Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The regulatory Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has acquired an aircraft tracking system as part of efforts to ensure air safety in the country, the local media reported Monday, quoting the NCAA Director-General Harold Demuren. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The regulatory Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has suspended all domestic flights scheduled for Saturday, when the first of three elections is billed to take place. Full text...

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese Minister of Transport, Civil Aviation and Shipping, Isidore Mvouba, disclosed Thursday in Brazzaville that human error and not a technical problem was the cause of the the plane crash in Pointe-Noire on 21 Mach, 2011. Full text...

Moroni, Comoros (PANA) - A new airline, AB Aviation, officially took off on Thursday in Moroni, PANA learned from sources close to the company in the Comoran capital. Full text...

Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - A conference on airport safety in Africa will be held Thursday and Friday in Marrakech, Morocco, on the sidelines of the 45th session of the Board of Directors of the international council of airports in the Africa Region (ACI-Africa), according to statement from the Moroccan National Office of Airports (ONDA) Tuesday. Full text...

Yaounde, Cameroon (PANA) - Cameroon's national carrier, Cameroon Airlines Corporation (CAMAIR Co), resumed operations Monday with a Douala-Yaounde-Paris flight. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Villagers angered by the blockage of the footpath they normally use as a thoroughfare, by airport authorities installing perimeter fencing around Nigeria's northern Kaduna Airport, Sunday impounded a plane owned by domestic IRS Airline and held the passengers inside hostage in protest. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – Sénégal Airline is operate daily flights between Dakar and Nouakchott, the Mauritanian capital, the company's commercial and marketing director, Christophe Leloup, said on Thursday. Full text...

Kinshasa, DR of Congo (PANA) - Activities resumed partially on Sunday at the Goma International Airport in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), after 24 hours of total paralysis, following the strike action of the airways department officers (RVA). Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) – A team of Ghanaian and Chinese investors has launched a new airline that will operate passenger and cargo services within Ghana and West Africa. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - As part of ongoing measures to enhance air safety, the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) is to migrate from terrestrial to satellite-based navigation system next month. Full text...

Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Air Zimbabwe announced Tuesday it was adding a third flight to its twice weekly flights to and from Britain, in response to growing traffic between the two countries. Full text...

Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Royal Air Morocco (RAM) will operate its maiden direct air link between Morocco and Russia on 15 March, the Moroccan airline announced on Tuesday. Full text...

Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - A Let 410 aircraft, belonging to the African Air Service company, crashed Monday on Mont Biega, in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), killing the Russian-born pilot and his Congolese co-pilot, PANA learnt here Tuesday. Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Airlines Company, Air Mauritius, on Thursday announced profits totalling 12.2 million euros for the third quarter of 2010. Full text...

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria has approved one of the country's private airlines, Arik, to fly its flag on the Abuja-Istanbul route beginning from June this year, Minister of Aviation Fidelia Njeze said Thursday. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The air agreement between Senegal and Belgium, entered into 28 September, 2008, was neither signed nor ratified by the authorities of the two countries, the Director General of Air Transports and Aeronautics Industry of Senegal, Cheikh Tidiane Senghor declared in a communique issued here. Full text...

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Belgium has recalled its Ambassador to Senegal for consultation, following the decision of the Senegalese government to ban Brussels Airlines from flying between Dakar, Banjul, Conakry and Freetown, an official Belgian source told PANA, here Saturday. Full text...

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian airline, Air Mauritius, on Wednesday announced that it will operate a direct Mauritius-Shanghai route from July this year. Full text...

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – The European Union (EU) will release five million euros for the implementation of a project on road transport and maintenance in Congo. Full text...

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – India says it is ready to provide buses to the Congolese capital, Brazzaville, for its urban transport. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - President Abdoulaye Wade has challenged his Transport Minister, Karim Wade, to make Senegal an aircraft manufacturing country. Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Corruption in the road transport sector costs countries in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) 95 to 146 billion FCFA per year, according to the statistics made public by the institution during a workshop held on Wednesday in Bamako. Full text...

Paris, France (PANA) - The Senegalese authorities have ordered Brussels Airlines to suspend flights from Dakar to Banjul, Conakry and Freetown, a source close to the Belgian airline told PANA here Wednesday. Full text...

Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The Togolese government has introduced the payment of tax by air travellers, for the development of airport infrastructure, an official source told PANA here Saturday. Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - India's largest low-cost carrier, IndiGo, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding for 180 eco-efficient Airbus A320 aircraft that will directly benefit Airbus' South African airframe component supplier, Aerosud. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Domestic airlines operating in Nigeria, under the aegis of Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON), are Full text...

