JOY FM REPORT

Ghana’s leading domestic air carrier Citylink has launched a 10-percent discount
promotion on its new Takoradi shuttle service offering travelers on the Accra-
Takoradi route a safer, more convenient and affordable alternative to traditional
means of transport.

Launching a -discount promotion to introduce the service to customers, Deputy

Managing Director of the airline, Kwaku Antwi Boasiako, said the introduction of the
Takoradi route is in response to incessant demand by clients for the airline to
extend its services to customers on that route.

“We owe our many clients, especially business people and frequent travelers, who
travel on the western corridor the responsibility of responding to their desires. Thus,
when they asked that we extend our services to Takoradi so they can also enjoy
fast, safe, convenient travel experience, we could only oblige.”

As part of the promotion, the airline is offering a 10-percent discount on tickets on

the Takoradi route and one free ticket for every ten tickets purchased on the
Kumasi route.

Airline officials say this is also to reward clients for the patronage of Citylink
services over the years.

The airline, which has one of the safest records in the local industry operates
charter services for many corporate entities including Gold Mines and Oil companies
that fly staff regularly up country. It has recently acquired an eight-seater executive
charter aircraft which also flies corporate and executive charter clients across
Africa.

In a statement released on its website , the company said it has acquired new SAAB
aircraft that offer clients an even more convenient flying experience and potential
travelers who want to enjoy their convenient offering can purchase their tickets
online at website www.flycitylink.com or call 0244 - 312001 – 4 fort assistance.
NEWMONT AND CITYLINK

Citylink and Newmont Ghana Limited have renewed their partnership, which is
expected to foster long lasting relations between the two companies.

In March this year, mining giant Newmont Ghana suspended its multi-million
contract with Citylink after the carrier reportedly failed a safety audit. But the
contract was renewed on Monday after the audit report vindicated City Link.

A South Africa aviation firm, which was appointed to conduct the audit, discovered
some shortcomings and concluded that the airline could not guarantee the safety of
its clients. A portion of the audit report read, “Citylink has been the subject of
several audits in recent times.

It is evident that the company has undergone a number of operational changes in

accordance with the recommendations made by the various auditing parties
concerned.

Despite the termination of valued contractual agreements, Citylink has continued to

strive forward in the interest of public service to ensure that the regulations and
standards of the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority are maintained.”

Speaking to Joy News yesterday, Chris Anderson, Director of Corporate and External
Affairs, Newmont Ghana pointed out that the carrier had satisfied all the
requirements of the audit.

“We have an international company that audits all the airlines that we use. They
had some problems so we couldn’t use them per global policy. “Citylink has been
audited again and have the chance to rectify those issues, so we have started using
Citylink,” he said.
He was hopeful that the measures put in place would forestall future audit failures.
Kweku Antwi Boasoako, Deputy Managing Director, Citylink, on his part, welcomed
the audit report, saying his outfit operates according to international best practices.

He added that Citylink would continue to ensure the safety of its clients. Goldfields
Ghana also suspended a similar arrangement with City Link but the company
intends to restore its contract with the carrier.

Tullow Drops Citylink for Foreign Airline

Tullow Oil Plc, operators of the jubilee oil field in Ghana, has dropped the Ghanaian-
owned Citylink airline company in favour of Noordzee Helikopters Vlaanderen (NHV)
of Belgium for the transportation of personnel and cargo of the oil company to the
offshore jubilee platform.

Public Agenda's checks indicate that NHV's contract took effect after December 15,
2009 when City Link's contract with Tullow expired. This was after NHV had won an
international bid opened by Tullow in the course of 2009.

It is understood that Tullow's decision to engage a foreign airline did not sit well
with government officials, especially those of the Ministry of Energy, when the
matter came to their attention because government is fervently pursuing an
indigenization agenda in the oil and gas sector.

City Link's officials have confirmed their disengagement but have declined to speak
further on the matter.

Independent sources have, however, said Citylink appeared dissatisfied at the

manner in which it was treated and was consulting with its lawyers on the next line
of action. According to the independent sources, Tullow had opened the bid without
informing Citylink which was its substantive client. The local airline operator was
said to have put in a bid upon learning about the process and eventually lost out to
the Belgian operator.

Citylink had a renewable contract arrangement with Tullow which was to run out on
December 15 2009.
Unconfirmed reports suggest that, factors such as reliability and safety influenced
the selection of NHV.

Gayheart Mensah, Communications Manager of Tullow Ghana Limited, could only

confirm the disengagement of Citylink when contacted by phone.

Observers of the emerging oil and gas industry believe Tullow's decision jolts the
vision of government to entrench local content and participation principles in the oil
and gas sector. Local content and participation refers to the level of use of
Ghanaian local expertise, goods and services, people, businesses and financing in
oil and gas activities.

A yet-to-be-finalised 'Local Content and Local Participation in Petroleum Activities -

Policy Framework', which cannot be enforced presently, conveys the desire of
government to ensure the control, as well as, the benefits in the oil and gas
discovery and production will remain with Ghanaians.

According to the document, the vision of government is to achieve "full local

participation in all aspects of the oil and gas value chain of at least 90% by 2020."

An objective of the policy is to increase capabilities and international

competitiveness of domestic business and industrial sectors. Apparently, CityLink
was muscled out due to its comparative disadvantage to compete. But government
could have avoided this situation had it hastened the development of institutional
and regulatory frameworks that will govern the oil and gas sector.

NHV was established on 16th of May 1997 at Kortrijk, Belgium. The company
indicates on its website that it is specialised in all kinds of helicopter transport and
helicopter work in Belgium and surrounding countries. It provides flights for the
Belgian and Dutch Shipping Pilot Service, VIPs, hospitals, oil and gas, etc. NHV has a
Belgian Helicopter Transport Certificate issued by the Belgian CAA.

According to the company, it has "several contracts with the Oil and Gas Industry to
transfer personnel and/or cargo from land to offshore platforms or to transport
personnel and cargo between the platforms. Such operations take place from
Norwich (UK) and Takoradi (Ghana). Helicopters used for this operation are the
Eurocopter EC155 and the AS365N3 Dauphin."