Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congo and Singapore are planning to cooperate in the aviation sector as part of an overall upgrading of their relations, PANA learned from officials sources here Saturday. Full text...

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Ten civil society organisations in Congo Saturday appealed to President Denis Sassou Nguesso to cancel the airport tax being collected by the national civil aviation agency (ANAC) for national and international flights. Full text...

Luanda, Angola (PANA) - The new Nigerian ambassador to Angola, Folorunso Olukayode Otukoya, said here Tuesday that the direct flight between Luanda and Lagos, kicking off in September, would strengthen relations between the two countries. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has made good its promise to reduce air fares, as airline operators, under the aegis of Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON), Monday announced a 25% reduction in the price of tickets, the local Guardian newspaper published Tuesday. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Special humanitarian relief travel operator, Key Travel, is working round the clock to find flights for aid workers trying to reach the famine areas in East Africa through Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia, said Patricia Orr, the travel company’s spokesperson. Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa’s Department of International Relations on Thursday confirmed that two South Africans were among the 10 people killed in a helicopter crash in central Indonesia on Wednesday. Full text...

Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Air Zimbabwe pilots went on strike Tuesday, demanding payment of their outstanding salaries and allowances, officials said. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Amid skyrocketing air fares in Nigeria, the country's domestic airlines have asked the federal government to ensure the availability of aviation fuel at affordable prices as a condition for slashing fares.Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The third Pan-African Aviation Training Coordination Conference began in Cape Town on Wednesday, under the auspices of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). Full text...

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The Turkish Airlines will, from April 2012, launch the Istanbul-Kigali flight route. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The fares for domestic flights in Nigeria have gone up by over 50 per cent due to rising cost of aviation fuel, known as JET-A1, the local media reported Monday. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Air transport safety in the Accra Flight Information Region, which comprises the air space of Ghana, Togo and Benin, has been boosted with the installation of a new navigation system by the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA). Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Airports of Mali realised a net profit of FCFA 2.4 billion in 2010, according to a statement issued after the 41st session of airports' board of directors. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A chartered plane with four persons on board, including crew members, on Thursday overshot the runway while landing at the Port Harcourt International Airport in southern Nigeria, aviation officials said. Full text...

Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Thursday announced the withdrawal of the operating licence of the Hewa Bora Airline, following the crash of its plane on 8 July at the Bangboka Airport in Kisangani, located in the eastern part of the country. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal Airlines plane, which runs a shuttle between Dakar, the Senegalese capital, and Bamako, Mali, Monday overshot the runway at the Bamako Senou airport, PANA reported.Full text...

Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – At least 127 people died when an aircraft belonging to the Congolese private airline, Hewa Bora, crashed on Friday afternoon as it landed at Kisangani airport in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Congolese Transport ministry said.Full text...

Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Gabonese National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) Thursday said only two of the seven local airlines, Allegiance and Afrijet, had met with the air security rules in the country. Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - African airlines will later this year launch a joint fuel procurement programme, to cope with the high cost of fuel, which is reaching record highs, the Association of African Airlines (AFRAA) said at its sixth forum, under the theme: "Africa Roads 2011", that ended here Wednesday. Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Association of African Airlines (AFRAA) predicted that African carriers would not be profitable in 2011 and that even if the market would experience some growth this year, most of the traffic would be transported by non-African companies, especially on international routes.Full text...

Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - National carrier Air Mauritius late Monday made its maiden flight to Shanghai, China, with 200 passengers, including the President of Mauritius, Sir Anerood Jugnauth. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopian Airlines announced Wednesday that it had resumed flights to some of the destinations affected by volcanic ash from a volcanic eruption in Eritrea Monday morning. Full text...

Washington, US (PANA) - The Angolan government-owned air transport company "TAAG" has acquired two new Boeing 777-300 ER aircraft at a cost of US$ 375,463,678.80 following a contract signed Friday at the headquarters of Eximbank, Washington, PANA reported, quoting the Angolan News Agency (ANGOP).Full text...

Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Angolan government-owned Air Transport Company (TAAG) will Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The new Senegalese airlines company, Senegal Airlines, on Tuesday announced the opening of new services to Cotonou (Benin), Libreville (Gabon) and Douala (Cameroon) from Dakar, with a technical stopover in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire.Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's aviation authorities have grounded a presidential jet which was recently acquired at a cost of US$51 million, following an Emergency Airworthiness Directive (EAD) from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday cancelled his scheduled trip to France for the Summit of Eight Industrialised Nations (G-8), a news release issued by Presidential Spokesman Ima Niboro disclosed. Full text...

Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Air Zimbabwe Thursday said a Zambian airline had withdrawn a plane it (Air Zimbabwe) had leased after disagreements over payment. Full text...

Rabat, Morocco (PANA) – The Royal Air Maroc (RAM) is increase its weekly flights to Mauritania from nine to 14 while Mauritania Airlines will provide two flights per week to Morocco, official sources said on Wednesday in Rabat.Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Minister of Aviation, Mrs Fidelia Njeze, on Wednesday said personnel of the Accident Investigation Bureau and the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) have commenced investigations into the cause of the crash of Beechcraft aircraft in Kaduna on Tuesday.Full text...

Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The Royal Air Morocco (RAM) traffic to European countries, which accounts for half of the company's routes, will not be disturbed in the coming days by Grimsvoetn Icelandic volcanic ash, PANA learnt in Rabat. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The pilot and the engineer who died in the crash of a light plane in Nigeria Tuesday have been identified as a Briton, Capt. David Sewell, and a Nigerian, Avong Ayuba, respectively. Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The pilot and the engineer aboard a light plane which crashed in Nigeria's northern city of Kaduna Tuesday died as a result of the incident, according to the spokesman for the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Mr. Yushau Shuaib. Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - An aircraft operated by an oil company crash-landed in Nigeria's northern city of Kaduna Tuesday, according to the spokesman for the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Yusahu Shuaib. Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The runway at the Bamako-Senou international airport will be lengthened by 500 metres, according to an agreement signed by the CEO of the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA-Mali), Ms. Nene Traoré, and the representative of the Razel-SOGEA-SATOM company, Jacques Tijoli.Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian airlines have lost 7.2 billion naira to the scarcity of aviation fuel, known as Jet-A1, in the past two weeks, the local Businessday newspaper reported Monday (US$1=150 naira). Full text...

Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Rwanda Airline Rwandair operated its maiden commercial flight between Kigali and Libreville (Gabon) via Brazzaville (Congo) Wednesday, with Boeing 737-500, according to its Chief Executive Officer, John Mirenge. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Wealthy Nigerians acquired at least six private jets worth a total of US$225 million between March 2010 and March 2011, bringing the total number of such jets in the country to around 70, according to a local newspaper investigation published Monday. Full text...

Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Aircraft manufacturer, Boeing, will deliver a new 777-300ER airplane to Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The regulatory Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has suspended the licences of the two pilots of Nigerian airline Arik Air, who flew the airline's Boeing 737-700 aircraft with one engine over a one-hour trip after the plane suffered a bird strike Sunday. Full text...

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The Congolese senior minister for Transports, Civil Aviation and Merchant Navy, Isidore Mvouba, and the French ambassador to Congo, Jean-François Valette, on Thursday in Brazzaville, signed an agreement to provide assistance for safety in the aviation industry in Africa (ASACA). Full text...

Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Aviation authorities in Zimbabwe Monday suspended a controversial levy on air travellers, introduced at the beginning of the month and meant to develop the country's airports and related infrastructure. Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South African airline Comair has reached an agreement with the KwaZulu-Natal provincial government's main economic development project, the Dube Trade Port, for a direct flight to London's Gatwick Airport and a number of destinations around Africa from Durban's new King Shaka Airport. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Lekki International Airport, the second international airport to be built in Nigeria's commercial city of Lagos, will commence operation in the second quarter of 2012, according to the Lagos state Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Mr. Adeniyi Oyemade.Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved the Bilateral Air Services Agreement (BASA) with Cameroon, directing the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Adoke, to prepare the instrument of ratification and forward it to the National Assembly. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal Airlines will on Monday begin operating flights to Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, according to a company statement received by PANA in Dakar on Tuesday.Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Senegal Airlines at the weekend opened an office in Bamako, the Malian capital, at a ceremony presided over by the Malian Minister of Transport, Hamed Diane Semega, and attended by the Director General, Edgardo Badiali. Full text...

Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO ), in partnership with the Moroccan Ministry of Equipment and Transport, will, 18 to 20 May in Marrakech (South), hold the Next Generation of Aviation Professionals (NGAP) and Trainair plus regional conferences.Full text...

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The new Congolese airline, Korongo Airlines, with headquarters in Lubumbashi, southern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), will soon begin operation to serve the Congolese domestic market and the African sub-region, PANA learned from official sources.Full text...