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...
 … Zoomlion undertakes massive disinfection exercise at KIA and 3 others to pave the way for domestic operations The Minister for Aviation, Joseph Kofi Adda, has said that domestic airline operation is likely to resume by the coming weekend after all airports in the country were closed down due...
Emirate Airlines’ Senior Vice President for Commercial Operations in Africa, Orhan Abbas, has said the Dubai based national carrier is not interested in partnering Ghana or any other country in national airline operations. Mr. Abbas, who spoke to the B&FT at the national headquarters of Emirates Airline in Dubai, stated...
To celebrate this year’s, celebrate International Women's Day, an international airline on the Abidjan – Accra – Brussels route, Brussels Airlines will today operate an all-women crew flight. Today’s flight is a symbolic action to strive for more equality for women and also being done because Women's Day is widely...
Air France is to start a daily service between Accra and its hub at Paris-Charles de Gaulle, France, with stops in Lomé and Ouagadougou starting on March 25, 2018. This strategic decision is designed to offer the travelling public more travelling options between Accra and Paris, with onward connections to...
Ms. Cecilia Dapaah, Minister for Aviation, has advised the Volta Regional Coordinating Council to develop a business plan to market the yet-to-be-commissioned Ho Airport. She asked the Council to consider official launches in nearby Republic of Togo, Benin and Nigeria to promote the Airport and open up the Volta Region. Madam...
Ms. Cecilia Abena Dapaah, the Minister of Aviation, has called on airlines in China to take advantage of the numerous Bilateral Air Service Agreements with various African countries and begin operations to several destinations on the continent, including Ghana and vice versa. She said Africa World Airlines (AWA) was birthed...
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...
The increase in ‘no-shows’ recorded by airlines operating in Ghana has led to an increase in overbookings by airlines as they strategise to avoid flying empty planes to various destinations around the world. A "no-show" refers to when a passenger - someone who has purchased a ticket - has not...
Activities of nomadic herdsmen, who have breached the perimeter of Ho Regional Airport in the Volta Region in search of fresh grass for their cattle, threaten the facility’s completion and scheduled opening date. This revelation came to light when the Aviation Minister, Cecilia Abena Dapaah, came to Parliament to answer...

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