McDan Opening Private Jet Terminal At KIA On Friday Without License, Debt Clearance

Daniel McKorley, aka “McDan” is set to commission a private jet terminal at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) today Friday, January 28, 2022, despite not having an airport operating license and owes the Ghana Airport Company (GACL) some GHC 30 million.

McDan is a known financier of the Akufo Addo campaign and thus, airport insiders tell Whatsup News how the rules have been completely bent for his airline-McDan Airline.

The controversial commissioning of the ultra-modern terminal follows McDan’s recent acquisition of a couple of Bombardier 604 private jet private air services to the rich and high net worth firms.

Under normal circumstances, the operation of McDan Aviation is supposed to be licensed, but sources tell WhatsUp News that an airport operating license he acquired has since expired and the Ghana Airports Company is not exactly keen on renewing that license for a number of reasons.

Not only that, but McDan Aviation’s Fixed Base Simulator license has also not been fully renewed after it expired, Whatsup News has heard.

According to information picked up, the GACL’s refusal to renew the license is informed by the fact that among others, McDan Aviation is owing to the Airports Company a whopping Ghc30million in rent and other statutory charges.

The GACL is said to have been asking for payment but the man has been eluding the needful debt servicing, something that is said to have seriously affected the finances of the company and its ability to pay workers’ salaries.

Allegedly, another reason that has dissuaded the GACL from handing him a license is that his 15-year-old Bombardier 604 is not properly insured.

Whatsup News contacted Mr. McKorley on phone and he graciously invited this digital newspaper to meet him at the airport for an explanation and other details.

However, when the paper got there he sent a WhatsApp message saying he was out of the country. Mr. McKorley would also not allow Whatsup News to speak to any of his staff.

As part of the WhatsApp messaging, however, he confirmed that his company has paid part of the debt owed to the GACL but wouldn’t state the amount he owes or may have paid.

According to sources, the company only last week managed to pay Ghc1million out of the Ghc30million after the GACL made it clear that it will not allow it to open its expensive private jet terminal if McDan Aviation does not pay its debt.

The Ghc1million has, apparently not impressed the airport authorities and so information is that they are not granting McDan Aviation the license he needs to operate.

The new terminal, according to information will be managed by McDan. A sneak peek of the terminal ahead of the official opening shows it is to be a place of pure luxury for those who can afford to fly private jets.

Also, In spite of not having a license yet, McDan Aviation’s Bombardier 604 has been flying, allegedly using strange routes.

Those who have benefited from the flights are mostly government officials and people with connections to the regime, including President Akufo-Addo’s notorious cousin, Gabby Asare Otchere Darko, who is alleged to have been extremely peeved with McDan for transporting him in an aircraft that was not insured.

Sources say, the behavior of the company egregiously contravene international air traffic regulations and vandalizes air safety protocols.

McDan Aviation is owned by Daniel McKorley; the same Daniel McKorley who owns McDan shipping.