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Ghana’s Aviation Set To Permit Nigeria Airlines In Ghana Commercial Travel Space

Intense competition is looming for Ghanaian airlines as the Ministry of Aviation has indicated its readiness to allow...

Business

Train Ghanaians To Maintain Aviation Equipment

Minister of Aviation, Ms Cecilia Abena Dapaah, has asked foreign companies that supply high-tech equipment to the...

International

Warren Buffett Talks IBM, Airlines, Apple At Annual Meeting.

Tens of thousands of people gathered to hear Warren Buffett impart wisdom and answer questions at Berkshire Hathaway's...

Headlines

Family Says Booted Off Delta Flight Over Child’s Seat

In yet another incident that could prove a public relations nightmare for the airline industry, a California couple has...

Business

Consumption of Aviation Fuel Up By 18%

Last year, consumption of aviation turbine kerosene (ATK), the fuel used by aircraft, rose by 17.9 per cent to 140,272...

Headlines

Jet Airways Suspends Pilot Over Racism, Assault Claims

The Mumbai-based airline confirmed the incident took place on April 3 on a Chandigarh-Mumbai flight, adding the pilot...

Headlines

Dragged United Passenger ‘aggressive’, Officers Say

Newly released reports from security officers at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport paint an unflattering picture...

Business

Import Duty On Aircraft Spare Parts To Be Scrapped – GCAA

The thebftonline.com has gathered that, the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) is working with government to...

Business

Gov’t To Renegotiate Fifth Freedom Rights…as National Airline Looms

Government is to renegotiate existing Fifth Freedom Traffic Rights as it firms up plans to establish a new national...

Business

Aviation Ministry Confers With Partners To Establish National Airline

The Minister of Aviation, Ms Cecilia Abena Dapaah, says the ministry has started receiving proposals from interested...

Business

Investors Flock Aviation Ministry Over New National Airline

The Aviation Ministry has received a number of proposals from investors seeking to partner government in the...

Business

Will the New ‘Ghana Airways’ Succeed

Successive governments have expressed their desire to behold a plane bearing the flag of Ghana on its tail, an...

Business

Emirates Introduces Mobile Money Payment

Emirates has introduced yet another innovation aimed at making it easier for its Ghanaian customers to purchase airline...

Top Stories

Cecelia Dapaah Nominated For New Aviation Ministry

Former Member of Parliament for Bantama, Cecilia Dapaah has been nominated for the newly created Aviation ministry. Her...

Top Stories

Cecelia Dapaah Nominated For New Aviation Ministry

Former Member of Parliament for Bantama, Cecilia Dapaah has been nominated for the newly created Aviation ministry. Her...

Business

Ghana To Become Aviation Hub — Chief of Staff

Government has affirmed its commitment to make Ghana an aviation hub in the subregion. It is for this reason the...

Opinion

Saved By The Whiskers!

In July when L/Cpl William Amuzu of the Tema Police Regional Command's Rapid Deployment Force Unit run amok and killed...

Top Stories

Ghana in Talks with UAE to Re-Establish National Airline

Ghana is currently in talks with the government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the re-establishment of a...

Africa & World

HEARTBREAKING: Air Algerie Jetliner with 116 Persons On Board Crashes in Mali.

An Air Algerie jet carrying 116 people crashed Thursday in a rainstorm over restive Mali, and its wreckage was found...