Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's Transport Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga says the country's commercial airlines sector has maintained a zero fatal accident rate for four decades. Briefing the media on the state of the aviation industry on Tuesday, she said 97 small aircraft accidents have been recorded in the current [...]
©- - 06 march 2024 - 09:15:24 - thread Economy (270 words)


Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Two people were killed in a mid-air collision involving a training and passenger aircraft after take off from Wilson airport in Nairobi, aviation authorities said on Tuesday. The commercial aviator, Safarilink airlines, operating a Dash8 aircraft with 44 people on board, collided with a Cessna 172 Skyhawk, [...]
©- - 05 march 2024 - 13:59:14 - thread Economy (134 words)


Montreal, Canada (PANA) - The UN aviation agency on Wednesday announced that air traffic levels are operating at around two per cent above their high in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic grounded much of the world’s population in lockdown. Civil aviation organisation ICAO said that the numbers for the first quarter of 2024 [...]
©- - 29 february 2024 - 05:58:57 - thread Economy (316 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopian Cargo and Logistics Services, the largest air cargo network operator in Africa, has commenced a freighter service to Casablanca, Morocco, the freighter said on Monday. The new cargo route was launched from Addis Ababa, making it the 35th destination served by the freighter in Africa. Ethiopian [...]
©- - 09 january 2024 - 15:04:31 - thread Economy (227 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe on Wednesday announced a reduction of fuel prices based on current local and international factors with immediate effect. The retail price of 93 unleaded petrol will decrease by 62 cents per litre (from R22.79 last month) while 95 [...]
©- - 03 january 2024 - 10:37:18 - thread Economy (274 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The South African Maritime Business Chamber (MBC) says the turmoil in the Middle East, which has resulted in more than 100 container ships being rerouted around southern Africa to avoid the Suez Canal, presents a “rare and lucrative opportunity” for the country. Huthi rebels operating [...]
©- - 29 december 2023 - 08:21:15 - thread Economy (365 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - An air transport agreement was signed on Sunday between Libya and Italy. The two countries also signed a memorandum of technical cooperation between their civil aviation institutions, which will help to increase the efficiency and capacity of Libya's civil aviation. The air transport agreement was signed at the [...]
©- - 18 december 2023 - 12:48:01 - thread Economy (192 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African Tourism on Monday confirmed the return of the Saudi Airlines direct flight between Jeddah and Johannesburg starting this month. The return of the Johannesburg route will see the carrier offer four weekly flights from OR Tambo International Airport. South Africa has been working closely [...]
©- - 05 december 2023 - 07:59:59 - thread Economy (178 words)


Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin is to deply an electronic management of road transport companies, through the Electronic Road Freight Management System (SYGFR-Benin), a digital platform dedicated to the digital management of road freight, the Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development said on Friday. The new system provides visibility and [...]
©- - 17 november 2023 - 13:15:15 - thread Economy (214 words)


Washington DC, US (PANA) - The Addis-Djibouti corridor, a vital trade route and lifeline for Ethiopia's 120 million people, will get a significant upgrade thanks to the newly approved Horn of Africa Initiative’s Regional Economic Corridor Project. The project, endowed with a $730 million grant from the World Bank’s International Development [...]
©- - 21 july 2023 - 06:17:04 - thread Economy (540 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan and Austrial officials have discussed the resumption of flights between the two countries at a rate of three flights per week. The Libyan ambassador to Austria and permanent representative to international organisations, Osama Abdelhadi, discussed the resumption of flights with an Austrian delegation led by the [...]
©- - 23 may 2023 - 16:57:15 - thread Economy (187 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Global vehicle giant Stellantis on Wednesday announced its intention to establish a manufacturing plant in South Africa. The vehicle manufacturer, which was formed when Fiat Chrysler merged with Peugeot Citroen in 2021,  signed a Memorandum of Understanding with South Africa’s Department of Trade, Industry and [...]
©- - 08 march 2023 - 16:09:28 - thread Economy (179 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The African Union (AU) has called for measures to remove the barriers to the implementation of a plan to completely open up the African skies to airlines operating within Africa. The African Union Commission (AUC) in collaboration with the African Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC) organised an [...]
©- - 23 february 2023 - 09:04:42 - thread Economy (451 words)


Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya Airways said on Tuesday that persistent shortage of crucial aircraft spare parts could lead to travel disruption within its network and revised flights on some routes. "We wish to inform our customers that we are experiencing some flight disruptions," the Kenya Airways (KQ) Managing Director Allan [...]
©- - 10 january 2023 - 09:32:16 - thread Economy (413 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Airports Company of South Africa (ACSA) on Thursday said challenges with the refuelling of aircraft has impacted 41 flights at OR Tambo International Airport. There was a technical issue with the main supply valve that provides fuel to the tarmac which caused delays to [...]
©- - 29 december 2022 - 09:55:27 - thread Economy (179 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Communications, Mohamed al-Chahoubi, and the Tunisian Minister of Transport, Rabi Majidi, on Wednesday signed an agreement to increase the number of flights between the two countries and on linking their airports. The agreement signed in Tunis on the sidelines of the visit of [...]
©- - 01 december 2022 - 12:30:42 - thread Economy (282 words)


Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian airline, Air Mauritius, should have a new general manager, in the person of the Croatian, Krešimir Kučko, as from December 1, 2022, the local media reported on Saturday. The new CEO is a veteran of Gulf Air, Air Montenegro and Croatia Airlines. Air Mauritius has been [...]
©- - 19 november 2022 - 07:59:34 - thread Economy (80 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The 2022 edition of the Libya International Aviation Forum and Exhibition kicked off on Sunday in Tripoli with the participation of more than 20 foreign companies. It is organised by the Hormuz Tourism and Exhibition Organisation Company under the supervision and support of the Civil Aviation Authority [...]
©- - 07 november 2022 - 12:37:04 - thread Economy (170 words)


Plaine Magnien, Mauritius (PANA) - The fourth Africa Indian Ocean Free Route Airspace Project Management Team (AFI–FRA-PMT) meeting which aims at developing a road map for the implementation of Free Route Airspace (FRA) in the AFI region opened in Mauritius on Tuesday. It is being attended by the International Civil Aviation [...]
©- - 26 october 2022 - 07:42:08 - thread Economy (361 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African airline FlySafair has received approval to operate flights to 11 new destinations in southern Africa. The Air Services Licensing Council of South Africa has confirmed that it approved FlySafair's application to operate flights from Cape Town and Johannesburg to Gaborone, Livingstone, Luanda, Lusaka, [...]
©- - 11 october 2022 - 12:29:43 - thread Economy (160 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African Airways (SAA), which has been battered by years of financial woes, continues to slide down the ranks of the world's leading airlines. For the fourth consecutive year, it has seen its position decline, while Ethiopian Airlines has become the new standard bearer in [...]
©- - 26 september 2022 - 12:36:24 - thread Economy (192 words)


Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The Ghana Civil Association Authority (GCAA) has cautioned Delta Airlines against temporarily using its aircraft with registration number N-195DN for flights to Accra. A private radio station in Accra, Joy News, reported that the caution is contained in a letter dated 19 August, 2022 addressed to Delta [...]
©- - 23 august 2022 - 08:48:23 - thread Economy (282 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - EgyptAir has announced that it will start operating special flights between the airport of Maitigua, in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, and Sharm el-Sheikh, an Egyptian resort town located between the Sinai Peninsula desert and the Red Sea, from next Tuesday. "EgyptAir flights are expected to continue between [...]
©- - 08 august 2022 - 12:34:37 - thread Economy (293 words)


Kisumu, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya has floated Marine Vessel, MV Uhuru II, which has been locally built by the naval unit of the Kenya Defense Forces (KDF). President and Commander in Chief of the Defence Forces, Uhuru Kenyatta, oversaw the floatation of MV Uhuru II. President Kenyatta said the facility, under the [...]
©- - 02 august 2022 - 23:03:11 - thread Economy (349 words)


Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The U.S.-Tanzania Air Transport Agreement, which establishes a modern civil aviation relationship with Tanzania consistent with U.S. Open Skies international aviation policy and with commitments to high standards of aviation safety and security, went into force on 10 June, the US State Department has said. A media [...]
©- - 15 june 2022 - 05:14:46 - thread Economy (170 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Libya and Tunisia have agreed to increase the number of flights to Tunisia from three Libyan airports - Misrata (West), Sebha (South) and Beidha (East), the Libyan ministry of Transports of the Government of National Accord (GNA) announced on Monday. The agreement was reached after a meeting [...]
©- - 23 may 2022 - 20:55:30 - thread Economy (307 words)


Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian airline, Tunisair Express, has announced the resumption of its regular flights between Djerba in Tunisia and the Libyan capital, Tripoli, as of 2 June. The airline will operat two flights a week, on Thursdays and Sundays, the company said, explaining that the choice of these days [...]
©- - 21 may 2022 - 15:02:57 - thread Economy (128 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the National Unity Government (GNU), Najla al-Mangouch, on Sunday met in Tripoli with the Turkish Ambassador to Libya, Kanaan Yilmaz, on the facilitation of the return of Turkish Airlines to Libya. Since the installation of the GNU [...]
©- - 16 may 2022 - 10:07:43 - thread Economy (259 words)


Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian government is determined to make the autonomous port of Conakry, conceded to the Turkish company Albayrak, managed by its Guinean subsidiary Alport Conakry, the main outlet of Mali on the sea for its foreign trade, an official source said here Tuesday. Following the embargo imposed [...]
©- - 10 may 2022 - 15:23:47 - thread Economy (796 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - - "Anwaar Trablus" (Lights of Tripoli), a new modern crude oil cargo ship, has joined the fleet of the Libyan National General Shipping Company, according to a statement of the Company on Saturday. In its statement, the company said it took delivery of the tanker "Anwaar Trablus", [...]
©- - 23 april 2022 - 15:57:24 - thread Economy (224 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A plane of the Egyptian airline, EgyptAir, landed on Monday in Benina International Airport in Benghazi, from the Egyptian capital, Cairo, after a seven-year suspension of the service to Libya's second largest city. A statement from the airport administration, published by the Libyan newspaper Al-Wasat, announced that [...]
©- - 18 april 2022 - 19:53:30 - thread Economy (304 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Domestic flights resumed on Tuesday in Libya to serve cities in the eastern region after more than two weeks of suspension. In a statement, the management of Maitigua International Airport, in the eastern suburbs of Tripoli, announced the resumption of flights to the airports of Benina in [...]
©- - 22 march 2022 - 12:55:00 - thread Economy (191 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – British Airways and Kulula flights are allowed to start operating with immediate effect after the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) reinstated their Air Operators' Certificate. The SACAA suspended both airlines five days ago after flagging “immediate risk to safety and security”. It said discrepancies [...]
©- - 17 march 2022 - 12:02:05 - thread Economy (215 words)


Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Thursday launched the first electric bus of the National Transport Corporation (NTC) that will contribute, according to him, to pave the way for a modern, safe and environmental-friendly transport system in the island-nation. Prime Minister Jugnauth said that the introduction [...]
©- - 04 february 2022 - 08:27:44 - thread Economy (379 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Ethiopian Airlines flew the B737 MAX aicraft back to the skies on Tuesday on an inaugural flight from Addis Ababa to Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, months after the global suspension of the aircraft. The Airlines said the aicraft returned to the skies with the launch flight [...]
©- - 02 february 2022 - 09:52:27 - thread Economy (224 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - An expanded meeting was held on Wednesday at the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tripoli, focusing on ways to bring back international flights to Libyan airports after seven years of interruption. The meeting was attended by the deputy minister of Foreign Affairs for International [...]
©- - 26 january 2022 - 20:11:18 - thread Economy (296 words)


Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian airline, TunisAir, decided on Monday evening to suspend all its flights to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, until further notice, following the decisions of the new Burkinabe authorities to close the country's land and air borders. These decisions come after the military overthrew Burkina Faso's president, Roch [...]
©- - 25 january 2022 - 14:14:03 - thread Economy (107 words)


Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Air Algerie has announced the resumption of its daily flights to and from Tunisia, a press release issued here Sunday said. The resumption of services to Tunisia comes in accordance with the decision of the Algerian authorities to strengthen the company's programme in the framework of the [...]
©- - 16 january 2022 - 18:33:23 - thread Economy (110 words)


Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso's national carrier, Air Burkina, announced on Monday that it has suspended flights to Mali, in conformity with sanctions imposed by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) against the Malian transitional regime. "Following the closure of the borders of ECOWAS countries with Mali, [...]
©- - 11 january 2022 - 11:29:08 - thread Economy (149 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Senior officials of the Libyan foreign ministry and Civil Aviation Authority on Monday met to discuss the coordination of efforts to secure the lifting of a ban imposed in 2014 by the European Union Commission on all Libyan airlines for safety reasons. The meeting was attended by [...]
©- - 11 january 2022 - 11:21:28 - thread Economy (322 words)


Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopian Airlines has again been named winner of the "Best African Airline Award" from Skytrax, which many describe as “the Oscars of the aviation industry”, the Ethiopian News Agency (ENA) reported. It said for four years in a row, Ethiopian has remained the winner of the [...]
©- - 24 december 2021 - 16:51:35 - thread Economy (121 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African Airways has announced that it will stop flying to Maputo, the capital of Mozambique, from 1 December due to low demand. The airline has also lowered its projections for Lusaka, Zambia, reducing its weekly flights to five from seven. The national carrier resumed operations [...]
©- - 24 november 2021 - 19:20:26 - thread Economy (130 words)


Beijing, China (PANA) - With global transport at a crossroads, government leaders, industry experts, and civil society groups are meeting in Beijing, China, for a UN conference to chart the way forward to a more sustainable future for the sector, and greater climate action overall.  The three-day UN Sustainable Transport Conference, which [...]
©- - 15 october 2021 - 08:30:30 - thread Economy (467 words)


Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Due to a difficult financial situation, a number of Tunisair pilots are obliged to leave the country and head for foreign airlines that are much more attractive, lucratively speaking, revealed the president of the Tunisian Federation of Line Pilots (FTPL), Karim Elloumi. In an interview with the [...]
©- - 07 october 2021 - 19:19:18 - thread Economy (176 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A Maltese Airlines landed Monday at Maitigua Airport in Tripoli, marking the resumption of direct flights between the Libyan capital and Valletta, following a memorandum signed between the two countries. Libyan Minister of Transport Mohamed al-Chhoubi and  Maltese Minister of Economy held a joint press at which [...]
©- - 20 september 2021 - 18:07:14 - thread Economy (218 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Emirates Airlines has expanded its operations to and from South Africa following the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. By 31 October, the Dubai-based airline will expand operations in and out of South Africa to 28 weekly flights. It said the ramped-up operations will see two daily flights to [...]
©- - 14 september 2021 - 16:57:51 - thread Economy (125 words)


Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Ministers of Transport and Infrastructure of Mali and Senegal have announced their commitment free movement of people, goods and services between the two countries. The decision was taken at a meeting following the suspension of road traffic on the Dakar-Bamako corridor since 18 August after a road [...]
©- - 26 august 2021 - 13:14:33 - thread Economy (289 words)


Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Emirates Airlines on Monday announced that it has signed an agreement with South African carrier, Cemair, to open up connections to six more destinations in South Africa. The arrangement will enable passengers to transfer from Johannesburg and Cape Town to Bloemfontein, Kimberley, Margate, Durban, Hoedspruit, [...]
©- - 23 august 2021 - 17:26:04 - thread Economy (158 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Deputy Foreign Minister Omar Katti reviewed with the aviation authority the mechanisms for lifting the ban on its airspace imposed by the European Union (EU) on Libyan civil aviation. During the meeting held on Wednesday at the headquarters of the Civil Aviation Authority in Tripoli, the [...]
©- - 05 august 2021 - 11:56:45 - thread Economy (231 words)


Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – The Algerian ministry of Transport on Sunday announced that he was preparing to open a maritime connection with Libya. The announcement was made following a meeting between the Algerian minister of Transport, Issa Bakay and the Algerian ambassador in Libya, Kamal Abdelkader Hijazy, a communiqué issued by [...]
©- - 02 august 2021 - 05:49:00 - thread Economy (174 words)