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US presents security equipment to Ghana Airport Company

  The United States has presented one body scanner and nine explosives and narcotics trace detectors to the Ghana Airport Company Limited (GACL) to strengthen security at the Airport. The equipment is under a grant implemented by the U.S Department of State Bureau of Diplomatic Security Office of Antiterrorism Assistance(ATA) …

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Ghana wins ‘airport war’ with Britain

British online news platforms as well as some newspapers have been awash this week with news that British authorities would now allow flights from Accra, Ghana to land in Heathrow instead of Gatwick as had earlier been proposed by British authorities. Some of the reportage did very little to hide …

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Commercial flights to Ho to begin in Easter

The Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) has announced the launch of commercial flights to Ho during the Easter holidays. Madam, Amma Faake Gadzekpo, Head of Business Development Services of the GACL said the facility had long been ready, and that the Company had been looking for the “right opportunity and …

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Kumasi Airport being upgraded to ‘proper international airport’ – Ashanti Reg. Minister

The Kumasi Airport is to be upgraded to international standard, Ashanti Regional Minister Simon Osei-Mensah has announced. According to him, the runway is being expanded by 200 metres more so as to make it an international airport. The minister was speaking at the Nation Building Updates held in Accra on …

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Airport coronavirus test owners are ghosts

The Registrar of Companies of the Island Country of Dominica says it does not know the shareholders and directors of The Peters Family Company Ltd (TPFCL), owners, of Frontiers Healthcare Services Ltd, for whom the multi-million dollars covid testing contract at KIA has been cooked. TPFCL is an offshore company …

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Kumasi airport to be expanded to make air travel easier – Akufo-Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said he is building the aviation industry by expanding the local airports including that of Kumasi. He said these projects will make air travel across the country easier and convenient. In a tweet, Mr Akufo-Addo who is campaigning to be reelected as president in the December …

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Mahama’s sod-cutting for Kumasi Airport was a ‘waste of national resources’ – Baako rebuts

Seasoned journalist, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako has accordingly replied the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Communications Officer, Sammy Gyamfi as he promised last week after the latter called him a liar for exposing former President John Dramani Mahama on his sod-cutting behaviour. Kweku Baako had earlier made statements to the effect that the former President, …

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Domestic Airport in Upper East needless – UG lecturer to NDC

A Senior Lecturer at the Department of Economics at the University of Ghana Dr. Ebo Turkson says the promise by the opposition National Democratic Congress to construct a domestic Airport in the Upper East region is needless. According to him, the region has pertinent needs which do not include an …

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Land for Cape Coast Airport has already been acquired – Aviation Minister

Minister for Aviation, Joseph Kofi Adda says the land required for the construction of the proposed airport in Cape Coast has been acquired. Speaking on Joy News’ PM Express, the Minister stated that the land is situated between Komenda and Shama in the Central Region of Ghana. However, the land …

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Re-opening of airport: Akufo-Addo speaks tonight

The President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is expected to address the country later tonight. This will be his 16th address to the country since Ghana recorded its first COVID-19 cases. The President is expected to announce further ease to the various restrictions put in place as partof efforts …

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