Africa World Airlines (AW, Accra) is planning to add E190 equipment to its fleet during the course of 2018. Speaking to gh-aviation, the Ghanaian carrier's Head of Commercial, Richard Kyereh, said a pair of the Embraer Regional Jets would supplement its existing fleet of six E145LIs. Previously announced plans to add A319-100 capacity are still valid he added without specifying timeframes.

An affiliate of HNA Group's Hainan Airlines (HU, Haikou), Africa World Airlines offers scheduled passenger flights to Kumasi, Takoradi, and Tamale in Ghana as well as Abuja and Lagos in Nigeria, and Monrovia Roberts in Liberia.

AWA has been linked to Ghana's ongoing national carrier project. Earlier this month, Minister of Aviation Cecelia Dapaah said the carrier was one of three operators currently in in-depth talks with government over the proposed new airline. Other contenders include Air Mauritius (MK, Mauritius), with which Dappah signed a partnership agreement earlier this year, and the ever ubiquitous Ethiopian Airlines (ET, Addis Ababa International).