Virgin Atlantic to resume Cape Town flights
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Virgin Atlantic on Friday announced Friday it would resume direct flights from Heathrow to Cape Town's International Airport much [...] Full text...
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Tunisair pilots seek greener pastures at Air Senegal
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Due to a difficult financial situation, a number of Tunisair pilots are obliged to leave the country and head for foreign [...] Full text...
Maltese Airline flight marks resumption of air service with Libya
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A Maltese Airlines landed Monday at Maitigua Airport in Tripoli, marking the resumption of direct flights between the Libyan capital and [...] Full text...
Libya and Egypt agree resumption of regular flights from 30 September
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya's Civil Aviation Authority and its counterpart in Egypt have agreed to take the necessary steps to resume flights between the [...] Full text...
Libyan airlines to resume services to Cairo
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Minister of Transport Mohamed al-Shhoubi have agreed with Egyptian Minister of Aviation Mohamed Manar on the resumption by Libyan airlines [...] Full text...
Maltese airline to launch first Valletta-Tripoli flight on Monday
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Maltese airline, Medavia, will launch its first direct flight between Valletta and Maitigua airports in Tripoli on Monday, Libyan government [...] Full text...
Ethiopian Airlines, Boeing sign landmark agreement on aviation collaboration
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Ethiopian Airlines and US commercial aircraft manufacturer, Boeing, have signed an agreement to create an aviation hub in Africa, [...] Full text...
Libyan officials discuss mechanisms to lift EU ban on its airspace
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Deputy Foreign Minister Omar Katti reviewed with the aviation authority the mechanisms for lifting the ban on its airspace imposed [...] Full text...
Libya and Malta agree to resume flights
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya and Malta have agreed to resume flights between the two countries, after establishing safety and executive arrangements, in accordance with [...] Full text...
Libya and Malta agree to resume flights
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya and Malta have agreed to resume flights between the two countries, after establishing safety and executive arrangements, in accordance with [...] Full text...
Egyptian civil aviation delegation visits Tripoli
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - An Egyptian Civil Aviation Authority delegation on Sunday paid a visit to Maitigua International Airport, an eastern suburb of Tripoli, to [...] Full text...
Tunisair flight arrives at Maitigua airport in Tripoli after seven years of interruption
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A Tunisian airline, Tunisair, Monday landed at the international Maitigua airport, eastern suburb of the capital, the first flight of the [...] Full text...
Tunisair to resume flights to Libya from Monday
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Othman Jarandi, has announced the resumption from Monday of flights of the Tunisian national carrier, [...] Full text...
TunisAir postpones resumption of Libya flights until 15 May
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian national carrier, TunisAir, announced on Monday that it has postponed to May 15 the resumption of services to Tripoli [...] Full text...
Kenyan Air Force boosts military fleet
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Air Force has launched its fleet of newly acquired C-145 Skytruck aircraft, supplied in a purchase deal entered with the [...] Full text...
Kenyan Air Force boosts military fleet
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's Air Force has launched its fleet of newly acquired C-145 Skytruck aircraft, supplied in a purchase deal entered with the [...] Full text...
Open skies air transport agreement between US and Congo enters into force
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The Air Transport Agreement between the United States of America and Republic of the Congo entered into force on Monday, [...] Full text...
Ethiopian Airlines agrees to pilot global aviation travel pass
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopian Airlines has agreed to pilot a global vaccines travel verification pass introduced by the International Air Transport Association (AITA), [...] Full text...
Business plan to revive Air Burkina presented to Prime Minister
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A US company on Thursday presented a business plan to revive Burkina Faso's national carrier, Air Burkina, to Prime Minister [...] Full text...
Kenya Airways joins AU vaccine tamper proof plan to curb fake coronavirus test certificates
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya Airways has partnered with the African Union and the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) to implement [...] Full text...
Kenyan airports win Airports Council International Africa Best Awards
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Airports Council International (ACI), a global trade representative of the world's airport authorities, has awarded two Kenyan airports the Best Airport by [...] Full text...
Kenyan airports win Airports Council International Africa Best Awards
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Airports Council International (ACI), a global trade representative of the world's airport authorities, has awarded two Kenyan airports the Best Airport by [...] Full text...
Seven Nigerian Air Force officers killed in plane crash buried
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Thursday buried the remains of seven young officers who died on 21 February when their [...] Full text...
Kenya Airports Authority gets International Airport Council recognition
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Airports Council International (ACI) has recognized Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) in its World's Voice of the Customer Initiative.
KAA is the [...] Full text...
Kenya Airways to resume bi-weekly flights to Rome in June
Kenya, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya Airways has announced the return of flights to Italy’s capital, Rome, following a near one-year hiatus triggered by the coronavirus [...] Full text...
