President Akufo-Addo has appointed Mrs. Yvonne Nana Afriyie Opare as the new Managing Director of the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL). This follows the retirement of Pamela Djamson-Tettey from the position after attaining the mandatory retirement age of 60. Madam Djamson Tettey took over on February 18, 2022 after Mr Yaw Kwakwa submitted his resignation […]
The Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) has been adjudged the “Most Profitable” state-owned enterprise (SOE) for the year 2022 at the Public Enterprises League Table (PELT) awards. The State Interests and Governance Authority (SIGA) organised the events last Wednesday as a barometer to encourage profitable performance by SOEs. A citation read at the event lauded […]
All restrictions imposed at the country’s points of entry as part of efforts to limit importation and local spread of COVID-19 have been lifted with effect from Saturday, May 20, 2023. The decision by the national COVID-19 Task Force is premised on a pronouncement by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on May 5, 2023, that […]
A security officer at the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) has been interdicted for conducting a pre-boarding search on the National Security Minister. In a letter dated September 8, GACL explained that Awudu Basit’s search of Albert Kan-Dapaah at the VVIP Lounge at the Kumasi Airport was embarrassing. The letter signed by the Company’s officer […]
The Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) is losing some of its sensitive installations in Accra, including cables used to direct pilots during landing and take-off. This is due to increasing attacks on the authority’s properties in the La Nkwantanang and the La Dadekotopon municipalities. Among the installations are the main signal-receiving station near Madina and […]
A woman was arrested on Wednesday, July 13, 2022, at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) after injuring a car park attendant. The woman described in a Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) statement as a “female foreigner” allegedly parked on the pedestrian crossing at the Terminal 3 departure frontage of the KIA. She allegedly also refused […]
Since the easing of the COVID-19 restrictions in the country last year, domestic air travel has increased, recording the highest patronage in the last eight years, data from airport authorities have indicated. According to the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) and the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), domestic passenger flows (throughput) jumped from 423,718 in […]
The Ghana Airport Company Limited (GACL) has told all airlines through the International Air Transport Association (IATA), that the Ghana Card will from March 1, 2022, be recognised as an international travelling identity document, otherwise called e-passport for all Ghanaian holders travelling to Ghana. The GACL, following this week’s key ceremony at the headquarters of […]
The Base Ammunition Depot Unit of the Ghana Armed Forces were on Tuesday, December 28, 2021 called in to remove an unattended bag from the arrival hall of Terminal 3, Kotoka International Airport. Confirming the incident which made the round on social media on Wednesday morning, the Ghana Airport Company Limited (GACL) said the unattended […]
The Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) has warned that airlines flying passengers into Ghana will be surcharged if they bring any unvaccinated persons into the country. Beginning December 14, 2021, the GACL says airlines that bring unvaccinated passengers into Ghana will be surcharged $3,500 per passenger. A statement issued by the GACL announced the new COVID-19 guidelines to […]
The Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) has commenced investigations into the circumstances that caused the aborted takeoff of KLM flight on Friday, September 3, 2021. The GACL in a statement said the pilot of the flight reported a bird strike close to the windshield of the aircraft. “The Rescue and Fire Fighting Service (RFFS) of […]
The Management of the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) has rebutted claims by former President John Dramani Mahama that government has put the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) up for sale. The former President who is also the flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) made the allegations on a social media platform known as […]
