GoldStar Air, a wholly owned Ghanaian airline, has been granted Air Carrier Licence and is expected to start operations in the country by June next year. The licence, issued by the Ghana Civil Aviation Company, is the first of a five stage process that will see GoldStar acquire an air operator certificate before a full … Read more
GoldStar Air, a wholly owned Ghanaian airline, has been granted Air Carrier Licence and is expected to start operations in the country by June next year. The licence, issued by the Ghana Civil Aviation Company, is the first of a five stage process that will see GoldStar acquire an air operator certificate before a full … Read more
A Brazilian footballer who survived the air crash that killed most of his team in Colombia last month changed seats at the last minute after a team mate encouraged him to sit beside him, he said on Saturday. Chapecoense full back Alan Ruschel was sitting near the back of the plane when club director Cadu … Read more
Ghana has suspended plans to get a partner for the new national airline. This is because the work of the approval committee in the Public Private Partnership process has stalled following the election of a new government. The halt in operations of the committee will continue until the incoming NPP administration concludes appointments to key … Read more
Ghana has suspended plans to get a partner for the new national airline. This is because the work of the approval committee in the Public Private Partnership process has stalled following the election of a new government. The halt in operations of the committee will continue until the incoming NPP administration concludes appointments to key … Read more
GoldStar Air is likely to commence operations by April 2017, barring any last minute hitch. This comes on the back of the granting of an air carrier license by the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority, GCAA. The Air Carrier License is among others an indication of the economic and financial strength and capability to operate as … Read more
About 2,000 British Airways cabin crew have voted overwhelmingly for strikes in a dispute over pay, the Unite union said. The workers, who represent about 15% of the airline’s cabin crew, were balloted about the plan to strike at Heathrow. The vote comes after cabin crew rejected a 2% pay rise. Strike action could begin … Read more
Ethiopian Aviation Academy has graduated 47 pilots, 92 aviation maintenance technicians, 50 cabin crew and 133 marketing professionals in a graduation ceremony held at Ethiopian Headquarters on November 17, 2016. Group CEO Ethiopian Airlines, Mr. Tewolde GebreMariam congratulated and welcomed the new graduates to the airline’s dedicated workforce, gave out diplomas to all the graduates, … Read more
The proposed establishment of a new national airline, after the demise of Ghana Airways and its successor, Ghana International Airlines, has been in the works for about two years. The process has seen the appointment of a transactional advisor in PwC, the publication of expression of interest, and the start of processes to duly license … Read more
Passengers will be able to fly from London to Australia non-stop for the first time when airline Qantas launches its new service from March 2018. Australia’s national carrier says it will connect Perth, in the west of the country, to the UK capital using Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners. The 9,000 mile (14,498km) flight will take 17 … Read more
All 47 people on board the Pakistan International Airlines flight that crashed near Abbottabad were killed, the airline said. A pilot made a mayday call, saying he had lost control of one of the two engines, the airline’s chairman said. “We were confident that the plane could land with one working engine,” Saigol said. But … Read more
The authorities in Bolivia have arrested the head of the airline involved in a crash last week that killed 71 people, including most of the Brazilian football team, Chapecoense. Gustavo Vargas, a retired air force general, has been detained as part of an investigation into the crash. The plane, operated by the tiny LaMia airline, … Read more
Dozens of coffins carrying those killed when a plane flying Brazil’s Chapecoense soccer team crashed into a Colombian mountain were loaded onto Brazilian air force planes for their final journey home on Friday. The disaster on Monday killed 71 people and shocked soccer fans the world over. The LAMIA Bolivia BAe146 airliner apparently ran out … Read more
Government has affirmed its commitment to make Ghana an aviation hub in the subregion. It is for this reason the government is creating an enabling environment for the expansion of the airline industry in the country. “And as part of this objective, a lot of expansion works are ongoing in the country’s airports,” the Chief … Read more
A Brazilian football player who survived a plane crash in Colombia on Monday is recovering and may be able to resume his career, his father says. Helio Hermito Zampier Neto, a 31-year-old defender for Chapecoense, was in a stable condition, doctors said, after surgery on a lung, a knee, a wrist and his head. Five … Read more
The pilot of a charter plane that crashed in Colombia on Monday had been warned before taking off from an airport in Bolivia that he might not have enough fuel, a report says. An airport official raised the concern after checking the plane’s flight plan, Bolivia’s Deber newspaper said. Seventy-one people died in the crash, … Read more
Colombian authorities say evidence is growing that a plane carrying a Brazilian football team crashed because it ran out of fuel as it tried to land. The plane had no fuel on impact, an official said, corroborating audio of the pilot asking to land because of a fuel shortage and electric failure. The capital Bogota … Read more
Three players, two crew members and one journalist survived, Colombian authorities said. Just before LaMia Flight 2933 crashed into a hillside near Medellin, Colombia, a crew member onboard told air traffic controllers, “The plane is in total electric failure and without fuel,” according to two sources familiar with the investigation who heard audio recordings. The … Read more
As air safety officials begin their investigation into the deadly crash of LAMIA flight 2933 near Medellin, Colombia, the final resting place of the jet’s wreckage may prove to be a central clue in determining why the airplane crashed. The crash killed at least 71 people during a charter flight to Medellin, including members of … Read more
A plane carrying 81 people, including a top Brazilian football team, has crashed on its approach to the city of Medellin in Colombia, officials say. Reports say there are six survivors. The plane reported electrical problems. The chartered aircraft, flying from Bolivia, was carrying members of the Chapecoense football team, airport officials said. The team … Read more