Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Africa's share of world air traffic is a mere 3% but it records about half of air traffic accidents, the Congolese deputy minister for Merchant Navy, Martin Parfait Aimé Coussoud Mavoungou, said on Monday, quoting the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's largest domestic airline, Arik Air, resumed operations Sunday after ending Thursday's suspension of its flights in protest against the disruption of its operations by unionists backing the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN). Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's largest domestic airline, Arik Air Ltd, which Thursday suspended all domestic flights, is set to resume normal operations following the resolution reached of its challenges with the Nigerian Federal Government. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's largest domestic airline, Arik Air Ltd., Thursday suspended all domestic flights indefinitely after officials of the various aviation unions besieged the offices of the airline earlier in the day to press for the payments of billions of naira owed to aviation agencies. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - A European-style low-cost carrier is scheduled to make its inaugural flight from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in November 2012 after its first aircraft, a leased Airbus A319, lands in October, airline’s chief executive Ed Winter announced Wednesday. Full text...

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia's flag carrier Tunisair Sunday cancelled flights to Tripoli and Benghazi, following the Libyan government’s decision to close the Libyan airspace. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's domestic DANA Air, which had the suspension of its operating licence lifted 5 Sept., has begun the process of re-certification by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), as part of efforts to resume flight operations, the airline said in a statement. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese Prime Minister Abdoul Mbaye has said the country's second international airport will be commissioned in the first quarter of 2014. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Workers of Air Nigeria who were sacked this week when the Nigerian flag carrier suspended its operations Friday staged a protest march in the commercial city of Lagos. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's Aviation Minister Stella Oduah has defended the government's decision to lift the suspension slammed on the local Dana Air following the 3 June crash of one of its plane on the outskirts of the commercial city of Lagos that left at least 159 dead. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - British Airways, one of Europe's leading airlines, has said its revenue generation from Nigeria has gone down by about 10 per cent, while that of South Africa fell by 23 per cent due to the global economic recession, which has taken a huge toll on airlines operations worldwide. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya Airways has gone ahead and sent home 599 workers in the ongoing staff rationalisation, essentially turning down the government's request to stop the exercise. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Aviation stakeholders in Nigeria Thursday hailed the federal government for lifting the suspension it slammed on the local Dana Air, following the 3 June crash of its MD-83 plane on the outskirts of the commercial city of Lagos that left at least 159 dead. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The management of Dana Air said Thursday it would soon announce the resumption of its flight operations, one day after the Nigeria government lifted the suspension of its operating licence following the 3 June crash of one of its planes that left at least 159 dead. Full text...

Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Gabon and Turkey have signed a commercial air transport agreement under which Turkish Airlines will operate 7 flights a week between Turkey and Gabon from the end of December this year, the ministry of Transport announced on Wednesday in Libreville. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - After a string of problems that hampered its operations, Nigeria flag carrier Air Nigeria has announced the suspension of its local, regional and international operations with effect from 10 Sept. 2012. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya Airways (KQ) said Tuesday it had embarked on an ambitious job-cut plan to reduce its annual wage bill by close to US$ 15 million, after an initial 126 of its 600 staff members, earmarked for retrenchment, voluntarily left. Full text...

Luanda, Angola (PANA) - A chopper belonging to the Angolan National Police crashed during election support duties on Saturday, killing all four people on board, according to Angola's official press agency, ANGOP. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A bid by Kenya Airways to reduce its workforce has taken a new turn after Prime Minister Raila Odinga directed the airlines' management to immediately suspend the plan. Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Appalsamy Thomas was Thursday elected chairman of the board of Air Mauritius by the Board of Directors of the Mauritian national airline. Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's official opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) Monday urged the Department of Transport to address the major security breach at Cape Town International Airport that led to the death of a stowaway last week. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A Nigerian private airline, Arik Air Limited, and Bombardier Aerospace of Canada are to hold a meeting, seeking to strengthen the existing business relationship between the two organizations. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Domestic airline operators in Nigeria are to raise their fares by 30% following an increase in the cost of leasing aircraft as well as higher insurance premiums, the local media reported Monday. Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Thirty two people, including a federal minister, died in a plane crash in South-west Sudan Sunday, the Presidency said. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's national carrier, the Kenya Airways (KQ), Friday embarked on a retrenchment exercise which will affect both junior and management staff. Full text...

Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Dutch airline, KLM, announced Wednesday it would resume flights to Zimbabwe in October, a route it abandoned in 1999 after business nosedived. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - At least four Nigerian airlines will be grounded while many others will be severely affected if the federal government implements its plan to lower the age-limit of commercial aircraft allowed to operate in the country from 22 to 15 years, the local Punch newspaper reported Monday. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria is considering imposing a 15-year age limit on passenger planes operating in the country and the provision of low-interest loans to domestic airlines, as part of efforts to ensure the safety of air travel in Africa's most populous nation with a history of deadly Full text...

Accra , Ghana (PANA) - A Ghana Air Force (GAF) jet on Tuesday lost two fuel tanks over the capital, Accra, while on a routine training flight, but the pilot landed the plane safely at the Air Force base in the city, the Ghana Armed Forces said.Full text...

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - A military helicopter crashed Monday night in Mbouambé, over 200 km north of the Congolese capital, Brazzaville, killing the two Ukrainian crew members, the police said. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's largest domestic airline, Arik Air, has blamed ''incorrect apron markings'' for the weekend incident at the Jos Airport in northern Nigeria, in which one of its planes 'brushed' a packed Nigerian Air Force (NAF) C-130 transport plane, causing substantial damage to both planes Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A commercial jetliner preparing to take off from the Jos Airport in northern Nigeria rammed into a packed military plane Saturday, causing substantial damage to the two planes even as no one was injured, the local media reported Sunday, quoting a statement from the Nigerian Air Force (NAF). Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria will host an international conference on aviation safety in Africa 16-20 July in the capital city of Abuja, according to a statement from the office of Aviation Minister Stella Oduah. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The 3 June crash of a Nigerian airliner that killed 159 people was due to ''a total loss of power in both engines while on approach to Muhammed Murtala Airport (LOS), Lagos,'' according to the preliminary report of the accident, released by the Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB). Full text...

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Economic and Monetary Community of African States (CEMAC) has chosen Air France as the new strategic partner for the regional grouping’s airline, Air CEMAC, according to a statement from the Congolese Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The regulation requiring proper identification of passengers prior to flight boarding at Nigeria's airports is to be strictly enforced, following a directive to that effect by the regulatory Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - A preliminary report on the crash of Nigerian-registered Allied Air cargo plane at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra, Ghana, on 2 June suggests that “unstable approach” led to the plane overshooting the runway. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The regulatory Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has issued an advisory circular to pilots and airline operators in the country over the dangers posed by adverse weather in the nation's airspace, occasioned by the current rainy season. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - In the wake of the 3 June plane crash that killed 159 people in Nigeria, two global aviation bodies have pledged to assist the country in its efforts to ensure the safety of air travel. Full text...

Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Emirates airlines said Wednesday it would introduce daily flights to Zimbabwe and Zambia in October in response to rising demand on the route. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's second largest private carrier Air Nigeria has defended its safety record, after the airline was slammed with the second suspension in as many weeks over safety concerns by the regulatory Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The privately-owned flag carrier Air Nigeria said on Friday the latest suspension of its operations by the regulatory Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) does not affect its flights on the Lagos-London route. Full text...

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) – The European Union (EU) is to send a technical mission to South Sudan to work on tightening security at the airport of Juba, the country’s capital. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - For the second time in as many weeks, the regulatory Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) Thursday suspended the operations of the country's second largest airline, Air Nigeria, the airline announced. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Troubled Air Zimbabwe has been given 90 days to comply with international air safety standards or risk losing its membership of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the organisation said on Thursday.Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has filed charges of tax evasion and fraud against the country's second largest indigenous carrier Air Nigeria, in the latest crisis to hit the airline. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The privately-owned 'Air Nigeria' airline Tuesday condemned what it called the invasion of its offices by armed police on the orders of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), over past taxes allegedly owed by the airline. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's private sector flag carrier Air Nigeria will become the first African airline to offer iPAD 3 for passengers' in-flight entertainment, after signing a deal with IFE Services, the entertainment company announced in a statement. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Contaminated aviation fuel is one of the possibilities being looked into in the crash of Nigerian DANA Air's McDonnell Douglas 83 plane that left a total of 159 people dead on 3 June on the outskirts of the commercial city of Lagos, a top aviation source told PANA here. Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Air France and Mali's national carrier, SN Air Mali, have signed an agreement to share codes between Paris and Bamako. Full text...