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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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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‘No Payment, No entry’ comes into effect today at KIA

The “No Payment, No entry” policy for inbound airline passengers, which was deferred last week at the instance of international airlines operating in the country, comes into effect on September 21. By this new policy, incoming airline passengers must pay online for the mandatory COVID-19 test upon arrival at Kotoka …

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