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<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 09:03:17 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Nigerian airline, Aero, begins flights to Cameroon 27 May]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's second largest airline, Aero Contractors, is  due to begin flights to Douala, Cameroon's largest city, from Nigeria's economic capital city of Lagos on 27 May, the airline announced.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-ECO-index.html">Economy</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 13:18:09 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Nigerian airline jolted by arrest of two crew members over drugs]]></title>
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<link>http://www.panapress.com/Nigerian-airline-jolted-by-arrest-of-two-crew-members-over-drugs--12-871758-28-lang2-index.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Apparently jolted by Monday's arrest of two of its crew members in London for alleged drug trafficking and possession of banned substances, Nigeria's largest carrier Arik Air has vowed to prevent a similar incident in future.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-ECO-index.html">Economy</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 12:32:47 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Malawi President sells off controversial presidential jet]]></title>
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<link>http://www.panapress.com/Malawi-President-sells-off-controversial-presidential-jet--12-871760-28-lang2-index.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Malawi President Joyce Banda has lived up to her vow to sell off the presidential jet which her predecessor bought in controversial circumstances.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-ECO-index.html">Economy</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 18:52:22 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[2 crew members of Nigerian airline arrested in London over drug trafficking]]></title>
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<link>http://www.panapress.com/2-crew-members-of-Nigerian-airline-arrested-in-London-over-drug-trafficking--12-871680-28-lang2-index.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Two crew members of Nigeria's Arik Air were arrested in London on Monday over alleged drug trafficking, according to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-ECO-index.html">Economy</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 20:56:13 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Nigerian aviation workers suspend strike]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Staffers of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) have suspended the strike they embarked upon on Monday to press for higher wages, the Ministry of Aviation said.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-ECO-index.html">Economy</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 14:39:39 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Nigerian aviation workers' strike fails to shut country's airspace]]></title>
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<link>http://www.panapress.com/Nigerian-aviation-workers--strike-fails-to-shut-country-s-airspace--12-871549-28-lang2-index.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The strike called by the aviation workers in the employ of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), to press for higher wages, started off as scheduled on Monday, but failed to shut down the country's airspace as threatened by the workers.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-ECO-index.html">Economy</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 10:04:59 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Lagos-bound SAA plane makes air return]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A Lagos-bound South Africa Airways (SAA) flight on Sunday made an air return to the OR Tambo Airport in Johannesburg after a spark was detected in the aircraft galley, the private Guardian newspaper reported here Monday, quoting SAA Consultant Tope Awe.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-ECO-index.html">Economy</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 15:41:59 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Nigerian aviation workers' strike to start Monday as unions deny pact]]></title>
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<link>http://www.panapress.com/Nigerian-aviation-workers--strike-to-start-Monday-as-unions-deny-pact--12-871477-28-lang2-index.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Aviation unions in Nigerian on Sunday denied that an agreement has been reached to prevent Monday's scheduled start of a strike to push their demand for higher wages.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-ECO-index.html">Economy</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 10:42:59 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Nigeria banks 'dump' commercial airlines for private jet owners]]></title>
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<link>http://www.panapress.com/Nigeria-banks--dump--commercial-airlines-for-private-jet-owners--12-871446-28-lang2-index.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian banks prefer extending finance offers to high-net-worth individuals, including business moguls and top politicians, to buy private jets instead of giving such to commercial airliners, the private Punch newspaper reported on Sunday, quoting aviation sources.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-ECO-index.html">Economy</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 09:28:51 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Nigeria's aviation unions suspend planned strike]]></title>
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<link>http://www.panapress.com/Nigeria-s-aviation-unions-suspend-planned-strike--12-871442-28-lang2-index.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The three aviation unions that threatened to shut the Nigerian airspace starting from Monday over the failure of the authorities to pay them higher wages have suspended their planned strike.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-ECO-index.html">Economy</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 13:01:10 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Aviation unions threaten to shut Nigeria's airspace Monday]]></title>
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<link>http://www.panapress.com/Aviation-unions-threaten-to-shut-Nigeria-s-airspace-Monday--12-871339-28-lang2-index.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Three aviation unions have threatened to shut the Nigerian airspace starting from Monday over the failure of the authorities to pay them higher wages.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-ECO-index.html">Economy</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 10:50:51 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA['Private jets used to smuggle cash, fugitives in Nigeria']]></title>
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<link>http://www.panapress.com/-Private-jets-used-to-smuggle-cash,-fugitives-in-Nigeria---12-870909-28-lang2-index.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - As the debate over the newly-unveiled National Civil Aviation Policy 2013 continues in Nigeria, the federal government has explained that some controversial parts of the policy were necessitated by the alleged use of private jets to smuggle cash and wanted persons out of the country.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-ECO-index.html">Economy</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 11:19:23 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Mauritanian national carrier resumes flights to Europe after 3-year ban]]></title>
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<link>http://www.panapress.com/Mauritanian-national-carrier-resumes-flights-to-Europe-after-3-year-ban--12-870739-28-lang2-index.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian national carrier "Mauritania Airlines" on Wednesday resumed flights to Europe following the ban slammed on it in 2010, according to a statement received by PANA Friday in Nouakchott.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-ECO-index.html">Economy</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 15:06:59 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Nigerian Air Force chopper makes emergency landing]]></title>
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<link>http://www.panapress.com/Nigerian-Air-Force-chopper-makes-emergency-landing--12-870677-28-lang2-index.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing at a military facility in the country's oil city of Port Harcout on Thursday, but there were no casualty, the NAF spokesman, Group Capt. Dele Alonge said.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-ECO-index.html">Economy</a>]]>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 23:56:07 +0200</pubDate>
<title><![CDATA[Cape Town International Airport is Africa's best]]></title>
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<link>http://www.panapress.com/Cape-Town-international-Airport-is-Africa-s-best--12-870043-28-lang2-index.html</link>
<description><![CDATA[Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - South African airports dominated the list of the 10 best airports in Africa in 2013, winning the first three places, in addition to the sixth and eighth places, according to the 2013 World Airport Awards held at Passenger Terminal EXPO in Geneva, Switzerland.<a href="http://www.panapress.com/pana-2-lang2-ECO-index.html">Economy</a>]]>
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