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  Former President John Dramani Mahama, the leader of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), and the biggest opposition party, has declared that if his party wins the 2024 elections, he will merge a few ministries in the nation. Mr. Mahama emphasized that the New Patriotic Party-led administration had established multiple …

The operatives of the Force Criminal Investigations Department (Force-CID), Lagos Annex, Alagbon, have arrested two suspects, Tope Ojo “m” and Nojeem Haruna “m” for their complicity in a case of economic sabotage and diversion of aviation fuel valued about forty-six million Naira.   A statement released by the public relations …

The Ghanaian pilot who is on record to have flown the biggest passenger aircraft in the world which is said to belong to Emirates has quit his job with Emirates. Solomon Quainoo has joined McDan Aviation. He made this announcement via his social media handles saying “Goodbye Emirates, Hello McDan”. …

After successfully launching the first-ever private jet terminal at Kotoka International Airport (KIA), McDan Aviation is to be sanctioned by the Transport Ministry for defying the orders of the Ghana Airport Company Limited (GACL). Yussif Jajah, a member of the Roads and Transport Committee in Parliament revealed that, the sector Minister, Kwaku Ofori …

The Roads and Transport Committee of Parliament has summoned sector minister, Mr Kwaku Ofori Asiamah over reported snubbing of management of the Ghana Airport Company’s directive by McDan. The company reportedly ignored an order to halt the inauguration of a private jet terminal over breaches of safety protocols. Speaking to …

Aviation expert, Dr. Issaka Yakubu Akparibo has said government can go for first-class on a commercial flight for its foreign trips in order to reduce cost rather than spending huge sums of money to purchase an Airbus or Falcon. “The maintenance of a new aircraft is a different issue altogether, …

  Over 300 workers of the Aviation Handling Service Ghana, have been sent home in a redundancy exercise due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. A letter titled: “Notice of Redundancy,” dated March 4, 2021 and singed by Thierry Maillot, the Managing Director to the affected staff, made available …

The Government of Ghana says it has rejected plans by airline operator, British Airways, to change its London-Accra-London flight origination and termination point. The Ministry of Aviation in a statement said it had received notification from the management of British Airways that the airline had decided to operate its British …

Seven ministries created by President Akufo-Addo in his first term in office will be scrapped when he announces his new set of Ministers and their Ministries in the coming days. The Ministries include Procurement headed by Sarah Adwoa Sarfo, Planning headed by Professor Gyan Baffour, Special Development Initiative led by …

Africa’s aviation industry represents a huge market that the continent’s airlines need to exploit more fully, with technology and AI offering the way forward for expansion, regional development experts said Thursday. “Technology and smart technologies are offering this fantastic opportunity, so let’s make use of AI, let’s make use of …