In a statement issued on March 12, McDan Aviation Limited has accused the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) of defying a court injunction in it midnight terminal raid.
According to McDan Aviation Limited, GACL has breached a court injunction and violated contractual terms.
McDan Aviation Limited has described the GACL midnight terminal raid as an attempt to collapse its business and a disregard for an ongoing legal process.
McDan Aviation Limited, in its statement, detailed that the contract governing its operations at Terminal 1 clearly required the airport operator to provide a 90-day notice before taking any steps to remove the company from the premises.
“The contract governing our operations at Terminal 1 clearly stipulates that GACL is required to provide McDan Aviation with a 90-day notice of eviction before taking any action to remove them from the premises,” the company stated.
“This contractual provision was included to ensure due process and protect the significant investments made. By failing to give the required period of notice, GACL has willfully violated this fundamental contractual requirement,” the statement added.
“On March 10, 2026, GACL was formally served with a court injunction (motion for interlocutory injunction). Yet, in the early hours of March 11, 2026, at approximately 1:00 a.m., GACL officials proceeded to forcibly enter the terminal and remove valuable equipment and property belonging to McDan Aviation,” the statement said.
“This sequence of events reveals a troubling pattern: GACL has not only breached its contractual obligations by ignoring the 90-day notice requirement but has also demonstrated contempt for the rule of law by acting contrary to a court injunction,” the company said.
They further detailed that they are pursuing all available legal remedies to challenge the unlawful termination of their licence.
The statement follows, the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) has announced it has ended its Fixed Base Operation (FBO) agreement with McDan Aviation Handling Services Limited.
According to the GACL, the FBO agreement has been terminated due to McDan Aviation’s unpaid licence fees, rent, and royalties.
In August 2022, the agreement was signed, granting McDan Aviation the licence to provide Fixed Base Operation services at designated areas within Terminal 1 of the Accra International Airport.
Under the agreement, McDan Aviation was required to pay licence fees, royalties, and rent to GACL.
GACL revealed that McDan Aviation began defaulting on its payment obligations shortly after the agreement took effect in 2022.
A report by citinews read, “The airport operator said that after several unsuccessful attempts to recover the outstanding debt, access to Terminal 1 was restricted in late 2024. McDan Aviation subsequently settled arrears covering the period from 2022 to 2024, which led to the reopening of the terminal for its operations.
Despite clearing those arrears, GACL said the company again accumulated significant debt due to continued non-payment. The airport authority indicated that no payments were received for rent and royalties throughout 2025, while the operating licence fee due since 2022 also remained outstanding.
In line with the agreement, which requires a 90-day notice period before termination, GACL said it formally notified McDan Aviation on January 10, 2025, to settle the outstanding debt. The company said three additional reminders were issued throughout 2025 urging the firm to meet its financial obligations”.
Citinews further detailed, “During the period, McDan Aviation reportedly proposed a payment plan and issued three post-dated cheques. However, before the cheques were due to be presented, the company asked GACL not to deposit them, citing financial constraints.
GACL said it issued another notice in November 2025 reminding the company of its continuing default.
Following the lapse of the required notice period and several reminders, the airport operator formally terminated the FBO agreement with McDan Aviation on January 16, 2026.
After the termination, GACL wrote to the company clarifying that any payments made afterwards would be treated strictly as settlement of outstanding debts and would not amount to reinstatement of the agreement”.
The story further added, “On February 9, 2026, GACL secured and locked up Terminal 1 and subsequently directed McDan Aviation to remove its belongings from the premises within seven days, in accordance with the termination clauses of the contract. The airport authority said several reminders were sent for the removal of the items but no response was received.
Despite the termination notice, McDan Aviation later made a payment to GACL on February 27, 2026, in the Ghana cedi equivalent of US$265,000. According to GACL, the amount represents roughly half of the total outstanding debt owed by the company.
The airport operator said it will continue to pursue the recovery of the remaining debt from the McDan Group”.
The report further detailed that the GACL and McDan group are currently in court with the airport authority over a different dispute.
“GACL also disclosed that the McDan Group is currently in court with the airport authority over a separate dispute involving 16 acres of land, for which it says the group owes millions of dollars in unpaid obligations despite developing commercial properties on the land and renting them out.
The company emphasised that the FBO agreement with McDan Aviation has been “duly and finally terminated,” adding that there is no legal basis for re-engagement with the firm regarding Fixed Base Operation services at Terminal 1.
GACL further urged organisations doing business with it to honour their financial obligations, warning that entities that fail to do so will face full debt recovery processes as stipulated in their contractual agreements,” citinews report added.