Domestic flights resume after strike called off

Domestic air flights have resumed in Ghana after a strike by Air Traffic Controllers early Tuesday morning saw domestic flights grounded.

Transport Minister Dzifa Ativor who was involved in discussions to get the striking workers return to work, has said that firm assurances have been given the workers, whose action was to back demands for the urgent resolution of certain administrative and technical challenges.

She told Asempa FM in Accra that the strike had nothing to do with salaries or working conditions of the striking workers but certain industry challenges. Those challenges, she said, are receiving utmost attention except that the workers thought the pace was not desirable.

Listen to the Transport Minister   {mp3}dzifa_ativor-aviation-strike-over{/mp3}

The withdrawal of services by the Air Controllers left many domestic travellers stranded at domestic terminals in Accra, Takoradi, Kumasi and Tamale. View more photos in our galleries

President of the Ghana Air Traffic Controllers Association (GHATCA), Mr Micheal Kwapong Atiemo who described their action as a partial withdrawal of service rather than a strike, said they have agreed to work on the basis of the assurances from the Transport Ministry, the Chief of Staff and other quarters and was hopeful that the concerns over safety, technical and managerial challenges would be resolved.

Listen to Micheal Kwapong Atiemo speak to Asempa FM's KABA in the audio. {mp3}michael-kwapong-atiemo-airtraffic-controllers{/mp3}