New York, US (PANA) - With global air transport doubling in flight and passenger volumes every 15 years, the United Nations aviation agency on Monday called for enhanced safety and efficiency to rule the world's skies. Full text...

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The Tunisian authorities have decided to close the Tunis-Carthage International airport to the Libyan planes from 5 December to 25 December.Full text...

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The contract of the General Manager of Botswana’s national carrier, Tozivazvipi Dahwa, has been terminated and the board dissolved, the the airline announced on Wednesday. Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Sir Anerood Jugnauth told Parliament on Tuesday that the agreement signed between Air Mauritius Ltd and the Singapore Changi Airport recently is part of the government's plan to enhance connectivity between Africa and Asia through Mauritius. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya Airways has embarked on a new strategy to push back its loan repayments and renegotiate pending bank loans as it tries to restructure its operations. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - An agreement has been reached at the World Radiocommunication Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, on the allocation of radio frequency spectrum to allow the use of satellites for real-time global flight tracking in civil aviation, the UN International Telecommunication Union (ITU) announced on Wednesday. Full text...

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The African Union air transport branch will hold its general assembly on 8-10 November in Brazzaville, Congo, its Director in charge of trading and industrial cooperation, Kusseï El-Murabit, said on Thursday in Tunis. Full text...

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – INTERPOL’s member countries have endorsed through a resolution its I-Checkit service model for airlines as a key component of the Organization’s global border management strategy. Full text...

Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The Egyptian Ministry of Civil Aviation says a Russian plane with 217 passengers and seven crew on board crashed on Saturday morning in Sinai. There were no survivors. Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Sir Anerood Jugnauth on Wednesday announced that there would be an air link between Singapore and Mauritius next year in a bid to cater for the growing demand from Asians to travel to Africa and the islands of the Indian Ocean. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Two aircraft belonging to Nigeria's private airline Arik Air collided on the tarmac at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in the economic capital city of Lagos Tuesday, forcing the airline to ground the planes. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Port Harcourt International Airport in southern Nigeria has been rated the worst airport in Africa and the world. Full text...

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese capital, Brazzaville, will host the 47th General Assembly of the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) from 8 to 10 November 2015, according to a statement issued in Brazzaville on Friday. Full text...

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's flag carrier, RwandAir Express, plans to extend its services to Europe and Asia by next year, according to an official statement issued in Kigali on Tuesday. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - One of the world's leading airlines, Emirates, has set a new world Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Security has been tightened at airports across Nigeria after the Department of State Services (DSS) busted a spy network at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in the capital city of Abuja, the secret police announced on Saturday Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Six people, including the pilot and the co-pilot, died on Saturday when a a Nigerian military plane crashed in the northern city of Kaduna. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's Federal Government has kick-started efforts to establish a new national airline, following a directive to that effect from President Muhammadu Buhari. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) is probing the crew member of Nigerian carrier Arik Air who was arrested in London Monday night after he was found with 20kg of cocaine. Full text...

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Flights between Tunisia and Libya resumed officially on Friday with a flight of Air Gadamech, which left from the al-Maatia international airport of Tripoli to Carthage international airport of Tunis, after one year of interruption, sources told PANA.Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) -The African Union (AU) has supported the immediate creation of an African Open Skies area within 11 countries to give African airlines a better operating environment to effectively deal with foreign airlines.Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - One of the world's leading airlines, Emirates, will launch the world’sFull text...

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - In a bid to step up its commercial competitiveness, Rwanda's national airline has offered a 49 percent stake of shares to a prospective strategic partner, an official source disclosed here Sunday. Full text...

Dubai, UAE (PANA) - Middle East’s fastest growing airline, flydubai, has unveiled plans to launch flights to Asmara, the Eritrean capital, saying "the flights are the first direct link between Eritrea and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Full text...

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The number of travellers through Tunisian airports during the first quarter of this year is estimated at 3,768,000 against the 4,798,000 passengers over the same period last year - a drop of 21.5%, according to statistics released Thursday by the Tunisian civil aviation and airports office. Full text...

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Following an agreement signed Tuesday between aviation officials of both countries, the number of flights between Tunisia and Algeria will be increased from 30 to 42 per week, according to Habib Makki, Director General of the Tunisian Office of Civil Aviation and airports (OACA). Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - One of the world's leading airlines, Emirates, will connect Bamako, the capital and largest city of Mali, to its global network from 25 October, a statement made Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Air Mauritius’ first flight to Chengdu in China, departed Monday afternoon from the island, making this destination the fourth in China after Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing, PANA learnt from official sources here. Full text...

