Tag Archives: AIRLINE

Ethiopian Airline bans use of ‘Ghana must go’ bags

Ethiopian Airline Nigeria has placed a restriction on the use of the popular checkered plastic travelling bag known as ‘Ghana must go’, on its planes. According to the airline, the ‘Ghana must go’ bags can only be used on its planes if they are packed in a cartoon or any …

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An airline refused to give us a plane after charging $5,000 – Lil Win reveals struggles faced by entertainment industry

Ghanaian actor and producer, Kwadwo Nkansah alias Lil Win, has shared details about the struggles faced by industry players in accessing locations for their shoots. Speaking in an interview with Zion Felix, Lil Win detailed how an airline denied his production team the use of an airplane for a movie …

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KIA gets first standard certified airline repair facility

3AMS-CELMS is to operate Ghana’s first Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility at Kotoka International Airport. The company, according to Ben Owusu – a Senior Aviation Safety Inspector and Manager at Quality Assurance – is nearing the completion of its certification process that was started some five years ago. The …

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Delta Airline number N195DN banned from flying to Ghana

The Ghana Civil Aviation Authority, GCAA, has banned a Delta Airlines aircraft with registration N195DN, from flying to Ghana. The Authority said, the decision follows the failure of the Airline company to investigate and address technical issues regarding the aircraft in question, which left several Accra-bound passengers, including Ghanaians, stranded …

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VIDEO: Empress Gifty stranded at the New York airport, as airline misplaces her luggage

Multiple award-winning Ghanaian gospel songstress, Empress Gifty, also known as Mrs Gifty Adorye has disclosed that her luggage has been misplaced after boarding Turkish airline to her travel destination in New York. Speaking in a recorded live video on Facebook, the outspoken songstress indicated that just one luggage of she …

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Ghanaian-American aboard United Airline flight allegedly dies due to ‘negligence’

A Twitter user has narrated circumstances that, according to him, led to the death of a Ghanaian-American at Washington D. C. in the United States of America on Sunday, February 6, 2022, between 6:15 AM and 7:30 AM EST. The user, Eche Enziga @Echecrates explained that the Ghanaian, whose name …

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Kotoka Airport: Airlines to pay $3,500 on each unvaccinated passenger

As omicron variant of covid-19 threatens to erode gains made in the fight against the pandemic, Ghana’s health authorities and the Aviation Authority, have issued strict guidelines to airlines flying passengers into the country. In a statement announcing new plans to guard against another wave of COVID-19 infections, the authorities …

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Airfares drop as new airlines surface

Nigerian airlines are beginning to reduce airfares on local routes as new airlines spring up, passenger traffic gradually improves and more aircraft are being deployed on local destinations, intensifying competition on these routes. Few weeks after the resumption of local flight operations across Nigeria, BusinessDay had reported a 100 percent …

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United Airlines grounds planes after engine failure

United Airlines says it is grounding 24 of its Boeing 777 aircraft after one of its jets suffered engine failure after take-off on Saturday. The plane, carrying 231 passengers and 10 crew, was forced to return to Denver airport. No injuries were reported. Debris from the jet was found scattered …

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