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 largest aircraft in the world, “Antonov An-225 Mriya” has landed at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra. Only two of such aircraft were built. The current Antonov An-225 Mriya, which is the only one in operation, according to Aviation Ghana, flew from Leipzig and successfully landed at KIA shortly after 4pm on 7 July 2021. It is […]
President Nana Akufo-Addo has instructed that the price of Covid-19 test at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) be reduced. Health officials and the company administering the antigen test at KIA will be expected to charge $50 instead of the previous $150. However, the Health Minister-designate, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu who disclosed this on the Floor of Parliament […]
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 […]
A 51-year-old man Oppong Kwaku Owusu is facing prosecution after he allegedly expelled 100 pellets of some powdery substance suspected to be cocaine. This follows his apprehension by officials of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB)on Tuesday, February 18, at the Kotoka International Airport. A statement issued by NACOB, and copied to the Ghana News Agency, […]
By John Elliot HAGAN, Accra The Kotoka International Airport (KIA) Regional Command of the Ghana Immigration Service has received 17 Ghanaian deportees from Germany on board chartered flight CT3721. The deportees, all males, who are aged between 21 and 60 years, were escorted by 67 police officers, including paramedics. They were deported for immigration-related issues […]
An imminent takeover of the management of the Kotoka International Airport by a private Turkish company, TAV Airport Holding Company Limited has been confirmed by a leaked cabinet memo. The takeover which is being championed by the Ministry of Aviation is under consideration by government. The deal, it it goes through will see the private […]
Operatives of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) have busted a member of a money laundering syndicate in the country. The suspect, Darwich Hussein, 38, a Lebanese, who was travelling to Beirut, Lebanon, was arrested with $1.4 million and 256,000 euros in his carry-on bag at the KIA in Accra […]
Unconfirmed reports reaching BestNewsGH.com indicates that officials the Ghana Immigration Service and the Ghana Police Service stationed at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) have picked up the National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu Ampofo. The reports indicate that Mr. Ampofo was about boarding a flight to Monrovia, Liberia when he […]
The Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), following an earlier publication by BestNewsGH.com about officials of Customs and Immigration turning themselves into nuisance by begging for money from passengers and other users of the Kotoka International Airport, has set up a taskforce to investigate the matter. The Authority in a press release in reaction to the […]
Uniformed officers stationed at the Kotoka International Airport, particularly Customs and Immigration officials have come under public attack for usually begging for money from passengers and patrons of the airport. The practice seems to have gotten so entrenched that the officers beg openly without any shame, mostly leaving some passengers and patrons angry and surprised. […]
