United Nigeria Airlines Company, has secured the nod of the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) to commence scheduled flight operations into the country.

Though the airline is yet to disclose the date of commencement of the flight, its entry would further deepen competition on the route and crash the fare as no fewer than four airlines are on the Nigeria-Ghana route.

The approval to fly into Ghana was communicated to the airline by the GCAA on July 13 in a letter with reference number AIR/4203/087/008.

According to the letter, United Nigeria Airlines is approved to operate into the Kotoka International Airport, Accra.

The approval came as the airline prepares to commence scheduled flight operations to Jos, Plateau State, Abakaliki in Ebonyi State, Benin in Edo State, Maiduguri in Borno State, Ibadan in Oyo State, Ilorin in Kwara State, Kano and Sokoto.

The Head, Corporate Communications of the airline, Achilleus-Chud Uchegbu, said the airline is also seeking approval from the relevant authorities for the commencement of scheduled operations to N'Djamena in Chad, Libreville in Gabon, Malabo in Equatorial Guinea, Monrovia in Liberia and Banjul, The Gambian capital.

Other cities of interest for the airline include Sao Tome, Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo Brazzaville and Douala in Cameroon as well as Amsterdam in the Netherlands, Rome in Italy, and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, among others.

The statement said the airline had acquired wide-bodied aircraft including Airbus and ERJ 175 and ERJ 190 which will join its fleet soon to serve its intercontinental and regional operations.