Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) has extended its agreement with SITA to manage and support all airport passenger processing, baggage management, and airport operations systems across Kotoka International Airport’s newly commissioned Terminal 3 for the next five years. SITA’s technology will be vital in positioning the airport as the pre-eminent hub in West Africa, leading the way in passenger automation …
IATA Forum In Ghana Tackles Regional Aviation Issues
The International Air Transport Association (IATA), in partnership with the Ministry of Aviation of the Republic of Ghana, held the IATA Regional Aviation Forum – Ghana 2019 on June 24-25 in Accra under the theme “Aviation: Business for Regional Prosperity”. With over 200 participants from the industry, the forum addressed the most critical issues affecting aviation for Africa, with …
Ghana To Implement Advanced Passenger Information System At KIA
The Ministry of Aviation, Ghana and the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) held a forum recently on the implementation of an Advanced Passenger Information System (APIS) at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA). Known as “iBorders,” the proposed initiative will enhance compliance with Annex 9 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation, and will be developed and implemented by Société internationale …
Emirates Celebrates 15 years Of Operations In Ghana
Emirates has celebrated a milestone in its operation to Ghana, marking 15 years of service to Accra. The first Emirates flight flew into Kotoka International Airport in January 2004, and the airline has since carried close to 1.6 million passengers between Accra and Dubai and its network. The airline started operations in Ghana with three flights a week, increasing to …
SAA To Increase Service Between Accra & Washington D.C.
Effective 1 April 2019, South African Airways (SAA) will increase its frequency on nonstop flights between Accra’s Kotoka International Airport and Washington, D.C.- Dulles International Airport to five days weekly. The flights between Ghana and Washington D.C. offer travellers convenient connections to and from over 100 cities across the U.S. and Canada, through SAA’s Star Alliance partner. Todd Neuman, SAA’s …
Egypt, Ghana, Cooperate In Aviation Field
EgyptAir Maintenance and Engineering Company, one of the subsidiaries of EgyptAir Holding Company, recently signed a contract with the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) to establish a technical service center for airlines operating from and to the Kotoka International Airport in Accra, the capital of Ghana. This new cooperation marks the activation of the memorandum of understanding, signed between Egypt …
How Ghana Is Pushing West Africa’s Airports Infrastructure Evolution – By Roland Ohaeri
Mr. John Attafuah is the Managing Director, Ghana Airports Company Limited, who is at the centre-stage of efforts to transform Ghana’ aviation infrastructure. He enthuses about the milestone improvement at the Kotoka International Airport, and the airport’s new Terminal 3 set to light up Ghana’s aviation landscape when it opens in August 2018. He speaks of Ghana’s successful Airport City, …







