President John Dramani Mahama yesterday commissioned an Air Navigation Service (ANS) system at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) in Accra to serve as key operational hub for the provision of essential air navigation services for the nation and parts of West Africa. The new ANS facility is expected to be decoupled from the Ghana Civil […]
Evatex Logistics Limited, the mining and stevedoring company, which was awarded an auditing and revenue assurance contract at the Kotoka International Airport, has threatened to sue the Ghana Airport Company Limited (GACL) over the decision to terminate the contract. Evatex has ordered GACL to withdraw the notification to terminate the contract within seven days. If […]
Passenger arrivals at the Kotoka International Airport declined by 10.3% on a year-on-year basis to 98,146 in March 2025, the Bank of Ghana has revealed. This was down from 109,380 arrivals recorded a year ago. On a month-on-month basis, however, tourist arrivals increased by 2.2%. For the first quarter of 2025, there were 295,415 arrivals […]
Four suspects have been picked up and are currently in custody at the Narcotics Control Commission following the interception of 73 slabs of substances suspected to be cocaine that weighed 89.74 kg. Officials from NACOC made the arrest on Wednesday, April 23, 2025 reports Kester Aburam Korankye. According to them, they intercepted a cargo, which was […]
The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has refuted false claims on social media that the recently commissioned electronic gates at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA), cost the nation $240m. In a press release issued on Thursday, December 19, 2024, GIS stated emphatically that the installed E-gates at the KIA, cost the nation $1.7m and not $240m […]
A dramatic scene unfolded at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) in Accra on Sunday afternoon when a passenger’s luggage began emitting smoke in the Terminal 3 departure hall. The Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) confirmed the incident occurred around 15:27 G.M.T. According to a statement issued by GACL management, vigilant staff quickly identified the smoking […]
The Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC), in collaboration with the UK National Crime Agency, has thwarted a major drug trafficking attempt at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra. Acting on intelligence, officers intercepted a total of 166.88 kilogrammes of suspected cocaine on Monday, June 10, 2024, from the luggage of two British passengers travelling together. According […]
Passengers originating from China will be required to undergo free mandatory COVID-19 testing on arrival at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) as part of updated travel guidelines for visiting the country. The passengers from China must also present a valid negative COVID-19 PCR test result 48 hours prior to departure from their originating country per […]
Celebrated Ghanaian pilot Captain Solomon Kwakye Quainoo has joined the country’s foremost indigenous aviation service provider, McDan Aviation Services, by calling on government to increase local participation in the sector. Speaking at a media engagement in Accra on Starr Chat about the local aviation industry’s condition, Capt. Quainoo said a national carrier would aid the […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced that from tomorrow, Monday, March 28, 2022, fully vaccinated travellers coming to Ghana will not take PCR tests from their countries of origin to allow them entry into the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) where they will also not be tested for COVID-19 on arrival. However, the President mentioned that citizens and […]
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 […]
Health authorities in Ghana on Thursday said vaccination against COVID-19 is now mandatory for international travellers before entering the country as part of efforts to control the spread of the disease. The directive takes effect Sunday, 12 December 2021 at the only international airport in the capital, Accra, the Ghana Health Service said in a statement. “All persons 18 […]
