Five Forty Aviation Ltd, trading as Fly540, is a low-cost airline which commenced operations in 2006 and is based in Nairobi, Kenya, operating both passenger and cargo services. The airline had two subsidiary airlines, Fly540 Ghana (suspended in ...

Ghana, it suspended operations in May 2014. It planned to resume flights by first quarter of 2019, but did not restart operations.

History

Royal Fly-GH was founded as ''Fly540 Ghana'', a subsidiary of

, on 11 November 2008. It began operations in November 2011, flying to Accra,

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, and

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."Opportunities and challenges as Fly540, first pan-African airline, adopts Stelios' FastJet brand"
''CAPA - Centre for Aviation''. 14 June 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2016. In June 2012, Fly540 and its subsidiaries were acquired by Rubicon Diversified Investments, which intended to absorb the airlines into its new venture

Fastjet Fastjet Limited is a UK based holding company of fastjet Zimbabwe, an airline operating in Africa. The airline was initially created following the acquisition of Fly540, an airline operating in East Africa; flights in fastjet's own name commen ...

. 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. In addition, Fastjet then sold off Fly540 Ghana's fleet, a single

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."fastjet sells Fly540 Ghana to DWG-G for $1"
''Ch-aviation''. 23 June 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2016. In June 2015, Fastjet sold Fly540 Ghana to DWG-G Co Ltd for only

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1.00."Disposal of Fly540 Ghana"
''Fastjet''. 22 June 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2016. Within a week of the decision, the

Ghana Civil Aviation Authority GCAA or Ghana Civil Aviation Authority is the civil aviation authority and regulatory agency of the Republic of Ghana for air transportation in the country. It has its headquarters in Kotoka Airport in Accra.Lokko, Vivian K. (10 September 2015)
"Fly 540 to resume operations in October under new name Royal Fly-Gh"
''citifmonline''. Retrieved 26 January 2016. and then was thought to have been possible by the third quarter of 2016. 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.

Corporate affairs

Royal Fly-GH is owned by Samuel Palmer Wesley-Quaison, a Ghanaian businessman based in Germany and Ghana. From 2010 to 2012 it was a subsidiary of

(owned by Lonrho Aviation), and from 2012 to 2015 it was owned by

/Rubicon Diversified Investments.

Destinations

Royal Fly-GH planned fly to the same destinations that Fly540 Ghana flew to. It also planned to explore international destinations.

Fleet

Royal Fly-GH has no aircraft, as its sole aircraft, an

, was sold off by

during the suspension.

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