Solomon Quainoo

On 2 October 2018, he was the first Ghanaian to fly the world's biggest passenger aircraft, Emirates' Airbus A380 from Dubai to Accra.

[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] Quainoo was born in Ghana but later moved to the UK to live with his family.

He had his secondary school education at Koforidua Senior High Technical School in the Eastern Region and furthered at the University of Ghana where he earned a bachelor of science degree in Mathematics, Physics and Geology.

[8][9] He obtained a master's degree in Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from the Kingston University in London and trained as a pilot at the Oxford Aviation Training school, United Kingdom, which was where he obtained his license.

[10][11][12][13] After obtaining his master's degree, he worked with British Midland International for six years.