IATA World Cargo Symposium 2025: Navigating Geopolitics with Tech & Innovation
IATA World Cargo Symposium 2025: Navigating Geopolitics with Tech & Innovation | The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that the 2025 World Cargo Symposium (WCS) will focus on digitalisation, sustainability and safety/security as the key issues in helping the global air cargo industry as it adapts to unfolding geopolitical shifts. "Air cargo demonstrated its resilience in adapting to the post-pandemic world....
Three new destinations join Emirates expanded global network
Three New Destinations Join Emirates Expanded Global Network | Emirates, the world’s largest international airline, is set to further strengthen its presence across Asia by launching daily non-stop flights between Dubai and Shenzhen from 1 July 2025. The airline will also introduce four weekly services to Da Nang on 2 June and three weekly flights to Siem Reap from...
Economic Forum Advocates Tax and Energy Reforms
Economic Forum Advocates Tax and Energy Reforms | By Albert Ennin | The intertwined issues of inefficiencies in the energy sector, the urgent need for tax reforms, and enhanced revenue mobilisation strategies are central to discussions at the ongoing National Economic Forum. Speakers at the two-day National Economic Dialogue 2025 underway in Accra, say these issues are crucial for...
Aviation Medicine with Dr. Jessica Arthur : Aviation in Ghana’s Healthcare Sector
Aviation Medicine with Dr. Jessica Arthur: Aviation in Ghana’s Healthcare Sector The impact of aviation on healthcare in Ghana today cannot be underestimated. By combining traditional air transport with innovative drone technology, aviation is bridging gaps in medical access, particularly in remote and underserved communities. This article explores how aviation transforms healthcare in Ghana, the key players involved,...
Ghana Mourns the Passing of Aviation Pioneer Alhaji Asuma Banda
Ghana Mourns the Passing of Aviation Pioneer Alhaji Asuma Banda | By Obed Andoh| Ghana has lost one of its most influential business figures with the recent passing of Alhaji Asuma Banda, a pioneering force in the nation’s aviation sector. At the age of 92, Alhaji Banda, the founder of Antrak Air, succumbed to health complications in the early...
Delta Air Lines starts seasonal Accra-Atlanta direct flights Dec 1
Delta Air Lines starts seasonal Accra-Atlanta direct flights Dec 1 | Delta Air Lines is excited to announce the launch of a seasonal daily nonstop service between Accra and Atlanta, beginning December 1, 2025. This expansion is driven by the strong appreciation for Delta’s state-of-the-art Airbus A330-900neo and the robust travel demand between the U.S. and Ghana, especially during the...
myPlane accelerates shift to digital charter bookings with new AI features
myPlane accelerates shift to digital charter bookings with new AI features | myPlane, the world’s first online booking engine for commercial charter flights, has taken a major step forward in modernising the €100 billion industry with the launch of its new AI-powered features. The new enhancements are designed to lower the barriers to digital adoption, making it easier than ever...
Passenger Demand Growth Accelerates to 10% in January
Passenger Demand Growth Accelerates to 10% in January | The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for January 2025 global passenger demand showing significant growth in demand in the passenger segment. Total demand, measured in revenue passenger kilometers (RPK), was up 10.0% compared to January 2024. Total capacity, measured in available seat kilometers (ASK), was up 7.1% year-on-year. The January...
United Invests in CO2 capture company Heirloom
United United Invests in CO2 capture company Heirloom | United has announced that the UAV Sustainable Flight Fund has made an investment in direct air capture (DAC) company Heirloom, adding Heirloom's measurable, quantifiable carbon reduction technology to its already robust portfolio of decarbonization strategies. The Fund also entered into an agreement for the right to purchase up to 500,000 tons of...
AI Will Not Supercharge GDP Growth
AI Will Not Supercharge GDP Growth | By Adair Turner | For good or ill – or merely as an enabler of ever more intense zero-sum competition – artificial intelligence will have a pervasive and perhaps transformative impact on society. But the hope that it will unleash a sustained increase in measured productivity and GDP growth is probably a...