Global airline passenger traffic falls by 67% - Report
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The year 2020 was one of the most challenging years for the aviation industry which saw passenger traffic fall by 67 [...] Full text...
Sky Mali makes maiden flight from Bamako to Timbuktu
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A new airline in Mali, Sky Mali, made its maiden commercial flight on Monday on the Bamako-Timbuktu route.
The airline, which will [...] Full text...
Air travel down 60 per cent, as industry losses top $370 billion: ICAO
Montreal, Canada (PANA) - A new report from the UN’s air transportation agency confirms there was a “dramatic” fall in international air travel due to coronavirus [...] Full text...
Misrata-Tunis flights resume after several months of interruption
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) -After an interruption of several months, flights between Misrata airport, 220 km east of Tripoli, and Tunis, Tunisia, resumed on Friday from [...] Full text...
Morocco, Israel to re-establish regular flights
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Moroccan Minister of Tourism, Handicrafts, Air Transport and Social Economy, Nadia Fettah Alaoui, has announced the commencement of regular flights between [...] Full text...
Tunisia suspends air links with UK, South Africa and Australia
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has suspended air links with the United Kingdom, South Africa and Australia from Monday until further notice, the Ministry of [...] Full text...
Kenya creates air services wing to improve airspace safety
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenya has created a new air support department with a fleet of 36 aircraft, manned by a personnel force of 273, [...] Full text...
Ethiopian Crisis: Ethiopian Airlines resumes flights to capital of Tigray state
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopian carrier, Ethiopian Airlines, has resumed flights to Mekelle, the capital of the troubled Tigray state, following the reopening of [...] Full text...
Flights between Tripoli and Sfax resume after 10-year stoppage
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Flights from Libya's Tripoli-Maatiga International Airport to the Tunisian city of Sfax resumed on Tuesday after a stoppage that lasted nearly [...] Full text...
Direct flights resume between Tripoli and Sfax in southern Tunisia
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Direct flights between Tripoli and Sfax in southern Tunisia will resume on 15 December, the management of Maitigua International Airport in [...] Full text...
Guterres spotlights ‘critical role’ of aviation in pandemic recovery
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations Secretary-General has called for critical support for the aviation sector, badly hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, to [...] Full text...
US Aviation Administration gives order for Boeing 737 MAX to fly again
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator, Steve Dickson, on Tuesday signed an order that paves the way for the Boeing [...] Full text...
Libyan airline company resumes flights to Tunisia
Tunis Tunisia (PANA) - The Libyan air transport company made its first flight on Monday from Tripoli International Airport, Maatig, to Tunis Carthage International Airport, [...] Full text...
American group to take over Air Burkina
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabe government and an American Group, African Global Development, are putting final touches to a final agreement under which [...] Full text...
Afriqiyah Airways flight linking Tripoli and Benghazi arrives after months of suspension
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A plane of Libya’s state-owned Afriqiyah Airways arrived Friday at the international airport of Benina (Benghazi) from the international Maitiga airport [...] Full text...
Emirates resumes weekly flights to Entebbe, Muscat
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Emirates has resumed weekly flights to Entebbe and Muscat, the airline announced on Friday.
In a press statement in Nairobi the airline [...] Full text...
Libya, Tunisia airspace to open next month
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The reopening of the airspace between Libya and Tunisia is scheduled to start in early October, Libyan airline Afriqiyah Airways announced [...] Full text...
Jambojet opens campaign to encourage domestic travel
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Regional low-cost carrier Jambojet has partnered with various players in the travel industry to launch a campaign to encourage domestic travel, [...] Full text...
Tanzania lifts suspension of Kenyan flights
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzania has lifted the suspension of all Kenyan flights into the country with immediate effect.
The move follows Kenya’s decision [...] Full text...
Apex trade union calls for resignation of Kenya airways Board, CEO
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenya umbrella workers body, the Confederation of Trade Unions (COTU), and two civil aviation workers’ unions Sunday called for the [...] Full text...
Ethiopian Airlines achieves African aviation breakthrough with winglet uplift
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopian Airlines said on Wednesday its technicians had achieved a major breakthrough in Africa's aviation history with a modification on [...] Full text...
Kenya Airways to lay off 590 employees
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya Airways will go ahead with its plans to lay off 590 employees in the second phase of the exercise to [...] Full text...
DR Congo initiates inquiry into deadly plane crash in South Kivu
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - An inquiry has been launched into last week's plane crash that left four people dead in South Kivu province of eastern [...] Full text...
DR Congo initiates inquiry into deadly plane crash in South Kivu
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - An inquiry has been launched into last week's plane crash that left four people dead in South Kivu province of eastern [...] Full text...
Libya: Flights resume at international Maitigua airport
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Commercial flights resumed on Sunday at the international Maitigua airport, eastern Tripoli, after months of suspension following the closure of the [...] Full text...