Tag: Airport
Aviation This Week – January Edition 5
Update for this week’s edition of ‘Aviation This Week’ summaries topical industry news from January 25, 2021 to January 30, 2021.
Ho Airport to be...
Ghana government strengthens COVID-19 safety protocols at Kotoka
Government has announced new guidelines at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA), to strengthen the existing protocols to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 in...
Berlin’s new airport counts just 6,000 passengers daily
Berlin's BER Airport registered just 6,000 passengers on average per day in the first month of its existence, the operator said on Friday.
Some 180,000...
Lack of airport in Cape Coast affecting Tourism
Mr Clifford Ashun, the Central Regional Head of the Museums and Monuments Board (MMB) has commended government for its resolve to establish an...
Pence’s plane returns to airport after striking bird
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence's plane returned to an airport in Manchester in northeastern U.S. state of New Hampshire, after striking a bird...
Beijing’s Daxing airport sees over 10 million passenger trips
The total passenger throughput at the newly-built Beijing Daxing International Airport exceeded the 10 million mark on Tuesday after it began operation last September.
Currently,...
Beijing’s Daxing airport opens city terminal in Hebei
Beijing Daxing International Airport has opened a city terminal in Gu'an County, north China's Hebei Province, allowing residents of Gu'an and the surrounding...
Namibia flagship airport welcomes 1st international passenger flight after 6-month stoppage
Namibia's flagship airport, Hosea Kutako International Airport began operations on Friday with the first international arrival to Windhoek being the Ethiopian Airlines, which...
Namibian flagship airport reopens
Namibia's flagship airport, Hosea Kutako International Airport has reopened and is preparing for the resumption of international flights, the Namibia Airports Company (NAC)...
Ghana tightens measures against COVID-19 ahead of airport reopening
Ghanaian aviation authorities announced Monday a raft of tough measures to ensure the safety of passengers and prevent the importation of COVID-19 ahead...
Namibia to open flagship airport to tourists
Namibia planned to open its flagship international Airport, Hosea Kutako International Airport, to leisure travelers and tourists from September 1, Minister of Environment, Forestry...
NPP government promises airport and harbour for Cape Coast in next administration
The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has promised to construct a harbour and an airport in the Central Regional capital of Cape Coast should...
Kenya denies German army mask shipment vanished at airport
Kenyan authorities on Tuesday dismissed claims that a German army shipment containing six million masks meant for protection against novel coronavirus strangely disappeared at...
South Korea to set up “walk through” virus testing facilities at airport
South Korea said on Monday that it will set up the so-called "walk through" virus testing facilities at the country's main gateway Incheon International...
Fire breaks out at southern Spain’s airport
Flights were delayed or diverted and passengers evacuated on Wednesday after a fire broke out on the roof of Alicante airport in southern Spain,...
Libya’s east-based army expands no-fly zone in Tripoli to include airport
The east-based army of Libya on Wednesday expanded the no-fly zone announced in November in and around the capital Tripoli to include the Mitiga...
NACOB official ask Christians to choose wisely on kindness
Christians have been advised against extending kindness to people when travelling from any airport as they could be used as carriers by drug...
Vietnamese Woman jailed 3-years and 4 months over the death of DPRK man
Doan Thi Huong, a Vietnamese woman, was on Monday sentenced to 3 years and 4 months of imprisonment for the death of a man...
Launching of 2nd Kwahu Easter Mountain Marathon Held
The second edition of the Kwahu Easter Mountain Marathon (KEMM), was officially launched at the Head Office of StarTimes Ghana Limited, Airport in Accra...
Nigeria nabs money laundering suspects with US$2.8 million at airport
Nigeria's anti-graft body on Friday said it had intercepted 2.8 million U.S. dollars at the Akanu Ibiam International airport in southeast Nigeria's Enugu state....
Tanzania Airport gets Equipped with Modern Ebola Screening Facility
State-of-the-art Ebola screening facility has been installed at Tanzania's leading airport following an outbreak of the disease in neighboring Democratic Republic of the Congo...
Manchester Airport to begin running Addis Ababa flights with Ethiopian Air
Ethiopian Airlines on Wednesday confirmed that it will operate a four-times-a-week service to Addis Ababa, the East African nation’s capital from Manchester Airport.
Manchester Airport...
Tanzanian police arrest Nigerian drug trafficker at airport
Tanzanian police have arrested a 26-year-old Nigerian national with 59 pellets of cocaine weighing 800 grams at the country's Julius Nyerere International Airport (JNIA)...
Jet skids off runway at Nigeria’s capital airport
A private jet on Thursday skidded off the runway of Nigeria's capital city airport, an official said.
The incident forced the Federal Airports Authority of...
Carpenter In Police Custody For Attempting To Commit Crime
An Accra Circuit Court on Tuesday remanded one Emmanuel Kofi Abudey, a Carpenter, into Police custody for attempting to commit crime to wit robbery.
The...
Tanzanian president calls for “human face” in house demolitions
Tanzanian president John Magufuli on Monday suspended the planned demolition of over 2,000 houses belonging to people who allegedly invaded plots set aside for...
Zimbabwean First Lady slightly injured in accident at airport
Zimbabwean First Lady Grace Mugabe on Saturday suffered a minor ankle injury in a freak accident at the Harare International Airport, the state-run Sunday...
Rwanda reach agreement for construction for Bugesera Airport
With the backing of the African Legal Support Facility, the Government of Rwanda has taken a concrete step toward becoming a transportation hub for...
Nigeria to review airport security policy
What began as a survival story of a stowaway teenager has quickly evolved into a debate about the safety of our nation’s airports.
A...
Philanthropist feeds 300 on his birthday
Mr Flint Kwame Honour, a Banker has fed over 300 less privilege people on the street of Accra as part of his charity activities.
The...