Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese government is to acquire Chinese-built ARJ21 aircraft, according to a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed with the Chinese companies COMAC and Avic International, on the sidelines of the international aerospace exhibition held 14-20 July in Farnborough, Great Britain. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The operations of the Lome, Togo-based Pan-African airline ASKY have been suspended in Nigeria after the airline flew an Ebola-infected Liberian to Nigeria, where he died of the disease last week. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian airline Arik Air has indefinitely suspended flights to Liberia and Sierra Leone, two of the three West African nations that have been hit by the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), the airline said. Full text...

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) – The Least Developed Countries (LDC) ministerial conference under way in Benin has paid to the crash victims of the Malaysia Airlines and Air Algerie which claimed 298 and 118 lives respectively. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The chairwoman of the African Union Commission, Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, has expressed sadness at the news of the crash of the airplane, Air Algeria, Thursday at the border between Burkina Faso and Mali, according to a communiqué issued Friday by her office. Full text...

Algiers, Algeria (PANA) - An MD-83 passenger plane owned by Algerian national flag career Air Algerie, with 116 people on board, has been declared missing by the operators, the Spanish company Swiftair, aviation sources said here Thursday. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has appointed Mr. Osita Chidoka as the country's Minister of Aviation, replacing Stella Oduah who was fired in February over allegations of financial mismanagement. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A Turkish Airlines' plane was partly damaged and narrowly escaped being razed when a fuel tanker that was supplying it with fuel caught fire at the Aminu Kano International Airport in northern Nigeria Tuesday night, the local Premium Times newspaper reported Wednesday. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - National flag carrier Mauritania International Airlines (MAI) has taken delivery of a new Embraer-145 aircraft for domestic and international flights, the airlines has announced Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South African helicopter pilot Cameron Dalziel was one of the victims of the horrific Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 crash on Thursday. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The airspace of Libya's western region was Thursday closed to traffic following a strike by air traffic controllers there in protest against the "bombing" of Tripoli airport. Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Eighteen of the 25 people who were injured Wednesday when a South African Airways (SAA) flight from Johannesburg to Hong Kong hit severe turbulence have been discharged from hospital. Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian national career Air Mauritius has ordered four A350-900 aircraft and will also be leasing two more of the same planes to be used on the European, Asian and Australian routes, Air Mauritius' Chief Executive Officer Andries Viljoen said. Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - At least 25 passengers were injured when a passenger jet travelling from South Africa to Hong Kong hit severe turbulence in the early hours of Wednesday, South African Airways spokesperson Tlali Tlali has confirmed. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - If Japanese commercial airlines started regular flights to Tanzania or any other Africa country, holidaymakers from Southeast Asian countries could boost tourism on the continent, according to Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete. Full text...

Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) - A four-seater plane flying from Nigeria to Gabon via Cameroon has disappeared, according to Cameroon's public broadcaster CRTV on Tuesday. Full text...

Ziguinchor, Senegal (PANA) – The Senegalese Consortium of Maritime Activities (SCMA) that manages the maritime route between Dakar and Ziguinchor launched a new 2,000-ton capacity cargo vessel at the port in Ziguinchor on Saturday to transport goods in the region. Full text...

Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) - Cameroon's Minister of Transport, Robert Nkili, on Friday appointed Jean-Paul Nana Sandjo as the new CEO of the national airline, Camair-Co. Full text...

Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Moroccan flag carrier Royal Air Maroc has announced the launch of twice-weekly flights from Casablanca to the Chadian capital, Ndjamena. Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian aviation company, Air Mauritius, posted at net profit of 7.3 million euro for financial year 2013/2014 (April to March). Full text...

Lomé, Togo (PANA) – The Airport Company of Lomé-Tokoin, which manages the international airport of Lomé, the Togolese capital, has received a certificate that gives it the status of a "safe airport", sources close to the National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) told PANA on Saturday in Lomé. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopian state-owned shipping company has purchased nine new vessels, including cargo vessels and oil tankers, as part of the East African nation’s drive towards a transport revolution, officials said Wednesday. Full text...

Tunis Tunisia (PANA) – The international civil aviation training centre in Tunisia on Friday signed an agreement with the Libyan-African company that allows the Libyan holding company to buy 27% of the capital of the Tunisian civil aviation and airport office, sources said in the Tunisian capital. Full text...

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - RwandAir Express airline, which has just acquired the Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft, has announced the commencement of its flight from the Rwandan capital, Kigali, to Douala, Cameroon. Full text...

Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) – The Cameroonian capital, Yaoundé, will have a tramway, whose lines will be laid next year. Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The third East African Community (EAC) Aviation Symposium, aiming at providing an updated picture of the new regulatory framework to be implemented for the aviation industry at large, will be held 9 May 2014 in the Rwandan capital, Kigali, the Community secretariat said Wednesday. Full text...

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana Police have confirmed that their missing helicopter has been found. Full text...

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The search for the Botswana Police Service (BPS) chopper which went missing at the weekend has not yielded any positive results, PANA reported Wednesday. Full text...

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congo is negotiating with the South African mining company, Exxaro, and other financial institutions to raise 200 billion F CFA for the rehabilitation of 285 kilometres of railway linking Mont-Bello and Mbinda in the Niari department, southern Congo. Full text...

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - A Botswana Police Service (BPS) helicopter has gone missing in the North-west district of the country, the police confirmed Tuesday. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - All flights to Nigeria's northern city of Kaduna have been suspended after fire gutted the control tower of the airport in the city, according to the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA). Full text...

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Growth of landlocked countries depends on the growth and ability of adjacent coastal countries to put in place infrastructure for trade facilitation as a prerequisite for development, Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete said in Dar es Salaam on Tuesday. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Three passengers have suffered injuries after a Kenya Airways aircraft with 55 passengers and crew on board skidded off the runway upon landing in Dar es Salaam, the airline said on Friday. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - A regional conference on aviation security in Africa opened on Wednesday in Dakar, Senegal, to address challenges and improve the safety of air transport in Africa. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - German Airline Lufthansa and the Austrian Airlines have suspended flights to Libya indefinitely, after a security incident at the Tripoli airport two weeks ago. Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria is to merge the nation's three aviation parastatals into one agency, as recommended by a presidential panel set up to restructure and rationalise government parastatals, commissions and agencies. Full text...

Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Kenya Airways has taken delivery of its first Boeing 787-800 “Dreamliner” aircraft in Seattle, US, with the start of the execution of the second phase of a US$1.9 billion aircraft purchase transaction arranged by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), the bank said in a statement obtained by PANA here Tuesday. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Airports Council International for the Africa Region (ACI-Africa), in collaboration with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), will organize a regional conference on safety from 8 to 10 April in Dakar. Full text...

Douala, Cameroon (PANA) – A new airline, Gambia Bird Airlines, will take to the sky on Monday through a first direct flight from Douala to Dakar, aimed at solving the problems regarding travel in West Africa. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Flights to and from Libya's Tripoli International Airport, which were suspended earlier Friday after two rockets hit and damaged a runway, have resumed, the Libyan news agency reported. Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - All flights to and from the Tripoli International Airport were suspended early Friday after the tarmac was hit by two rockets, official sources told PANA here. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya Airways said Monday it had suspended all flights from Nairobi to the Malawian commercial capital of Blantyre, after the aviation authorities in the Southern Africa nation closed the airport in the city Full text...

Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Chileka International Airport in Malawi's commercial capital, Blantyre, has been closed indefinitely because its main runway is littered with potholes, the Department of Civil Aviation has announced. Full text...

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese government is to build a new airport in Kindamba in the southern part of the country at a cost of 32.8 billion CFA Franc (US$69.3 million), according to a government statement. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan has fired the bosses of all but one of the country's aviation agencies, in a clean sweep that started with the sack of Aviation Minister Stella Oduah over allegations of corruption and abuse of office. Full text...

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The Congolese Finance and Budget Minister, Gilbert Ondongo, and Valentin Zongo, the World Bank representative in the two Congos, have signed a loan agreement, worth 168.58 billion FCFA, in Brazzaville for the construction of a road from Ndéndé-Doussalla in Gabon to Dolisie in Congo. Full text...

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - One crew member was killed and three others injured when their plane, chartered to carry relief materials from Juba, South Sudan's capital, to the war-plagued town of Bentiu in the northern part of the country, crashed into parked vehicles during landing. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopian authorities said Monday they would immediately seek the extradition from Switzerland of Hailemedhin Abera, the Ethiopian Airlines co-pilot who hijacked an aircraft with 200 passengers on board earlier in the day. Full text...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - An apparently-hijacked Ethiopian Airlines plane was forced to land in Geneva, Switzerland, instead of its Rome, Italy, destination Monday, PANA reported Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South African Airways (SAA) has launched an internal investigation after a man was found dead in the wheel well of its aircraft when it landed in Washington, after flying from Dakar, Senegal. Full text...