Minister of Aviation, Joseph Kofi Adda, has said one of the challenges facing the aviation sector is the high cost of flying in the sub region and government would be happy if the introduction of Gulf carrier, Qatar Airways, as the newest airline into the Ghanaian fold, would stir up competition which...
Qatar Airways has arrived in Ghana and plans to operate four weekly flights to Accra via Lagos, becoming the fourth new destination launched by the national carrier of the State of Qatar since the start of the pandemic.
The Accra service will be operated by the airline’s state-of-the-art Boeing 787...
On any given day, when you hear the pilot speaking to passengers on a flight, a man’s voice is what is heard. In Africa, the probabilities are higher than in Europe, America and Australia. Hardly would you hear the voice of a woman speaking as the pilot.
But in Ghana,...
Emirates has announced it will resume flights to Johannesburg (1 October), Cape Town (1 October), Durban (4 October) in South Africa; Harare in Zimbabwe (1 October); and Mauritius (3 October).
The addition of the five points will expand the Emirates' global network to 92 destinations, as the airline gradually resumes...
Patricia Mawuli is Ghana's first female civilian pilot and the first woman in West Africa certified to build and maintain rotax engines.
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Patricia Mawuli is Ghana's first female civilian pilot
She is also the first woman in West Africa certified to build and maintain Rotax engines
Mawuli grew...
Delta Air Lines is resuming operations from Accra to New York JFK. Effective September 25, the airline will operate daily nonstop service for the very first time between the two cities. In the run up to daily service, the airline will fly four times a week with departures on...
Emirates' African network will expand to 15 destinations with the restart of Luanda, Angola from 1 October. The airline continues to gradually and safely restore its network, delivering on its health and safety promise as it responds to growth in passenger demand across the globe.
Flights to Luanda will initially...
Launch of Accra flights will increase Qatar Airways’ network in Africa to 46 weekly flights across 14 destinations including Addis Ababa, Dar es Salaam, Djibouti,
Entebbe, Kigali, Kilimanjaro, Lagos, Mogadishu, Nairobi, Seychelles, Tunis, Windhoek and Zanzibar
Passengers from Accra can enjoy more flexible travel options via the most...
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The Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) has postponed implementation of the mandatory online COVID-19 test payment for all in-bound passengers to Ghana to Monday, September 21; and has also allowed for other payment options including mobile money and cash.
This was after...
Consumption of jet fuel is set to rise again, after experiencing significant falls due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on the back of the reopening of Kotoka International Airport (KIA), the country’s international airport to allow in flights from around the world.
An analysis of the data from the National Petroleum...