Representatives from the Maltese and Ghanaian governments have been meeting to discuss the possibility of Air Malta (KM, Malta International) commencing services to the West African country in the second quarter of 2020. Talks were held at the recent second Ghana-Malta Business Forum which was held in Accra.

The occasion was used to sign five agreements between selected agencies in Ghana and Malta and covered areas such as medicine, aquaculture, and bilateral air services.

The Chief Executive of the Ghana Investment Promotion Center (GIPC), Yofi Grant, told Ghanaian radio station Joy FM that Air Malta is willing to fly to Ghana as it plans to expand its reach in Africa.

"We're still in the [planning] process because we want to get the concept right on the regulatory requirements [to see] whether it will be airline operations involving a direct flight from Malta to Accra or a transit to the other African countries and vice versa," he said.

Air Malta currently has limited operations to Africa, despite the island's proximity to the continent, with 2x weekly services from Malta International to Cairo International, Casablanca Mohamed V and, Tunis. The airline has a fleet of 10 aircraft, consisting of seven A320-200s (including one wet-leased from Malta MedAir) and three A320-200neo.