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Libya and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) on Wednesday signed an agreement in Tripoli to open an office in the Libyan capital. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The new Secretary General of the Nairobi-based African Airlines Association (AFRAA), Dr Elijah Chingosho, has assumed office, an AFRAA statement made available to PANA said. Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) – The Spanish Airlines Company, Spanair, on Saturday launched its inaugural Bamako-Barcelona direct flight, hauling more than 55 Malian passengers directly from the Malian capital to the Catalan capital aboard an Airbus 321, PANA learnt Monday from airport sources. Full text...

Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Air Zimbabwe said Friday it had requested US$ 500 million from the government, its sole shareholder, to buy four new planes to improve operations. Full text...

Luanda, Angola (PANA) - The air transport company of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Emirates Airlines, is satisfied with its first year of operations in Angola, the Angolan News Agency, ANGOP, reported, quoting officials of the airline. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Lagos state, Nigeria's economic hub, on Saturday offered free transport services on its Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) scheme to residents to mark the Christmas celebrations and promote the use of public transportation. Full text...

Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Air Zimbabwe said Thursday it was changing its livery as part of a re-branding exercise to improve its appeal. Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South African Airways (SAA) Tuesday confirmed that it will operate two special flights to London, leaving from Cape Town and Johannesburg, to transport passengers who have been stranded in South Africa since Saturday. Full text...

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The European Union (EU) will provide financial support to rehabilitate the river port of Brazzaville, President Denis Sassou Nguesso announced Thursday after an audience with Nirj Deva, leader of a European Parliament delegation visiting the country. Full text...

Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Immigration authorities in Zimbabwe said Thursday they would impose a stiff US$2,000 fine on any airline which brings a foreign passenger without correct travel papers into the country. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Italian aircraft manufacturer AugustaWestland is to deli ver a second AW139 helicopter to the Libyan general people's committee for public security, sources close to the Italian manufacture r told PANA on Wednesday in Tripoli at the second edition of the defence and security show in Libya dubbed "Libdex 2010". Full text...

Rabat- Morocco (PANA) -- Royal Air Maroc (RAM) airline is cutting its flights to the Libyan capital, Tripoli, from four to three as a result of construction works at Tripoli international airport. Full text...

Kigali- Rwanda (PANA) â" The Executive Director of Rwanda's state--owned airline , Rwandair Express, John Mirenge, on Friday announced that the national carrier h as opened a new route to Dubai. Full text...

Luanda- Angola (PANA) -- The Mozambique Airlines (LAM) will Wednesday launch a ne w weekly Luanda-Maputo flight, increasing to three the number of its flights on t hat route, the Angolan News Agency (ANGOP) reported here quoting a press stateme n t from LAM. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- Some 11 passengers were injured on Sunday when South Africa's low-cost 1time airline's plane aborted take-off at Johannesburgâ?s OR Tambo International Airport. Full text...

Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- A team from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) on Sunday opened an audit on the safety of Mauritanian airports, sources close to the country's National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) told PANA on Monday. Full text...

Bujumbura- Burundi (PANA) -- The Japanese government has offered 86 buses of diff erent sizes to assist the Office of Public Transports (OTRACO) of Burundi to sol v e the problem of public transportation in the capital, Bujumbura. Full text...

Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Determined to avert the frequent multiple failure of air craft components within its fleet, the Nigerian Presidential Air Fleet (PAF) on F riday said it was set to receive the first set of the three newly ordered aircra f t by the end of November, Fleet Commander, Air Commodore Adesola Amosu, said her e while receiving Air Force Chief, Air Marshal Mohammed Dikko Umar. Full text...

Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- Passengers flying out of the Banjul International Airpor t will, as from 1 November, 2010, pay a fee of 20 euros to the Gambia Civil Avia t ion Authority (GCAA), a statement from GCCA, obtained by PANA here, said Tuesday . Full text...

Banjul- Gambia (PANA) -- Passengers flying out of the Banjul International Airpor t will, as from 1 November, 2010, pay a fee of 20 euros to the Gambia Civil Avia t ion Authority (GCAA), a statement from GCCA, obtained by PANA here, said Tuesday . Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- South Africa blocked 350 prospective World Cup fa ns after their names appeared on the International Police (Interpol) watch list, thanks to a new screening system deployed by the Departme nt of Home Affairs, the department said Tuesday. Full text...

Brussels- Belgium (PANA) â" Korogo Airline set up -by Brussels Airlines and the industrial group Forrest, will be launched in the first quarter of 2011 and will operate with a Belgian license â?to avoid being on the black list of airlines ba nned from flying to Europeâ?. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The Ghana government on Friday defended the acquisition of a presidential jet saying it took the decision in the best interest of the coun t ry and after reviewing the agreement which the previous administration had enter e d into. Full text...