Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - President Mwai Kibaki on Thursday officially opened the expanded Kisumu International Airport and reassured Kenyans of the government developing various modes of transport to spur economic activities in the country. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Emirates airline on Tuesday opened an office in Nouakchott, Mauritania, to contribute to promote and develop business and tourism within the framework of the strong ancient ties between Mauritania and the United Arab Emirates, the airline's regional director, Ernest Dikoum said. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The regulatory Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) is currently carrying out a financial audit of two of the country's domestic airlines and may ground them if necessary. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian aviation experts Tuesday called for tighter security at the nation's airports to forestall possible attacks by the Islamic sect Boko Haram, which has killed 935 people in attacks across northern Nigeria in the past two and a half years. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The London-based AviAssist Foundation has called for nominations for the African Aviator Award, a statement said on Saturday. Full text...

Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The South African Airways (SAA) Tuesday launched a direct flight between Johannesburg and Bujumbura, the capital of Burundi, the deputy-director of the Burundi’s aeronautic services, Emmanuel Habimana, told journalists here on Wednesday. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Nine of Africa’s biggest airlines have launched a joint fuel project, steered by the African Airlines Association (AFRAA), to cut the high cost of jet fuel by earning the benefits of bulk fuel procurement, the airlines body said Friday. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has allayed fears over the alleged conversion of domestic kerosene into aviation fuel by some unscrupulous oil marketers.. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The regulatory Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has initiated a probe into the published allegation that some oil marketers in the country were selling Dual Purpose Kerosene (DPK) to airlines in Nigeria as aviation fuel. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The Ghana Air Force has taken delivery of an Airbus aircraft to augment its fleet, the Ghana Armed Forces announced on Friday. Full text...

Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe's troubled national carrier announced on Friday it was suspending flights to South Africa over fears its planes may be seized by creditors. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - As most parts of Nigeria is blanketed by harmattan haze, the regulatory Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) on Thursday warned all pilots and airline operators in the country to adhere strictly to approved weather minima during the period. Full text...

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian airline, Tunisair, resumes its flight to Tripoli, the Libyan capital, Tuesday, Tunisair's communication officer of Tunisair, Ms. Soualafa Mokaddem, has indicated. Full text...

Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - A US company on Monday impounded an Air Zimbabwe aircraft in London over a US$ 2.2 million debt, officials said. Full text...

Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - A Zimbabwean woman has made aviation history in Botswana, becoming the first female to be appointed general manager of state-owned Air Botswana, PANA reported from here Wednesday. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's federal government has announced plans to establish a new national airline in 2012, which will be nine years after former national carrier Nigeria Airways was liquidated. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The regulatory Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has set up an Administrative Appeal Panel to look into its report, which found that British Airways (BA) and Virgin Atlantic Airways (VAA) colluded to increase Passenger Fuel Surcharge subjectively on the Nigeria-UK route. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan airline, Afriqiyah Airways, announced here Wednesday it would soon resume flights to Cairo, Tunis, Istanbul, Dubai and Khartoum. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria flag carrier Arik Air is set to resume its daily flights from Full text...

Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe (PANA) – The Prime minister of Sao Tome and Principe, Patrice Trovoada, on Friday laid the foundation stone for work on renovation of the international airport of the capital, Sao Tome.Full text...

Rabat, Morocco (PANA) – The Managing Director of Air Mali, Abderrahmane Berthé, has been elected president of the African Association of Airlines (AFRAA). Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The spat between the regulatory Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and the British Airways (BA), over alleged price-fixing by the airline and Virgin Atlantic, worsened Tuesday when the NCAA slammed the airline (BA) for undermining its authority. Full text...

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The air safety commission of the European Union (EU) on Monday decided to authorize the Angolan airline, TAAG, to add two new aircraft for Eoropean flights. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - President of the ECOWAS Commission, James Victor Gbeho, has called on the authorities and other stakeholders in the region to create the enabling environment for a viable airline industry towards the realization of the integration dream of ECOWAS founding fathers, according to a press release from the community Friday. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - US airlines United made its inaugural flight from Houston to Lagos, Nigeria, on Thursday, joining Delta Airlines on the US-Nigeria route. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's federal government is to file a class action suit against British Airways (BA) and Virgin Atlantic Airways (VAA), after both indicated unwillingness to pay a fine of US$235 imposed on them by the regulatory Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) for alleged price-fixing on the Nigeria-UK route Full text...

