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Ghana: Steering Committee to Coordinate 'Beyond Return' Project
The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture has inaugurated a 17-member steering committee to coordinate the 'Beyond the Return' - a decade of African Renaissance (2020 - 2030) project.
The project is a follow-up to the Year of Return - Ghana 2019 which positioned the country as the preferr… read more
Rwanda, Ghana & 6 other African countries get Visa Waivers from Barbados
Citizens of eight African countries willing to travel to explore and enjoy the beautiful sceneries of Barbados can now do so with relative ease as the Caribbean nation has waived Visa requirements for them. The eight countries include Cameroon, Ethiopia, Liberia, Morocco, Rwanda, Senegal, Burkina Faso and Ghana from which Barbados … read more
Ghana’s tourism sector to fully recover in three years
Ghana’s tourism sector will take between two to three years to fully recover from the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic,an Associate Professor at the Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management of the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Prof. Ishmael Mensah has predicted.
Speaking to the Ghanaian Times in an interview yesterday, Prof. Mensa… read more
COVID-19: Middle East and Africa market update
Middle East capacity
Following steep double-digit drops in recent weeks, the rate of capacity decline from and within the Middle East slowed last week (w/c May 11) to 2.7%. In total there were 1 million departure seats in the region’s market, a slight fall of 28,000 seats week-on-week. However, the figure meant that the Middle East’… read more
AWA to increase capacity between Accra and Kumasi
Africa World Airlines Limited will fly a third daily flight between Accra and Kumasi effective 22MAY20, offering even more choices for travelers between Ghana's two largest cities.
The new services will operate on Thurs… read more
Africa World Airlines resumes flight operation
Ghana’s leading carrier, Africa World Airlines (AWA), is set to resume flight operations in the country following the lifting of the lockdown imposed by the government necessitated by the Coronavirus pandemic.
The government had suspended all forms of economic activities in the country to contain the spread of the Coronavirus pandem… read more
Ghana closes borders - AWA suspends interantional flights
The President of Ghana has ordered to close all borders for human traffic for the next 2 weeks. As a consequence, Africa World Airlines Limited will suspend all international flights scheduled to operate from 23MAR20 onwards. The last flig… read more
Air Malta considers operations into West African
Air Malta (KM) is currently looking into the possibility to start operations to Ghana. Representatives from the Maltese and Ghanaian governments have been meeting to discuss the possibility of Air Malta commencing services to the West African country in … read more
Africa World Airlines Limited and Cabo Verde Airlines sign partnership
Africa World Airlines Limited (AWA) and Cabo Verde Airlines (CVA) recently signed a partnership to improve connectivity to West Africa.
As per this agreement, passengers can connect seamlessly on a single ticket between AWA and CVA flights at Lagos, with onward connection to their respective hubs in Accra and Sal, and beyond.… read more
Transnet intends to revitalze Ghana Railroad
Ghana Railway Company Limited and Ghana Railway Development Authority have signed a contract with Transnet of South Africa in order to bring back full operation on Ghana’s narrow gauge between Takoradi and Tarkwa. This contract includes the rehabilitation and maintainance of the line the refurbishment of the existing wagon park, new rolli… read more
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