Ashgabat, Turkmenistan (PANA) – The first-ever global conference on sustainable transport begins on Saturday in Turkmenistan, Central Asia, bringing together representatives from the United Nations, governments, the private sector and civil society to set new directions for global transport efforts. Full text...

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - African air travel spending is expected to rise 24% with the introduction of the pan-African passport that will enable African travelers to visit other African countries without a visa by 2018, a new research, released Wednesday by 'Sabre', one of the global travel technology providers, said. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - Greater investment in greener, more sustainable transport systems is essential for propelling the economic and social development for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to an expert panel report presented to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Some 193 individuals found in possession of plane tickets bought using stolen or compromised payment card details have been detained in an international law enforcement operation targeting airline fraudsters, INTERPOL, the international police organisation, said on Wednesday. Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Emirates Airline and Kenya Airways have announced they would suspend flights to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, citing the hostile economic environment in the country. Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Barely 24 hours after announcing the suspension of services over its inability to renew insurance for the aircraft in its fleet, due to liquidity issues, Arik Air, Nigeria’s largest carrier, will resume full regular operations on Wednesday. Full text...

Rabat, Morocco (PANA) – The Moroccan national carrier, Royal Air Maroc, on Thursday inaugurated a new direct route between Casablanca and Washington. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The Mauritanian minister of Economy and Finance, Moctar ould Diaye, and the Japanese ambassador, Hisatsugu Shimuzu, on Thursday exchanged notes on a US$2 million grant to finance the purchase of equipment to improve security at the Nouakchott and Nouadhibou airports. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - Ethiopia's national carrier, Ethiopian Airlines, says it has finalised preparations to launch flights to Moroni, Comoros, on 30 October. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The World's leading airline, Emirates, on Monday said it will upgrade its flights service between Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Khartoum, Sudan, with the deployment of a larger Boeing 777-300ER on the route from 1 September. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - The World's oldest airline and the flag carrier of the Netherlands, KLM, on Friday said it is expanding its network of routes in October, offering three direct flights a week from Amsterdam to Windhoek, Nambia, via Luanda, Angola. Full text...

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan flag carrier, RwandAir Express, will run flights between Benin's largest city, Cotonou and the main Ivorian city of Abidjan from 2 September, an official statement made available on Tuesday to PANA in Kigali said. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzania and Canada’s Bombardier Commercial Aircraft have signed a firm purchase agreement for two Q400 turboprop airliners valued at approximately US$62 million, the government announced in Dares Salaam on Tuesday. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - South African Airways (SAA) made history on Friday when some of its domestic flights departed Johannesburg to Cape Town becoming Africa’s first airline to fly on jet fuel made from tobacco plants. Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian national airline, Air Mauritius, generated profits of 16.5 million euro for the financial year 2015/16 contrasting with a loss of 23.7 million euro for the previous financial year 2014/15. Full text...

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's national carrier, RwandAir Express, will resume direct flights between Kigali and Juba on Wednesday after they were suspended on 10 July, due to the renewed fighting in the South Sudan capital city, the airline said in a statement made available to PANA in Kigali. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) US-based aircraft manufacturer, Boeing, and EgyptAir on Wednesday announced an order for nine Next-Generation 737-800s. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - Air Cote d’Ivoire, the Ivorian national carrier, has placed an order with Airbus for the purchase of an additional A320neo to complete its fleet. Full text...

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana's cash-strapped national carrier, Air Botswana, has announced the resumption of flights from the country’s tourist resort of Maun to OR Tambo International Airport in South Africa. Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Air Mauritius on Monday announced net profits of 16.5 million euro for financial year 2015/2016 (1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016), representing an increase of 40 million euro over losses of 23.6 million euro posted the previous year. Full text...

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana has announced plans to aid the ailing national airline, Air Botswana, whose accounts have remained in the red for years. Full text...

Balaclava, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian President Mrs. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim has said that the logistics and transport industry is at a major cross-roads as there are serious challenges that are besetting it. Full text...

