Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Ousmane Oubandawaki, Director General of the Senegal-based Agency for Air Navigation Safety in Africa and Madagascar (ASECNA) has met with Mauritanian Prime Minister Sghair Ould M'Bareck as part of his working visit to the country. Full text...

Kampala- Uganda (PANA) -- The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) Friday awarded the Civil Aviation Authority of Uganda (CAAU) a grant of US$542,249 to improve its facilities. Full text...

Libreville- Gabon (PANA) -- Following a new leasing contract negotiated with its partners, Air Gabon expects to save 1. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Representatives of the international aviation fraternity converge here 11-12 May to discuss ways of networking Africa's airlines to ensure their survival in a highly competitive industry, organisers said here Tuesday. Full text...

Tunis- Tunisia (PANA) -- The Tunisian national carrier, Tunisair, begins new weekly flights from Tunis to Belgrade, Yugoslavia and from Monastir (160km south of Tunis) to Berlin, Germany at the end April, the company said in a statement issued here Tuesday. Full text...

Praia- Cape Verde (PANA) -- Charter flights between Lisbon and the Cape Verde island of Sal was were launched last Thursday by the Portuguese private carrier Air Luxor, sources confirmed here. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- South African Airways (SAA) and Varig airlines, the Brazilian national carrier, have agreed to new flight arrangements as the airline resumes flights to South Africa, aviation sources said here Wednesday. Full text...

Brussels- Belgium (PANA) -- The European Union has released 9 million euros for air lifting of humanitarian personnel, refugees, displaced persons and relief supplies (food supplies, drugs and equipment) in the Horn of Africa, the EU said here Monday in a statement. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- South African Airways (SAA) has welcomed the re-capitalisation of the airline by its parent company, Transnet. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Ethiopian customs have installed five x-ray machines at Addis Ababa's Bole International Airport to improve the handling of goods and control of contraband, airport authority spokesperson Kibur Lakew confirmed here Tuesday. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Egyptian carrier Air Egypt has indicated it would operate three flights a week from Cairo to Addis Ababa starting 28 March. Full text...

Douala- Cameroon (PANA) -- A Boeing 757-200 of the national carrier, Cameroon Airlines (CAMAIR) made an emergency landing Wednesday morning at the Douala International Airport moments, when one of its engines caught fire moments after taking off, reliable sources confirmed here Thursday. Full text...

Rabat- Morocco (PANA) -- Aviation experts from six African countries Thursday convened an international workshop on management of aviation crisis and cooperation in the industry in Casablanca, 100 km south of here. Full text...

Saint-Denis- Reunion (PANA) -- Air Seychelles said Thursday it was suspending its weekly links to Comoros and Mayotte starting 6 April, partly due to the harsh competition from Reunion's Air Austral. Full text...

Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Air Seychelles has suspended its flights to Comoros and Mayotte with effect from 6 April, aviation sources disclosed here Wednesday. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Ethiopia Airlines (EAL) has announced the arrival Saturday of a new Boeing B737-700 under a programme to increase its fleet by six new aircraft. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's federal government has suspended the operating licences of two local airlines, Slok and IRS, for allegedly contravening safety and security provisions, the Aviation Ministry said in a statement. Full text...

Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- Flight safety in Africa comes to the fore 4-6 May when civil aviation directors from 24 West and Central African countries converge here at an international civil aviation conference, organisers have said. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- South African Airways (SAA) took delivery Tuesday of its first Airbus A340-300E, which is the first "enhanced" version of aircraft. Full text...

Libreville- Gabon (PANA) -- Air Gabon workers' union (SYPAG) has tackled their management over concerns with a project to set up a central African community airliner, dubbed Air CEMAC. Full text...

Libreville- Gabon (PANA) -- Air Gabon workers have shelved a two-day strike planned to start Saturday over delayed payment of salaries and alleged mismanagement of the airline, trade union sources said. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- Royal Air Maroc (RAM) is to launch three new weekly flights between Casablanca and the French city of Bordeaux starting 28 March, company sources affirmed here Thursday. Full text...

Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- An aviation outfit in Walloon, Belgium has concluded a partnership agreement with the state- owned Air Transport Authority (RVA) in DR Congo to rehabilitate the runway at Ndjili International Airport. Full text...

Libreville- Gabon (PANA) -- Transports ministers from the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) and a delegation of the African Development Bank (ADB) are meeting here to finalise a project for the creation of a sub-regional carrier, Air CEMAC. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- South African Airways (SAA) has reduced fares from South Africa to London for a limited time, SAA president and CEO Andre Viljoen confirmed here Wednesday. Full text...

Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- The International Air Transport Association (IATA), a global aviation body, has suspended Air Zimbabwe's membership over a debt of US$1. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's federal executive council has approved the signing of Bilateral Air Services Agreement (BASA) with 10 countries, including six from Africa, in an attempt to boost economic ties and open new business routes, Aviation Minister Isa Yuguda said. Full text...

Saint-Denis- Reunion (PANA) -- Passenger traffic between Reunion and South Africa surged 24 percent in 2003, according to sources at the country's Rolland Garros International Airport. Full text...

Port Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- After Air France, which has been operating here for several years, two more airline companies, Corsair and Star Airlines have indicated plans for flights to Mauritius. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- Severe weather conditions have caused the delay of two South African Airways (SAA) flights, SA221 from London to Cape Town and SA229 to Johannesburg, by 19 hours, airline sources said here. Full text...

Libreville- Gabon (PANA) -- The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) began assessing the airport security system in Gabon on Monday, in keeping with an agreement signed by 180 ICAO member countries in the wake of the 11 September 2001 terror attacks in the US. Full text...

Entebbe- Uganda (PANA) -- The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) in Uganda Monday threatened to ban all outbound flights to DR Congo beginning 31 January except an air service agreement is signed between both countries. Full text...

Lome- Togo (PANA) -- Potential stakeholders are in the process of setting up a new airline company, Afrique Alliance that will fly five West African countries, Air Togo general manager Emmanuel Gorbaccia disclosed here Thursday. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Nigerian government has appointed South African Airways (SAA) as technical investor for the new national carrier, Nigerian Eagle Airlines, to replace collapsed Nigeria Airways. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Some 1,000 stranded passengers of American airline World Airways Tuesday staged a protest at Nigeria's Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, threatening to burn down the airport should the airline fail to take them back to the US by Wednesday. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- Families of the 148 people who died when a Boeing 737 of Flash Airlines crashed off Charm el-Cheikh resort last Friday, travelled to Egypt Wednesday on board a special flight to visit the crash site. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- The South African media has strongly questioned current US regulations compelling airlines flying from, to or over American airspace to have US air marshals on board, plus subjection of all arriving visitors to intrusive digital scanning of their faces and hands. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Libyan carrier Al-Afriqiyah launched a direct flight Saturday between Tripoli and Geneva, in what company officials said was part of efforts at widening air links between Africa and the world outside at competitive fares. Full text...

Algiers- Algeria (PANA) -- British Airways is due to operate a maiden flight from London to Algiers on Monday, airline sources said here Saturday, noting that the flight would be the first link between London and Algiers. Full text...

Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- National carrier Air Malawi Wednesday announced the resumption of daily flights to the northern city of Mzuzu that were suspended last Saturday following a light plane crash. Full text...

Saint-Denis- Reunion (PANA) -- Air Seychelles will introduce a second weekly flight from London next April, Tourism Office director Francis Savy disclosed here Friday. Full text...

Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Air Mauritius Friday launched its maiden biweekly flights between Reunion and the Rodrigues Island, an official of the airline disclosed here. Full text...

Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- State-run Air Mauritius airline announced Thursday an 8. Full text...

Tunis- Tunisia(PANA) -- Tunisian State airliner, Tunisair Thursday launched a bi-weekly Tunis-Bamako-Abidjan flight linking Mali and Cote d'Ivoire. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- International Aero Engines (IAE), a multinational aero engine consortium has won the bid to supply its V 2500 aero engines to South African Airway's family of single-aisle A319 and A320 aircraft. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- Just after wage negotiations seemed final between the South African Transport and Allied Workers' Union (SATAWU) and baggage handling company Equity Aviation (EA), the Union has called for a strike beginning Thursday at five leading airports. Full text...

Saint-Denis- Reunion (PANA) -- Mauritian national carrier Air Mauritius will on 26 December launch flights between Reunion and the autonomous Rodrigues Island, according to official sources. Full text...

Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Air Tanzania Wednesday resumed flights to Harare, the Zimbabwean capital, after a two-year break. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- The Mozambican Aeronautics Company, IAM, dealing in the repair and maintenance of planes, has been declared bankrupt, due to lack of patronage, national news agency, AIM reported Tuesday. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- South African Airways' (SAA) Asian partner, Cathay Pacific, Tuesday joined the airline's list of voyager partners, giving travellers easier access to Cape Town. Full text...