The staff of the Civil Aviation Authority has expressed concern about what they said is the deteriorating state of aviation safety in the country. According to the staff, the encroachment on...
The staff of the Civil Aviation Authority has expressed concern about what they said is the deteriorating state of aviation safety in the country. According to the staff, the encroachment on aviation lands will cause a problem in the...
Africa has made major strides in developing airports of an international caliber as the continent angles itself to attract global investment and spur economic growth. Africa's busiest airports have been measured by the total number of...
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has expressed sadness over the passing of three South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) employees who died in a plane crash. The Cessna S550 Citation S/II crashed into the Duteniqua mountains in the...
The executives and members of the Ghana Association of Aviation Training Organizations (GAATO) paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Aviation, Joseph Kofi Adda on the 17th of January, 2020 to wish him a happy new year and deliberate on the...
Accra, 23rd December, 2019 - The Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) wishes to notify passengers travelling by air of potential challenges to the smooth operations of airlines during the Harmattan season. The Harmattan, a dry...
The Africa and Indian Ocean (AFI) Performance-based Navigation (PBN) Route Lab and Continuous Climb/Continuous Descend Development (CCO/CDO) and Implementation workshop is taking place at the Ghana Civil Aviation Training Academy(GATA) which is...
The federal government has suspended the operations of Turkish Airlines in Nigeria due to the airline's perceived poor treatment of passengers. The directive, which was given through the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, will continue...
Do you know how services are provided to you at the airport? Watch our exclusive interview with the SITA Vice President for the Middle East, India and Africa, Mr. Jihad Boueri. This will give insight to passengers, airlines and airport operators...
Montréal, 25 November 2019 – The 36-member governing body of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the ICAO Council, has elected Mr. Salvatore Sciacchitano of Italy as its President for a three-year term, beginning...
Ghana and Benin signed a Bilateral Air Services Agreement in Cotonou on the 21st of November 2019. The Deputy Minister of Aviation, Yaw Afful, signed the agreement on behalf of Ghana. According to the Deputy Minister of Aviation,...
Africa World Airlines, the Ghanaian carrier with the slogan, touching Africa, touching the world will start flights to one of Ghana's new regional airports, the Wa Airport (WZA) on the 15th of October, 2019. This announcement was made by...
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Roberts International Airport (RIA), also known as Monrovia International Airport, is located in Harbel, Liberia. It currently serves more than 228,000 domestic and international passengers annually and is expected to receive more than 450,000...
The Immfly Lounge service is part of a unique customer journey platform Immfly provides airports and airlines. It is designed to enable a seamless extension of the customer experience end-to-end: from the lounge, to gate, to inflight and post...
THE chief executive officer of the Namibia Civil Aviation Authority, Angeline Simana, has tendered her resignation, works minister John Mutorwa confirmed yesterday. Her last working day was yesterday. Although he could not give more details,...
Government is considering reviewing passport fees upwards to help it break even and avoid the current losses incurred in the processing and production of passports. Speaking at a press conference in Accra on Wednesday, the Foreign Affairs and...
For the avoidance of doubt, the Ministry of Aviation wishes to inform the general public that: The Ministry has no plans whatsoever to recommend, neither does the Government of Ghana have plans to approve privatization or sale of the Kotoka...
There has been a proposal by the Aviation Ministry to cede the management of the Kotoka International Airport to a private company, according to a draft memo to Cabinet sighted by Citi News. A private company, Tav Airport Holding...
Accra, 5th April, 2019 – Ghana obtained a provisional Effective Implementation (EI) rate of 89.89 percent, the highest by an African country, after the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) concluded its Coordinated Validation...
The Parliament of Ghana passed into law, subject to the assent of His Excellency the President, an amendment of the Ghana Civil Aviation Act 906 (2016) to further improve safety and strengthen security in the aviation industry of the country at...
Effective today March 1, 2019, Airline companies using the Terminal Three facility at the Kotoka International Airport will pay 5 dollars per hour for using the counters at the facility. The new fee which is known as the Check-in Counter fee was...
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo–Addo is expected to cut the sod for commencement of the Tamale airport runway’s second phase by March, to elevate it to International Airport status. The Minister for...
The Ghana Civil Aviation Authority has released a statement to advice the general public to resist and desist any form of extortion or cohesion by uniformed staff stationed at the Kotoka International Airport. In this regard, the Authority...
Management wishes to advise the general public that the Managing Director of Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL), Mr. John Dekyem Attafuah, has been relieved of his duties effective today, 18th January 2019. The Deputy Managing Director, Mr....
The Managing Director of the Ghana Airport Company Limited, Mr John Dekyem Attafuah has been relieved from his position with immediate effect, MyNewsGh.com reports. His letter dated 16th January 2019 sighted by MyNewsGh.com for him to leave...
The second largest airport in the United Kingdom, London Gatwick Airport has been sold to France's Vinci for £2.9bn. Under the terms of the deal, a consortium led by US investment fund Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) will sell a...
