NASA astronauts return: How space changes the body
NASA astronauts return: How space changes the body | Spending months in microgravity is brutal on the body. Without the Earth’s gravitational pull, muscles shrink, bones weaken and bodily fluids shift. Astronauts lose muscle mass rapidly because they do not use their legs to support their weight. Their bones become fragile and they lose 1 percent of their bone mass...
Ethiopian sets date to start 4x weekly flights to Hanoi
Ethiopian sets date to start 4x weekly flights to Hanoi | Ethiopian Airlines will commence a new four-times-weekly passenger service to Hanoi, Vietnam, starting from July 10, 2025. This new route will further enhance Ethiopian Airlines' global connectivity and provide convenient travel options for passengers traveling between Africa and Southeast Asia. Regarding the planned flight, Ethiopian Airlines Group CEO, Mr....
Mercedes Tips India To Be Among Top Five Maybach Markets
Mercedes Tips India To Be Among Top Five Maybach Markets | India has the potential to be among the top five markets globally for the Maybach range, with demand for high-end luxury vehicles likely to grow steadily in the country, Mercedes-Maybach Head Daniel Lescow said on Tuesday. Mercedes-Benz saw sales of Maybach portfolio increase over 140 per cent year-on-year last...
IATA Welcomes Morocco’s ‘Airports 2030 Strategy’
IATA Welcomes Morocco’s ‘Airports 2030 Strategy’ | The International Air Transport Association (IATA) welcomes the Kingdom of Morocco’s ‘Airports 2030 Strategy’ aimed at modernizing airport infrastructure, enhancing the passenger experience, and further strengthening the country’s position as a major global and regional aviation hub. Aviation is a key pillar of Morocco’s economy. In 2023, aviation (including aviation-related tourism) supported 856,000...
Fastjet Starts Harare-Lusaka flights in April
Fastjet Starts Harare-Lusaka flights in April | Fastjet Zimbabwe is set to commence scheduled passenger flights between Zimbabwe’s capital city of Harare to Lusaka, Zambia commencing on Wednesday 09 April 2025. The new route will operate three (3) times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Fastjet will deploy a 50-seater Embraer ERJ145 aircraft for this service. The...
New chip-embedded passports to be rolled out after contract review – Ablakwa
New chip-embedded passports to be rolled out after contract review - Ablakwa | The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, says the government will issue new chip-embedded passports after thoroughly reviewing the contract signed by his predecessor. The chip-embedded passports come with enhanced biometric features and are expected to gradually phase out the current biometric passports. They are to...
Ghana to reduce the cost of ordinary Passports from GH₵500 to GH₵350
Ghana to reduce the cost of ordinary Passports from GH₵500 to GH₵350 | Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Ghana's Minister for Foreign Affairs, has announced plans to urgently amend the Fees and Charges Act to lower the cost of the ordinary passport booklet from GH₵500 to GH₵350. The price of this 32-page passport booklet was raised from GH₵100 to GH₵500 by the...
Ghana Gov’t moves to abolish five “nuisance” taxes
Ghana Gov't moves to abolish five "nuisance" taxes | By Dominick Andoh | The Government of Ghana has moved to abolish five main taxes in the 2025 Budget and Economic Policy of Government presented to the country's 276-member Parliament in Accra on Tuesday, March 11, 2025. The taxes to be abolished are: the Electronic Transfer Levy (E-Levy) of...
Ghana to regularise labour export – Finance Minister
Ghana to regularise labour export - Finance Minister | By Joojo Maapa | Ghana is to formalise the export of skilled and unskilled labour to various countries to ensure the rights and welfare of its citizens are protected. Presenting the 2025 Budget and Economic Policy of Government to Ghana’s 276-member Parliament, Finance Minister, Cassiel Ato Forson, noted: “Mr. Speaker, beginning...
Africa recorded the highest aviation accident rate in 2024
Africa recorded the highest aviation accident rate in 2024 | By Dominick Andoh | Africa recorded 10 aviation accidents in 2024, raising the all-accident rate from 8.36 per million sectors in 2023 to 10.59 in 2024, exceeding the five-year average of 8.46. Despite recording the highest accident rate, IATA's 2024 Annual Safety Report, notes that the fatality risk remained at...
