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...
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...
The Chief of Air Staff, Sadique Abubakar, has said the Nigerian Air Force has introduced Special Dog unit (K-9) to boost security in airports and NAF bases nationwide. Mr. Abubakar made this known in Yola while celebrating Eid-el-Kabir with...
Care to do some shopping at the airport, even if you’re not flying? Or walk a loved one to the gate before their flight? You’ll be able to do that starting next week at Pittsburgh International. The airport is now poised to...
Ghana will this year host the first ever aerospace and aviation exhibition in West Africa at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra. Dubbed the “African Airshow,” the event, which is being organised under the auspices of the...
Ghana Airports Company limited said it will be looking at some innovative ways to help reduce its cost of operation and boost its revenues after recoding a 13% decline in its revenues last year. This was revealed to JoyBusiness at the...
According to travel data by Forward Keys, Murtala Mohammed International Airport experienced a decline in number of passengers making it the only airport in Africa with such a record in H1 2017. This situation was adduced to the...
The Kotoka International Airport Lease Agreement has been signed by both the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) and the Lands Commision. The plotting of boundaries to clearly delineate the KIA lands is expected to be undertaken in the coming...
About 400 demonstrators picketed in front of American Airline’s Terminal D at Miami International Airport Thursday afternoon, marking the second time the airline’s workers have protested job outsourcing this summer. The protest,...
Ghana’s Commissioner-General of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Emmanuel Kofi Ntim, has indicated strongly that the much anticipated paperless clearance at the country’s ports will meet the September 1 deadline. According to the...
