Tag: GCAA
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Re-establishing national airline critical to reducing forex loss – Former Civil Aviation Boss
A Former Director General of the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority, Wing Commander Andy Mensah Retired has reiterated calls for the country to fast-track processes of re-establishing an indigenous commercial airline. He explains that an indigenous airline will reduce the incidence of transferring traveling traffics to other destinations which reduces the inflow of the forex into…
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GCAA reiterates commitment to improve sector amidst COVID-19 pandemic
The Ghana Civil Aviation Authority has reiterated its commitment to execute its mandate of licensing air transport operations and providing air navigation services within the Accra Flight Information Region. The Authority said this at a brief ceremony to mark the International Civil Aviation Day held at the Ghana Civil Aviation Training Academy o Tuesday, December…
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Chief of Staff inaugurates technical committee to resolve Aviation land issues
The Chief of Staff, Madam Akosua Frema Osei-Opare, has inaugurated a Technical Committee to look into the issues relating to the development of the Aviation Lands at La Transmission station and La Nkwantanang at Adentan. The move followed a recent strike action by the Staff Union of the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA), to register…
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Parliament approves Air Navigation Services Agency Bill to decouple Aviation sector
Parliament has passed the Air Navigation Services Agency Bill. If assented to by the President, the law will create an independent entity out of the current Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA). The objectives of the Bill are to establish the Air Navigation Services Agency to provide air navigation service within the airspace of Ghana and…
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GCAA workers embark on partial strike over land encroachment issues
Workers of the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) have threatened to extend their industrial action to affect international flights if encroachments on the company’s lands are not halted. For years, the workers have lamented the continuous encroachment of private developers on lands reserved for operations of the GCAA; a situation they believe affects the smooth…
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Charles Kraikue sworn in as new Director-General of GCAA
Ing. Charles Kraikue has been sworn in as the new Director-General of the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority, GCAA. He replaces the outgoing Director-General, Ing. Simon Allotey, who retired from the Authority on July 31, 2020. Speaking at the swearing-in ceremony held at the Ministry of Aviation, the sector minister, Joseph Kofi Adda tasked the new…
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Aviation Ministry revokes GCAA cargo directive over lack of stakeholder consultation
The Aviation Ministry has revoked a directive by the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority that ordered that cargo goods without manifest and air waybills should be ceased. The directive, which was given by the then Director-General of GCAA, Simon Allotey, prior to his retirement stated that all cargo that came into the country without the appropriate…
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Akufo-Addo appoints Ing. Charles Kraikue as Ag. Director General of GCAA
President Akufo Addo has appointed Ing. Charles Kraikue as the Acting Director General of the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority, GCAA. Mr. Kraikue will replace current Director General, Ing. Simon Allotey, who will be retiring from the Authority on July 31st, 2020. A statement from the GCAA to Citi Business News said that Mr. Allotey will…
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Ing. Simon Allotey to retire from GCAA end of July
The Director General of the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority, Ing. Simon Allotey, will be retiring from his post on July 31, 2020. His retirement brings to an end a successful career in the Aviation industry spanning over 24 years. He will be replaced by Ing. Charles Kraikue, who has been appointed by President Akufo Addo…
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Ghana returns Accra-bound BA flight seeking to evacuate people to UK
As Ghana intensifies its ban on travels in and out of the country’s borders to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, a British Airways bound flight to Ghana, was on Monday, March 23, returned to the UK despite an initial permission for the British High Commission to evacuate over 300 people mostly UK nationals from…