Aayalolo gets shuttle service deal at KIA

• Posted on August 21, 2018
• by Ellsamwise King
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The Greater Accra Private Transport Executives (GAPTE), managers of the Quality Bus Service, popularly known as Aayalolo, has sealed a deal to undertake shuttle services at the newly opened terminal 3 of the Kotoka International Airport as well as other terminals at the airport.

The deal appears to be a breakthrough for the company whose operations have been severely challenged due to a number of reasons including non-profitability.

As part of its duties at the airport, the Aayalolo buses will shuttle air travelers in-between terminals.

Although the value of the deal has not been disclosed, there is a high expectation that the operations Aayalolo will be revamped and the business kept afloat.

Eight months after the service was rolled out, its managers say they are still operating at a loss.

So far, not all of the 245 Aayalolo buses imported into the country in 2016 are in use.

In July 2018, most of the Aayalolo drivers declared an indefinite sit-down strike to protest what they say is their deplorable conditions of service.

They said they had not been paid for the past five months.

The matter was however put before the National Labour Commission which directed the drivers to return to work as an amicable solution is found to the impasse between the drivers and their employers.