Construction work on the second phase of the Tamale International Airport runway is approximately 57 percent complete, for both procurement and physical work. The 5,170 metre-square project will serve to supplement the services provided by the Kotoka International Airport and is expected to be completed on schedule by January 2022.
An examination of...
TAP Air Portugal carried 21.7 percent more people in 2017 than in the previous year, reaching an aggregate of 14.274 million passengers by the end of December, 2.55 million more than the previous year’s figure.
The growth in load factor, regarding the seats offered in 2017, also increased significantly, by...
Moroccan national carrier, Royal Air Maroc (RAM), has announced plans to launch flights to five other East African cities only two years after it began its Casablanca-Nairobi operations.
Country manager Othman Baba said the move, inspired by Nairobi experience, is part of RAM’s efforts to claw back a share of...
A new terminal set to open at Accra’s Kotoka International Airport (KIA) aims to ease congestion and is expected to help facilitate tourism growth.
Officials are preparing for the launch of a third international terminal at KIA, the country’s largest aviation gateway, in the second quarter of this year.
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Minister of Aviation Joseph Kofi Adda has said that government is aggressively working to ensure the country’s new national airline commences concurrently with the global resumption of air operations.
According to him, even though the partial closure of borders worldwide has come at a great loss to players in the...
Airline operators in the country have asked the Ministry of Aviation to give them at least 14 days’ prior notice after government stakeholders in the aviation sector come to a firm conclusion as to the date for re-opening the air borders.
The move, they explained, is to afford them enough...
The country’s only remaining domestic air operator, Africa World Airlines (AWA), is to take delivery of a bigger equipment early next year to help it meet the current demand for domestic air services between Accra and Kumasi, Tamale and Takoradi.
The decision follows the suspension and subsequent laying-off of Starbow...
Emirates Airline has won the ‘Outstanding Airline Company of the Year’ award at Ghana’s West Africa Business Excellence Awards, held in Accra.
The award was in recognition of the airline’s focus on customer health and safety as a top priority amid the pandemic, in addition to meeting and exceeding expectations...
Children smiled at the sight of four Ghana Airports Company staff dressed in the legendary Santa Clauses’ famous red outfit with white beard handing out gifts at the international Departure and Arrival Halls of the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) from Dec 24-26, 2017.
Chocolates and toffees were handed out to...
…flight to resume operation in Oct
The Minister for Transport, Kwaku Ofori Asiamah, has indicated that rehabilitation and expansion work on the first phase of Sunyani’s airport, is near complete (94 percent), and would be opened for flights to resume operation by end of October.
According to the minister, the first...