Ghana’s Parliament this week approved a budget of GH₵318m for the Ministry of Aviation to support its planned programmes and activities for the 2019 calendar year. Deputy Minister for Aviation, Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah, indicated that...
ACI world director general Angela Gittens delivered a keynote address calling on aviation regulators and airports in Africa to realistically assess challenges together and implement aviation-related safety and security actions and...
Second from(L) Hon. Kwabena Okyere Darko-Mensah , Dep. Aviation Minister , Middle , ICAO president , Dr.Benard Aliu , Second from (R)Air Cdre Rexford G.M Acquah, Board Chairman-GCAA, 3rd from ( R ) Madam Tina Swatson Eshun , Board Member- GCAA...
Montreal – In support of the United Nations World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, Airports Council International (ACI) World and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) emphasized their joint commitment and work to help...
Ramaphosa, who took office in February, first outlined plans last week to change the visa regime in his “stimulus and recovery plan,” which aims at reviving an economy that entered a recession in the second quarter, but never provided...
Minister of Home Affairs Malusi Gigaba on Tuesday announced a number of measures related to visas that could boost the economy. He made the announcement at a media briefing in Pretoria. These measures form part of the stimulus packages that...
A Ugandan man has been arrested by officials of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) for trafficking narcotics. Bwogo Federick, 53 was arrested on April 25 this year during arrival...
Routes Africa, the intra-Africa route development forum, will return after a two year hiatus, due to demand from the route development community. The event, which will be the 12th Routes Africa, is the most long standing and established...
The Ghana Airports Company Limited's (GACL)flagship project at the Kotoka International Airport, Terminal 3 (T3), is nearing its completion stage. The Minister of Aviation, Ghana, Madam Cecilia Dapaah with the media toured the Terminal 3...
The Minister for Aviation Mrs. Cecilia Dapaah, has inspected proposed sites for Airstrip, Helipads and Airport at Princess Town in the Ahanta West District and Axim in the Nzema East District respectively in the western region. At a...
Police say a man in his 40s has died in hospital after collision between two vehicles. A man has died after a collision between two vehicles at Heathrow airport. Police were called to the airport at 6am on Wednesday after the vehicles...
An Atlanta bound Delta Airlines Flight 55 aborted a flight early morning today when one of its engines was engulfed in fire. The incident happened at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. Consequently, Runway 18R of the Lagos was...
Security officers pulled out their mobile phones, anxious visitors waiting for their loved ones suddenly found new love all in a cacophonous rush to see Indian movie stars of the telenovela, Kumkum Bhagya. Indian movie stars you...
A lot of passengers come and go through Dubai airports and by 2020, they’re expected to play host to some 124 million people. So in an effort to increase the efficiency of security checkpoints, Dubai International Airport is installing a...
With construction work on Accra-Kotoka International’s new Terminal 3 flagship project moving into top gear some operators at the airport have had to change location to facilitate the development. The airport expansion supports the...
All supplies of jet fuel to Auckland Airport, the largest and busiest international hub in New Zealand, have been cut following damage to a pipeline from the airport’s sole supplier of fuel. Thousands of passengers are expected to be...
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol has chosen the design of KAAN Architecten for their new terminal. The new terminal will open in 2023 and will allow 14 million more passengers to travel through Schiphol annually. The new terminal is an...
After lean economic times caused by ethnic clashes in the early 2000s, coupled with banditry and near debilitating drought, Isiolo Town is readying for take off. And with the opening of Isiolo International Airport, the fifth of its kind in...
Several people have been injured by a suspected tear gas attack at Frankfurt Airport in Germany. Witnesses said the check-in area at Terminal 1 was affected on Monday morning. Police said six people were being treated for breathing...
Monday, September 11, marked the 16th anniversary of the biggest game-changing event in contemporary international politics. It was on this day in 2001 that two passenger flights were used as missiles to bring down the Twin Towers in New York...
She said: “The Authority, in conjunction with the Lagos State government, has put in place necessary measures to mitigate the effect of the construction on road users while the project lasts.” Also yesterday, the state...
AUDIT firm Deloitte has recommended that the Namibia Airports Company (NAC) charges its suspended chief executive officer, Tamer El-Kallawi, and engineering department boss, Courage Silombela, for corruption over the awarding of tenders worth over...
Dublin Airport has welcomed a whopping 20 million passengers in the first eight months of the year – an increase of 6%. Almost 3.1 million passed through the gates in August, meaning the airport hit over three million passengers...
Hurricane Irma has caused “huge damage” to St Martin, devastating its airport and port and leaving the Dutch part of the Caribbean island unreachable, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Thursday. “Alas, the island is not...
Ethiopian Airlines Group has merged with Ethiopian Airports Enterprise (EAE) to form the African country’s new Aviation Holding Group. The consolidation, which follows regulation approved by Ethiopia’s Council of Ministers on July 14...
