Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) on Wednesday advised pilots to exercise restraint when they observe adverse weather. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Chief Executive Officers of Parastatals in the Nigerian aviation industry on Wednesday commended the pilot of a plane on a local flight who made over seven approaches before finally landing his plane in Lagos, saying there was nothing unusual in his action. Full text...

Kigali- Rwanda (PANA) -- Rene Janata, a former executive of the German airline, Lufthansa, was appointed head of the parastatal airline, Rwandair Express, according to an official statement. Full text...

Rabat- Morocco (PANA) -- Morocco will pay Lockheed Martin US$ 841. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya Airways (KQ) has welcomed the outcome of an international probe report on the crash of its jetliner, a Boeing 737, two minutes after take off from Cameroon's commercial capital, Douala, killing all the 114 people on board. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Ethiopia Kinfa Fekadu has been appointed the Chief Execu tive Officer of Nigeria's Eagle Airline (former Virgin Nigeria), following the resignation of its Nigerian CEO Dapo Olumide. Full text...

Rabat- Morocco (PANA) -- Morocco's national carrier 'Royal Air Maroc' has announc ed plans to extend its 'mixed flights (combining passengers and cargo) to Pointe-No ire in Congo and Bangui in the Central African Republic. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- About 16,000 Frenchmen were stuck in Africa due to flight problems caused by ash clouds from Iceland's volcanic eruption, official sources told PANA in Paris, the French capital, Friday. Full text...

Luanda- Angola (PANA) â" The governments of Angola- and the US on Thursday signe d a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in Luanda in the area of international air transport marking a new era in the commercial relations between the two countrie s . Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Libya will host 25-26 April the meeting of the training committee of the African Airlines Association (AFRAA), which will be devoted to examining the training plan for African airlines' crew. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Though flights have resumed across Europe after clouds o f ash from the Iceland volcano disrupted flights for days, Kenyaâ?s flower and vegetable industry has been cou nting its losses from the crisis, amid reports that the industry was losing US$3 million per day at the peak of the fli ght-ban situation. Full text...

Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Air Zimbabwe announced Thursday it was resuming flights to Britain,a week after suspending them over volcanic ash clouds from Iceland that disrupted air travel in Europe. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The global aviation body, the International Air Transpor t Association (IATA), estimated that the volcano crisis across the European skie s has cost airlines more than US$ 1. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Revenues from Malian airports recorded a huge drop, follow ing the disruption of the European air traffic, although the actual losses have n ot been ascertained, Ms. Full text...

Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Air Zimbabwe said Wednesday volcanic ash clouds which have disrupted air travel in Europe had left 1,600 of its passengers stranded and cost it US$1 million in lost revenue. Full text...

Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Despite the resumption of limited flights in Europe, relief was still too remote Tuesday for stranded travellers and piles of cut flowers awaiting transportation from Tanzania to various destinations. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Zambia Export Growers Association (ZEGA) has confirmed the cancellation of exports to Europe due to the closure to major airports because of ash clouds from a volcanic eruption in Iceland, the independent Post newspaper reported Tuesday. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's privately-owned DANA Air Monday made an air re turn shortly after take-off on an hour-long flight from the commercial city of Lagos to the inland capital city of Abuja. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- South African Airways (SAA) has cancelled all f lights to Frankfurt and Munich, which were scheduled to depart later on Monday (19April). Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) â" The continuing closure of m-ost airports in Europe follow ing the air chaos triggered by the cloud of volcanic ash spewing from Iceland is costing Ghanaian exporters and companies huge sums of money, according to offici a ls at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra. Full text...

Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Air Zimbabwe cancelled its Saturday flight to Britain over Iceland's volcanic ash clouds that have swept all over Europe, disrupting air travel on the continent a nd beyond. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- The South African Airways (SAA) has announced the cancellation of more flights between South Africa, London, Frankfurt and Munich, all scheduled to depart Saturday, as volcanic ash in European airspace continues to hamper flying conditions. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The Kenya Airways said Friday it had cancelled five flig hts and 1,155 passengers were affected following the volcanic eruption in Icelan d . Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The Kenyan Airline has cancelled all its flights to the London, United Kingdom, and Amsterdam, Holland, citing a volcanic eruption in Iceland, which sent clouds of volcanic ash towards the UK. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- The Libyan National Oil Company (NOC) has acquired two m ore aircraft to boost its oil airlift operations, the Secretary of the NOC board , Dr. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- After a three-day aviation security meeting in Abuja, Ni geria, African Aviation Ministers Tuesday endorsed the use of the controversial 3 dimensional (3D) scanners and ot her technologies at airports across the continent. Full text...

Brussels- Belgium (PANA) -- Belgium will provide technical assistance to the DR C ongo to get the African country's planes off the list of African airlines banned from flying into Europe, PANA learnt here on Tuesday. Full text...

Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- The Managing Director of Mauritania Airways, Mon cef Bedi, announced here Monday that the company would extend services to the Mi d dle East and Europe from 14 April and start operating new routes in Africa from J une. Full text...

Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- A regional ministerial aviation security conference open ed in Nigeria's capital city of Abuja Monday, with the US saying information sharing by all countries was the key to combating terrorism. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Domestic airlines in Nigeria have suspended their strike, planned to start Friday, to protest navigational terminal charges imposed by the National Airspace Management Agency (NAMA). Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary, Janet Napolitano, is expected in Nigeria 11 April to parley with her African counterparts and officials from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) on ways of "bolstering global security", according to a statement made available to PANA from the US Consulate here. Full text...

Brussels- Belgium (PANA) -- The European Commission has decided to ban 278 airlines from flying to Europe, including 11 from African countries, according to a statement issued here on Wednesday. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's upper legislative chamber, the Senate, has asked the nation's aviation authorities to ensure tighter security at airports across the country, in the aftermath of the latest security breach at one of the airports. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The Kenya Airways has dismissed reports of an intended s trike by 4,500 of its workers, all members of Kenya's increasingly powerful Avia t ion and Allied Workers Union (AAWU), whose strike caused the airline huge losses in 2009. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Domestic airline operators in Nigeria are to embark on a n indefinite strike 9 April to protest plans by aviation authorities to ground p l anes of operators owing controversial navigational charges. Full text...

Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Worried by the obvious and unfortunate security breach a t the International Airport in Calabar, South South Nigeria, on Wednesday, the P r esidency has directed that detailed investigations be carried out to unravel the circumstances and factors that led to the very unusual incident of a lone driver breaking through the otherwise secured tarmac to ram into an Abuja-bound Arik Ai r craft. Full text...

Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- Angolan Airlines (TAAG) is now free to fly to any destin ation in the European Union space following the lifting of a ban imposed on the n ational carrier in 2007, the Minister of Transport, Augusto da Silva Tomas, anno u nced on Tuesday in Luanda. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- A taxi driver on Wednesday rammed his vehicle into a commercial jetliner just before the plane was to take off at the Margaret Ekpo Airport in Nigeria's South-eastern city of Calabar. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Four members of the former ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Ghana, appeared in court Wednesday to answer various charges on their roles in the liquidation of the former national carrier, the Ghana Airways, and the birth of Ghana International Airlines Limited (GIAL). Full text...

Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- The Botswana government on Wednesday expressed interest in having direct flights established between Luanda, Angola, and Gaborone, the capital, as soon as possible, a press release from the Angolan Embassy in Botswana disclosed. Full text...

Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Moving to enhance maintenance efficiency, Kenya Airways and TAAG Linhas Aereas de Angola have signed up for the Boeing Maintenance Performance Toolbox, as part of each airline’s programme to improve dispatch reliability through the use of e-enabled technologies. Full text...

Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- The Botswana government on Friday expressed its desire to set up direct air link between Gaborone, the capital and Luanda, the Angolan capital, the Angolan News Agency (ANGOP) reported quoting a press statement from the Angolan Embassy in Gaborone. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Some 20 persons were injured Friday when a Nigerian Air Force plane crash-landed in the country's oil city of Port Harcourt, the News Agency of Nigeria reported. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Flights to Nairobiâ?s International Airport were forced to divert to Mombasa and at least four international flights were delayed after a light aircraft stalled on a runway after running out of fuel, aviation officials said Thursday. Full text...

Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- In a move to provide airlines of all sizes with the ability to have a frequent flyer programme, SITA (Société Internationale de Télécommunications Aéronautiques) on Monday announced a partnership with le ading customer loyalty specialist, LoyaltyPlus, to integrate their solutions into SITA's horizon portfolio of passenger services which are used by more than 130 airlines. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya Airways (KQ) has rejoined the African Airlines Ass ociation (AFRAA) six years after it quit, citing what it termed as mismanagement and administrative system failures, the association said here Friday in a statem e nt. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- An international investigation into the causes of the 25 January crash of an Ethiopian Airlines jet off Beirut, Lebanon, is expec t ed to face delays because 90 per cent of the jetâ?s wreckage has not been recove red from the sea, airline officials said. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- An international dispute Wednesday started brewin g between Ethiopia and Lebanon over the handling of an investigation into the cr a sh of an Ethiopian Airlines plane, which killed all the 90 people on board short l y after take-off from Beirut on 25 January. Full text...

Brussels- Belgium (PANA) -- Belgian airline company, Brussels Airlines, will laun ch four new destinations in Africa, including Accra (Ghana), Cotonou (Benin), Lo m e (Togo) and Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), from 1 July, official sources in Bruss e ls told PANA Tuesday. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The Ethiopian Airlines on Friday dismissed as â? speculativeâ?, reports that pilot error was behind the Beirut crash that killed 90 people in January, saying investigations were likely to take long to reach co n clusions into the possible reasons behind the crash. Full text...