Aviation News

18th Apr 2019 | Elizabeth Sasu 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…

16th Apr 2019 | Elizabeth Sasu 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 Company limited,…

4th Apr 2019 | Elizabeth Sasu 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 Mission (ICVM) on 3 rd…

10th Mar 2019 | Elizabeth Sasu 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…

1st Mar 2019 | Elizabeth Sasu 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…

1st Mar 2019 | Elizabeth Sasu 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 Aviation, Joseph Kofi Adda, announced this on Saturday when he led a delegation of staff…

15th Feb 2019 | Elizabeth Sasu 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 has…

21st Jan 2019 | Elizabeth Sasu 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. Yaw Kwakwa,…

18th Jan 2019 | Elizabeth Sasu 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 office was signed…

2nd Jan 2019 | Elizabeth Sasu 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…