Balaclava, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Sir Anerood Jugnauth on Wednesday indicated that a historical agreement has been signed between Mauritius and Changi Airport in Singapore for the establishment of an air corridor between Asia and Africa using Mauritius and Singapore as hubs. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana is building a new terminal at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) in Accra that will enable the airport handle five million passengers a year. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - One of the world leading airlines, Qatar Airways, on Wednesday said it would upgrade to non-stop B787 Dreamliner service three times weekly between Doha and Maputo, Mozambique, effective 27 March. Full text...

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A unique platform bringing together airlines, airports, hotel and hospitality investors for the first time, is being launched in October this year in Rwanda. Full text...

Algiers, Algeria (PANA) – The Algerian ministry of Transport announced here Wednesday the suspension, from Friday, of flights between Algiers and Tripoli. Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – For the second time in three days, a passenger jet has been forced to make an emergency landing in Johannesburg following loss of cabin pressure. Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African Airways (SAA) on Friday announced that it has cancelled flights between Johannesburg and Washington DC via Accra, Ghana, with immediate effect. Full text...

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Brussels Airlines has announced it will begin operating a six-time weekly flights to Rwanda from Belgium effective from April 2016, PANA reports Tuesday from Kigali. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - One of the world's leading airlines, Qatar Airways, Monday announced a four-time, weekly service to Durban, South Africa, to further complement the airline’s existing daily flights to Cape Town and double daily flights to Johannesburg. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's federal government has ordered a probe of the circumstances in which a ladder was used to disembark passengers from a local flight on Saturday. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan authorities Sunday launched an investigation into a suspected device removed from an Air France flight from Mauritius to Paris that made an emergency landing in Kenya. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - With global air transport doubling in flight and passenger volumes every 15 years, the United Nations aviation agency on Monday called for enhanced safety and efficiency to rule the world's skies. Full text...

Rabat, Morocco (PANA) – The international maritime transport group, CMA CGM, has opened a maritime transport line linking Morocco and some West African countries in a bid to promote economic trade between the countries of the region. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - An agreement has been reached at the World Radiocommunication Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, on the allocation of radio frequency spectrum to allow the use of satellites for real-time global flight tracking in civil aviation, the UN International Telecommunication Union (ITU) announced on Wednesday. Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian Prime Minister Sir Anerood Jugnauth on Wednesday announced that there would be an air link between Singapore and Mauritius next year in a bid to cater for the growing demand from Asians to travel to Africa and the islands of the Indian Ocean. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Two aircraft belonging to Nigeria's private airline Arik Air collided on the tarmac at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in the economic capital city of Lagos Tuesday, forcing the airline to ground the planes. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Port Harcourt International Airport in southern Nigeria has been rated the worst airport in Africa and the world. Full text...

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese capital, Brazzaville, will host the 47th General Assembly of the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) from 8 to 10 November 2015, according to a statement issued in Brazzaville on Friday. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Security has been tightened at airports across Nigeria after the Department of State Services (DSS) busted a spy network at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in the capital city of Abuja, the secret police announced on Saturday Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's Federal Government has kick-started efforts to establish a new national airline, following a directive to that effect from President Muhammadu Buhari. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) is probing the crew member of Nigerian carrier Arik Air who was arrested in London Monday night after he was found with 20kg of cocaine. Full text...

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Flights between Tunisia and Libya resumed officially on Friday with a flight of Air Gadamech, which left from the al-Maatia international airport of Tripoli to Carthage international airport of Tunis, after one year of interruption, sources told PANA. Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - One of the world's leading airlines, Emirates, will launch the world’s Full text...

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - In a bid to step up its commercial competitiveness, Rwanda's national airline has offered a 49 percent stake of shares to a prospective strategic partner, an official source disclosed here Sunday. Full text...

Dubai, UAE (PANA) - Middle East’s fastest growing airline, flydubai, has unveiled plans to launch flights to Asmara, the Eritrean capital, saying "the flights are the first direct link between Eritrea and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Full text...

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – The number of travellers through Tunisian airports during the first quarter of this year is estimated at 3,768,000 against the 4,798,000 passengers over the same period last year - a drop of 21.5%, according to statistics released Thursday by the Tunisian civil aviation and airports office. Full text...

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Following an agreement signed Tuesday between aviation officials of both countries, the number of flights between Tunisia and Algeria will be increased from 30 to 42 per week, according to Habib Makki, Director General of the Tunisian Office of Civil Aviation and airports (OACA). Full text...

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...