Indigenous airline, Africa World Airlines (AWA), the only airline currently providing domestic air services in the country, has increased its flight frequency between Accra and Kumasi, and Accra-Tamale, to help meet the increased demand. This follows the suspension of operations of Starbow–the second domestic airline operator. AWA has increased its Accra-Kumasi-Accra...
Emirates is celebrating 10 years of enabling mobile phone use on board its aircraft. As a global leader of inflight innovations, Emirates made history in March 2008 by becoming the first airline in the world to allow customers to make and receive calls, as well as send SMS messages...
March is a special month with International Women’s Day and events that are devoted to celebrating the achievements of women and seeking gender equality. Delta Air Lines came together with the American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM) and US Embassy Commercial Services to host over 70 professional women at the Kempinski...
Togbe Afede XIV, the founder and co-chairman of Africa World Airlines (AWA) has called for an expeditious investigation into the circumstances leading to the murder of Prince Kwabena Kumi, an aircraft maintenance engineer of the indigenous airline. He made the call when he led a delegation of the airlines’ executives...
Aviation Minister Joseph Kofi Adda has warned of impending forceful removals of communication masts belonging to telecommunication and media companies that are impeding work and effective operations at the Wa Airport after earlier warnings had been ignored. According to the minister who was speaking on the floor of parliament to...
That COVID-19 has disrupted our way of living and economies around the world is an understatement. Every sector/industry has been affected anyhow you look at it. One such sector badly hit is aviation which employs millions of people and acts as the central nervous system of international business and leisure....
French carrier, Air France, is to increase its frequency on the Paris-Accra-Lome route from the current 3x weekly flight to 4x weekly starting this summer. The airline, per its summer schedule, will operate the Paris-Accra-Lome flights on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays. Country Manager of the Air France-KLM, Dick van Nieuwenhuyzen, that...
Captain Victor Kwesi Amoah, an airline captain and motivator, highlights another episode of aviation history in an exclusive interview with B&FT. When did we as passengers and the non-travelling public feel the existence of air-laws? In order to get the insight of how passengers began to see regulations, it is refreshing...
International trade, which has been badly hit by the pandemic is set to recover after President Nana Akufo-Addo announced the lifting of restrictions on air travel, making it possible for international flights to resume business fully on today, Tuesday September 1, 2020. The First Quarter Bulletin report shows taxes generated...
The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), a United Nations agency, helps 193 countries cooperate together and share their skies to their mutual benefit. ICAO and its member-states have committed to a global safety target of zero fatalities by 2030. Safety is a top priority for ICAO and the global air...