Rabat, Morocco (PANA) – The Moroccan airline, Royal Air Maroc (RAM), on Thursday said it would, from 21 November, resume its flights to Libya from Casablanca, following the reopening of the Tripoli international airport. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's Arik Air will be allowed to fly from the capital city of Abuja to London Heathrow, following discussions between officials of Nigerian and British aviation authorities in Abuja Tuesday. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's main opposition Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) on Tuesday expressed support for the slashing of British Airways' flights to the African nation, in retaliation for a similar action meted out to a Nigerian flag carrier, Arik Air. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Several passengers booked on Air Nigeria flights were Monday stranded following a protest by the airline’s engineers over what they called the interference of management in their duty. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Ahead of Tuesday's expiration of the deadline given to the British Airways to slash its Lagos-London flights from seven to three times weekly, Nigerian aviation authorities have continued to talk tough, insisting the British government was wrong in disrespecting the Bilateral Air Services Agreement (BASA) between the two countries. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria and the United Kingdom are flexing their muscles over weekly flight frequencies between their two airlines, Arik Air and British Airways respectively. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Commercial flights between Senegal and Guinea resumed Wednesday, according to a communiqué issued in Dakar by the Senegal Airlines. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – In retaliation for grounding a Senegalese plane in Conakry, aviation authorities in Dakar have banned planes coming from Guinea from using Senegalese airspace, according to a communique issued by Senegalese government spokesperson, Moustapha Guirassy. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A Nigerian private airline, Arik Air, on Monday said it had carried eight million local and international passengers in its 44 routes in the last five years when it commenced operations. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mr. George Uriesi, said here Friday the 19 billion naira (about US$ 124 million) made available to the parastatal by the government was to carry out some palliative measures within the nation’s 22 airports. Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Transport ministers in West Africa have made wide-ranging proposals for the improvement of the operating environment for airlines in the region, a statement from the ECOWAS Commission said here Friday. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - West African experts are meeting in Accra, Ghana, on the development of a viable airline industry for the region. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The national carrier Mauritania Airlines International (MAI) will launch its Dakar, Senegal, flights on Sunday, a statement made available to PANA here on Tuesday said. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The national carrier Senegal airlines Thursday resumed flights to the Mauritanian capital, Nouakchott, the airline said in a statement made available to PANA here. Full text...

Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - A strike action embarked upon by air traffic controllers at the Cairo International Airport ended in the early hours of Friday but flight delays are expected to continue for at least the rest of the day, according to airport officials. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's federal government has fired the chief executive officers of three key aviation parastatals as part of its 'transformation agenda'. Full text...

Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The African Airlines Association (AFRAA) will hold its 43rd annual general meeting from 20 to 22 November in Marrakech, Royal Air Morocco (RAM) announced on Tuesday. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Italian minister of Foreign Affairs, Franco Frattini, announced in Tripoli on Friday that the Italian carrier Alitalia would resume flights to the Libyan capital in November. Full text...

Paris, France (PANA) – Tunisian carrier, TUNISAIR, will in November begin direct flights between Tunis and Niamey, the capital of Niger, official sources told PANA Friday in Paris. Full text...

Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Zambia’s new President Michael Sata has renamed three international airports after veteran politicians who played a key role in the country'S liberation struggle.Full text...

Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The Moroccan and Bissau Guinean governments, here Monday agreed to open air link between Casablanca and the economic capital of the Alaouite Kingdom to Bissau, the Moroccan Press Agency (MAP) reported here. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Blaise Diagne International Airport (AIBD) in Diass, 47 km from Dakar, will be operational next year, the Senegalese senior minister in charge of international cooperation, air transport, infrastructure and energy, Karim Wade, announced on Monday in Dakar. Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Malian President Amadou Toumani Touré will on Sunday inaugurate the renovated international airport of Kayes Dag-Dag, 480 km west of the capital Bamako, official sources told PANA on Saturday. Full text...

Luanda, Angola (PANA) - An Angolan Air Force SU-22 fighter jet crashed Thursday morning near Lubango city, in southern Huíla province, killing the pilot, Lt.-Col. António João Firmino. Full text...