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...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's biggest airline Arik Air has been directed to review the security arrangement around its aircraft when they are parked, after the remains of an apparent stowaway were found on one of its airplanes on scheduled flight to the US last week.Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – Flydubai aviation company has announced that it had achieved 100 percent increase in number of routes in Africa with schedule increased to 63 flights a week across 12 points in North and East Africa. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – A commercial flight belonging to Libyan Airlines, bound for Istanbul, has been forced to fly black to Tripoli after Egypt banned it from flying over its air space, Libyan airport sources said on Tuesday. Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian national airline, Air Mauritius, Friday posted negative results of 2.7 million euros for the last quarter of 2014 for a total revenue of 123.7 million euros as compared to profits of 8.6 million euros for the same period a year earlier. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - Member states of the UN International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) have recommended the adoption of a 15-minute aircraft tracking standard that will be an Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The UN International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has brought together aviation experts and strategic decision makers for a four-day conference that will discuss emerging safety issues such as global tracking of aircraft and risks to civil aviation arising from conflict zones. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Aviation Africa 2015, a conference aimed at changing the perception of African aviation, will hold in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 10-11 May, according to organisers Arabian Aerospace and African Aerospace magazines.Full text...

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's flag carrier RwandAir Express has launched a new route from Entebbe (Uganda) to Kenya's capital city, Nairobi, the airline said in a statement made available to PANA here Monday.Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian government's failure to establish or encourage the private sector to set up a hanger for aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul in the country is eating deep into the operational funds of local airlines, as they struggle to survive amid sundry charges, according to aviation experts. Full text...

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Three top managers at Rwanda's flag carrier, RwandAir Express, and one of their main travel agents have been arrested for alleged online ticket sales fraud.Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The three-man crew of a cargo plane belonging to Ethiopian Airlines that crash-landed at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra on Saturday has been discharged from hospital, the private TV station, TV 3 reported. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - A cargo plane belonging to Ethiopian Airlines crash-landed at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra on Saturday, according to aviation officials. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Cyprus has banned a plane of the Libyan airline, Afriqiyah Airways, from flying in its air space, as it applies the orders of by the European airport authorities banning Libyan planes from flying in European Union air space.Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Turkish Airlines on Tuesday announced the suspension of all its flights to Libya, saying the decision followed the deteriorating security situation in the north African country, according to a communique issued here by the airlines.Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Turkish Airlines Monday announced the temporary suspension of flights to Misrata airport, 220 km east of the Libyan capital, Tripoli, following the bombardment of rebel positions at the airport by the Libyan air force, airport sources said.Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Kuwait is giving Mali 10 billion FCFA for the extension and modernization of the Bamako International Airport. Full text...

Luanda, Angola (PANA) – The Angolan airline (TAAG) from Wednesday increased its weekly flights to the Portuguese cities of Lisbon and Porto to meet demands in this holiday period, sources from the airline said in Luanda. Full text...

Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) – Mozambique's Minister of Transport and Communications, Gabriel Muthisse has expressed indignation at the European Union's decision to extend the ban on Mozambique Airline from flying over the European airspace.Full text...

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The Algerian ministry of foreign affairs has recalled its two ambassadors accredited respectively to Belgium and the Netherlands for consultations after the seizure of an Air Algeria aircraft in Brussels, a communiqué issued by the ministry on Saturday evening said.Full text...

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The European Commission for Transport has banned Libyan airlines from using European airports for safety reasons.Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Air Seychelles has opened a new route directly linking the west Indian Ocean Island's capital, Victoria, and Tanzania's commercial capital, Dar es Salaam, to boost tourism between the two countries, the Tanzania Aviation Authority (TAA) said here Wednesday.Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African Airways (SAA) on Tuesday announced that it has added additional flights to its network, substantially increasing air services to some of its key African routes. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Air traffic resumed Thursday morning at the Maitigua Airport, in the suburb of Tripoli, the Libyan capital, after two days of suspension following air strikes on the runway, the airport management announced here. Full text...

Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) – The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has placed the Cape Verdian air space on maximal alert because of ashes being spewed by a volcanic eruption on the island of Fogo, official sources told PANA on Wednesday. Full text...

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Managing Director of Equatorial Congo Airlines (ECAir) Fatima Benyina-Moussa has been named the new President of the African Airlines Association (AFRAA). Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Activities at the Maitigua international airport, east of Tripoli, suspended for several hours on Sunday following armed clashes in the region of Tajoura, have resumed, according to airport sources. Full text...