Samuel Thompson

SAMUEL THOMPSON (CAPT) is the Chief Operations Officer of Africa World Airlines, a positon he has held for the past 1 year and 7 months. Prior to his appointment, Captain Samuel Thompson was the Chief Executive Officer/Accountable Manager of Royal-GH Airline Company which took over Fly 540 Ghana Ltd. He was also with Fly 540 Ghana where he held various positions such as Captain, Director of Flight Operations and the Accountable Manager.

Captain Thompson has over 30 years of flying experience in various aircraft types e.g. Embraer 170, Boeing 737NG, DC10, DC 9, Fokker F-28 and PA28/PA34.

At AWA, Captain Thompson’s key responsibility is to oversee the operations section; having directly under his purview, Flight Operations, Maintenance, Engineering and Ground Handling.

In addition, Captain Thompson is responsible for Government and other stakeholder relations.