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - RwandAir Express airline, which has just acquired a new Bombardier Q400 Next Gen jet, on Monday announced a 30 per cent reduction in the fare for its sole domestic flight connecting the capital, Kigali, to Kamembe in the South-West. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Libyan state-owned airline, Libyan Arab Airlines, Thursday resumed flights from Labreg and Tobruk airports in the east of the country, as the military tightened security measures at those airports, PANA reported here, quoting the airline's sources. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The number of passengers who travelled through Nigeria's airports fell by 10.88% in the first quarter of 2015, compared to the last quarter of 2014, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Airports Company of South Africa (ACSA) on Friday confirmed that two unidentified stowaways managed to get board a British Airways flight from Johannesburg to London. Full text...

Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - As airlines resume their flights to Sierra Leone, in the wake of the falling cases of Ebola in the country, Brussels Airlines has said it will double its flights to Freetown. Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian national airline Air Mauritius Thursday announced a 23.7 million euro loss during the 2014/2015 financial year ended March 2015 due to stiff competition, among other reasons. Full text...

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – The Agency for Air Security and Navigation in Africa and Madagascar (ASECNA) will from 25 June this year be in charge of the management of the Beninese-Togolese air space, according to a decision made by the governments of the two countries, sources told PANA in Cotonou. Full text...

Ebène, Mauritius (PANA) - A cooperation agreement of at least four airlines in the Indian Ocean region will be signed 18 June 2015 in Madagascar, the Indian Ocean Commission's (IOC) Secretary-General, Jean-Claude de L'Estrac, announced Friday. Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius and China have signed a bilateral service agreement that expands the connections between both nations and also benefits the African continent, according to the office of the Mauritian Deputy Prime Minister. Full text...

Lome, Togo (PANA) - The Togo-based ASKY Airlines has ferried 2 million passengers since commencing operations in 2010, the airline has announced. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Dubai-based flydubai’s inaugural flight to Hargeisa, in Somaliland, landed Tuesday at Hargeisa Egal International Airport, marking the launch of a direct four-time weekly service to Hargeisa.Full text...

Hargeisa, Somalia (PANA) - Dubai-based carrier, flydubai, has become the first airline outside of Africa to launch direct flights to Hargeisa in Somalia.Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The International Air Transport Association (IATA) says that global passenger traffic in recent months this year has showed robust demand growth compared last year. Full text...

Lomé, Togo (PANA) - ASKY Airlines, a private airline founded by West African governments, and Air Burkina, the national carrier of Burkina Faso, on Thursday signed a partnership agreement to strengthen their networks and offer passengers "new links", says a communiqué issued by ASKY, whose headquarters is in Lomé.Full text...

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's flag carrier, RwandAir Express, has officially been admitted as the new member of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the airline's Chief Executive Officer (CEO), John Mirenge, said on Wednesday in Kigali.Full text...

Ebène, Mauritius (PANA) – In a bid to improve air links, air companies of the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) member countries will on 18 June 2015 sign in Antananarivo, Madagascar, an agreement to set up a sub-regional airline network known as 'Vanilla Alliance', the Commission said Tuesday.Full text...

Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) – The Equatorial Congo Airlines (ECAir) will on 2 June inaugurate the Brazzaville-Beirut route in response to the increasing demand of the Lebanese community in Africa as well as traders, according to a communiqué issued to PANA on Tuesday.Full text...

Dubai, United Arab Emirates (PANA) - The 47th General Meeting of the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) will be held in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, from 8 to 10 November 2015, AFRAA President Fatima Benyina-Moussa has announced. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Aviation Africa 2015, which is due to open on 10 May in Dubai, will underscore the immense potential of the African aviation market, organizers have said. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Tunisian authorities have decided to reopen the Tunisian air space to flights from Libyan airports in Maitigua, Misrata, Labreg and Tobrouk, Libyan media reported on Sunday, quoting official Tunisian sources. Full text...

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia will open its air space to Libyan planes as soon as the security at Libyan airports is tightened, Tunisian Minister of Transport Mahmoudi Ben Romdhane told journalists here Wednesday. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Libyan Airlines will resume its weekly direct flight between Tripoli and Algiers on Tuesday, an official of the airline said here Saturday.Full text...