President Nana Akufo-Addo has ordered for a reduction in the price of covid-19 testing at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA). Health officials and the company administering the antigen test at the facility will be expected to charge $50 instead of the previous $150. This comes on the back of an agreement by …
Read More »Airlines to pay US$3,500 fine for each coronavirus positive passenger they fly in – KIA
The management of the Ghana Airports Company (GAC) has cautioned airlines to adhere strictly to the COVID-19 safety protocols by flying only passengers with a COVID-19 negative PCR test result from an accredited laboratory in the country of origin to the Kotoka International Airport (KIA), Ghana. According to the management …
Read More »Massive Disinfection Carried Out At Kotoka International Airport
The Ministry of Aviation (MoA) and Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) are leaving nothing to chance in their effort to ensure that the country’s airports are safe and secure in the midst of the new coronavirus disease (Covid-19) It is the light of the above that the two state entities …
Read More »VIDEO: KIA Security busted for stealing 10 iPhone 8 phones
A Security man who is said to be working with Aviance Ghana Limited has been nabbed for stealing ten pieces of iPhone 8 phones. In a video that has since gone viral, the Security man is seen removing the phones from different sides of his working gear to the shock …
Read More »Free Covid test at KIA for children between 5 to 12 years
Effective Monday, November 16, children between the ages of 5-12 years will henceforth enjoy free mandatory Covid test upon arrival at Kotoka International Airport. However, children below five years are exempted from the test. All others outside this age bracket must pay $150 for the antigen test carried out at …
Read More »COVID-19 protocols revised for passengers travelling to Ghana
Management of the Kotoka International Airport has in a recent statement released to the general public stated that it has revised some of the covid-19 protocols for passengers travelling out of the country or either coming into the country. In a statement signed by the KIA Boss people arriving in Ghana to …
Read More »Kotoka Int’l Airport records 92 coronavirus cases
At least 92 travelers have tested positive for COVID-19 at Ghana’s airport, President Akufo-Addo has disclosed. “It has been six weeks since the reopening, and a total of thirty thousand, five hundred and sixty-four (30,564) passengers have been tested, from which ninety-two (92) have tested positive”, the President said in …
Read More »Aviation sector faces shutdown as staff protest encroachment of airport lands
Days after staff and union leaders of the Ghana Airport Company Limited hoisted red flags and banners at the company in demand for removal of their Managing Director for the company Yaw Kwakwa, their colleagues from the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority are also embarking on a protest over encroachment of …
Read More »KIA goes red as staff demand MD’s dismissal
Staff of the Ghana Airport Company Limited, (GACL) have adorned the premises of the company with red colours in demand for the removal of Yaw Kwakwa as Managing Director. The workers are accusing Mr Kwakwa of mismanagement. In a petition to President Akufo-Addo through the chief of staff, sighted by …
Read More »Babies, Pregnant Women Detained At Kotoka Int. Airport
Mynewsghana.net has seen a disturbing video of distressed Ghanaians travellers at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) who have been detained for being unable to cough up the ridiculous US$150 being charged each arriving traveller to Ghana for COVID-19 testing. The video which has gone viral shows a four-month-old baby forced to …
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