Category: Transport
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Consumer agency lauds Minister’s action on British Airways
The Consumer Protection Agency (CPA) has commended the Aviation Ministry for its stance against substandard services by British Airways. The Minister of Aviation, Cecelia Dapaah on Thursday (18th December, 2018) issued a strong warning to British Airways over substandard services. She added that government will take drastic action against the airline if it continues to…
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Freight forwarders bemoan ‘ineffective’ paperless system
Freight Forwarders have lamented over the poor implementation of the paperless system at the port. The freight forwarders say the system has not improved transactions at the ports especially as paperwork continues to dominate their transactions. The paperless system which has been in operation since September last year (2017), is among others expected to reduce…
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Drivers dismiss Uber rebranding reports
The Ghana Road Transport Co-ordinating Council (GRTCC), has dismissed reports of a purported meeting with the Transport Ministry where driver unions have called for Uber cars to be rebranded into normal taxis operating in the country. Reports of the said meeting and the drivers’ appeal dominated social media over the weekend attracting mixed reactions from…
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Crystal Ball Africa to boost Intra-Africa trade by 2020
African businesses are projecting that trade among them across the continent should improve significantly at least within the next two years with the coming into force of the Continental Free Trade Agreement (CFTA). The Trade Agreement, seeks to allow businesses, easy access to African countries to support their growth and expansion. Currently, trade among African…
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GRA rejects spare parts dealers’ high tax claims
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has rejected claims the charging of benchmark value on spare parts is to blame for the gradual rise in the prices of the goods. The GRA explains that the tax has since 2015 been canceled with the implementation of the single window platform. The comment by the Authority follows threats…
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GPHA suspends new tariffs indefinitely
The Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) has indefinitely put on hold its proposed review of charges at the ports. The GPHA says this is to address all concerns raised by the various stakeholders involved. The GPHA, last year announced its decision to review port tariffs on imports beginning January 2018. According to the GPHA,…
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KLM settles stranded passengers with €600 each
KLM has offered to give its passengers who were denied their flight due to overbooking, €600 each as compensation. The passengers, totaling sixteen (16), couldn’t embark on the scheduled flight from Accra to Amsterdam on Saturday, January 6, 2018. The stranded passengers earlier told Citi News that they were given 50 cedis as compensation upon their…
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Consumer group cautions against AWA’s monopoly
Consumer rights agency, CUTS International wants authorities to be tough and avert consumer exploitation in the domestic aviation industry. It follows the sole operation of Africa World Airlines (AWA) in the domestic aviation sector. Africa World Airlines became the single company flying domestically after the suspension of operations of Starbow Airlines in December 2017. The…
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Abbosey Okai Spare Parts Dealers threaten to increase prices
The Abbosey Okai Spare Parts Dealers Association has threatened to increase the prices of their goods if government does not intervene in what they describe as increases benchmark value charges at the ports. According to the dealers, although government scrapped the one percent special import levy last year, they have been compelled to pay higher…
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AWA reduces fares within three months
Checks by Citi Business News have shown that the airfares of the only surviving domestic airline, the African World Airlines (AWA) have decreased over a period of three months. A flight from Accra to Kumasi in October 2017 which previously cost between GH¢540 and GH¢680 is now ranging between GH¢300 and GH¢492, whiles a round…