Category: Transport
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Committee to investigate Starbow crash to be inaugurated
Weeks after a Starbow airline run into a barricade at the Tamale Airport Citi Business News can confirm that the Ministry of Transport is to inaugurate a 6 member committee to investigate the course of the accident. [contextly_sidebar id=”h7wndEsB2vDvj8tMNzDYNyUiqM8dinHe”]The five member committee to be drawn from various sectors in the Transport industry has 30 days…
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Dana Air refutes reports that its airlines are unsafe
Dana Air has refuted claims that its airlines are not safe to fly. According to lead sponsor of Dana Air in Ghana Sukhjidinder Mann the airline has and continues to comply with international safety standards. Dana Air had its license suspended by the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) after one of its planes crushed in…
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New partner for national airline to be named in 2016
The Ministry of Transport has hinted to Citi Business News that the search for a partner for Ghana’s new national airline would be completed by January 2016. [contextly_sidebar id=”Bu9kYOnGwJpLRcO3lGm4wQJ9CWga4mwt”]According to the Ministry transaction adviser PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) will by the close of this month open tender for competitive bidding, paving way for both domestic and international…
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Shipping firm Maersk slashes profit forecast by $600m
Maersk, the Danish shipping and oil firm, said it will probably make $600m (£389m) less profit than previously thought, as global demand dropped. The firm’s progress is seen as a good indicator of global trade, as shipping carries about nine tenths of the world’s trade, and Maersk Line is the world’s biggest container carrier. Maersk…
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Ghana’s aviation sector lacks policies- aviation consultant
An international aviation consultant says the lack of a long term commercial sustainable policy for Ghana’s aviation sector is stifling the growth of the sector. According to Sukhjinder Mann the high cost of aviation fuel can be blamed for the withdrawal of international and domestic airlines in Ghana. The cost of aviation fuel in Ghana…
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Dana Air to begin operations in Ghana on November 10
Nigerian airline Dana Air is set to begin operations in Ghana on November 10, 2015. [contextly_sidebar id=”xgLGjOghyV0w7e4ZAf8xMSwl3sFvFLq0″]The airline which is looking to ply the Accra-Lagos route and later Accra – Abuja route as well has hinted to Citi Business News of starting of passenger operations on November 10 after approval by the Ghana Civil Aviation…
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GCAA gives Starbow the green light to continue operations
The Ghana Civil Aviation Authority has given domestic airline Starbow the green light to continue with its operations despite the recent accident involving one of its aircrafts in Tamale in the Northern region. [contextly_sidebar id=”GlBAmQzP2wUcIoYKsPcQsWNIlf5weobl”]Starbow has recorded two major close shave accidents in two years despite receiving an IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) certificate for…
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Veep visits Starbow accident site [Photos]
The Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur has visited the site where the Starbow plane, crashed through the runway barrier at the Tamale Airport on Tuesday. Passengers on the Starbow flight were disembarked hurriedly to safety after the flight, S9110, had an accident just when they touched down. The Vice President was in Tamale yesterday [Monday] for the…
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Starbow plane crashes through runway barricade
Terrified passengers on a Starbow flight from Accra to Tamale were disembarked hurriedly to safety after the flight, S9110, crashed through the barricade of the runway, Tuesday morning. [contextly_sidebar id=”9AhjJgEhVdBZRQGaQWV2MCNTLtirhnpI”]Starbow’s Chief Executive officer, James Eric Antwi, confirmed the “minor incident” in a statement on Tuesday. The statement said the BAe aircraft with registration 9GSBB, went…
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PWC endorses Qatar Airways for new national airline bid
Citi Business News has gathered that PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) has settled on Qatar Airways as the best option for Ghana in its quest to find a partner for the new national carrier. [contextly_sidebar id=”GLmcFCe3aA30XRBqSULv5NWtTOdhZF4i”]Citi Business News has learnt PWC in its final feasibility report submitted to the transport ministry also named 7 other airlines including Delta…