Travel news Ghana

• Flights
• 01/09/2022 07:26

African World Airlines to suspend flights to Liberia and Sierra Leone

Africa World Airlines (AWA), a regional airline based in Accra, Ghana, has announced the suspension of its flights from Monrovia and Freetown due to high operation costs resulting from the rising cost of jet fuel.

It would be the second airline suspending its flights to Liberia this year due to high operational costs. Air Fra… read more

• Miscellaneous
• 31/08/2022 07:32

Airlines owe NCAA, FAAN N42 billion, $7.8 million for charges, services rendered

Nigerian airlines are said to be indebted to the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to the tune of over N19 billion and $7.8 million on the statutory 5 per cent Ticket Sales Charge and Cargo Sales Charge (TSC/CSC).

This is just as it was gathered that they are also indebted to the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (… read more

• Miscellaneous
• 30/08/2022 22:06

Ghana to ban planes older than 20 years from its airspace

Air travellers in Ghana are increasingly complaining about a lack of comfort on some of the planes serving the country. These complaints come on top of recent technical problems on a Delta Air Lines Boeing 767-300 aircraft flying from the US to Ghana.

Soon, aircraft older than 20 years will no longer be allowed to fly t… read more

• Flights
• 27/08/2022 05:43

Delta Air Lines' 'faulty' Boeing 767-300 banned in Ghana

Delta Air Lines currently offers 1 daily flight between the US and Ghana. This service is usually operated by Boeing 767-300 aircraft.

The Boeing 767-300, registration N195DN, of Delta Air Lines, is no longer allowed to operate the New York - Accra route (1 daily flight). This is according to a correspondence from the Ghana Civil… read more

• Flights
• 23/08/2022 19:38

PassionAir adds domestic flights from Sunyani to its network

On 3 August, Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo officially reopened Sunyani Airport in the centre of the country, after more than six years of closure for renovation.

PassionAir will launch four weekly flights (Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays) between Accra and Sunyani from 9 September 2022. Its Director … read more

• Miscellaneous
• 22/08/2022 05:22

Brazil assists Cape Verde in the certification of the Embraer ERJ 190 recently acquired by BestFly

Brazil's National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) is currently providing its expertise to Cape Verde's Civil Aviation Agency (CAA) in the operational certification process of the Embraer ERJ 190 aircraft acquired by BestFly Cabo Verde last April.  "The two civil aviation authorities are seeking to consolidate the technical partnership in aeron… read more

• Flights
• 22/08/2022 05:18

$464m Blocked Funds: Foreign Airlines Ripping Off Nigerians – Stakeholders

Players in the Nigerian aviation industry have said that foreign airlines operating into the country are ripping its travelers with higher airfares when compared to passengers from other countries.

Investigation by Sunday Independent indicates that air travelers emanating from Nigeria pay about triple airfares for the same destinations whe… read more

• Flights
• 18/08/2022 14:40

Air Tanzania plans to serve Nigeria, Ghana and England in 2023

Air Tanzania will expand its international network next year. Speaking to the press on Monday, August 15, 2023, its CEO announced that it will open three routes to Nigeria, Ghana and England. "We want to encourage people to use Air Tanzania to travel to Europe in particular," said Ladislaus Matindi.

Nigeria and… read more

• Destinations
• 12/08/2022 06:05

Ghana eyes increased int’l tourists as 2022 December in Gh launches

Ghana has launched this year’s edition of its flagship tourism product, ‘December in Gh’ – an initiative which has seen the country become the leisure and merrymaking epicenter of the world since its inception.

Introduced in 2019, the programme has come to promote Ghana as a December holiday season destination, not only for the Ghanaian di… read more

• Flights
• 12/08/2022 06:01

Ghana key market for Emirates Airlines

Emirates, a leading international airlines, has announced plans to expand its Africa operations in order to meet the growing air travel needs of travellers in the region.

Currently, the Dubai-based airline, which is a subsidiary of the Emirates Group, owned by the government of Dubai's Investment Corporation of Dubai, which fly to 1… read more