Seven Nigerian Air Force officers killed in plane crash buried
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Thursday buried the remains of seven young officers who died on 21 February when their [...] Full text...
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Kenya Airports Authority gets International Airport Council recognition
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Airports Council International (ACI) has recognized Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) in its World's Voice of the Customer Initiative.
KAA is the [...] Full text...
Kenya Airways to resume bi-weekly flights to Rome in June
Kenya, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya Airways has announced the return of flights to Italy’s capital, Rome, following a near one-year hiatus triggered by the coronavirus [...] Full text...
Global airline passenger traffic falls by 67% - Report
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The year 2020 was one of the most challenging years for the aviation industry which saw passenger traffic fall by 67 [...] Full text...
Sky Mali makes maiden flight from Bamako to Timbuktu
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - A new airline in Mali, Sky Mali, made its maiden commercial flight on Monday on the Bamako-Timbuktu route.
The airline, which will [...] Full text...
Air travel down 60 per cent, as industry losses top $370 billion: ICAO
Montreal, Canada (PANA) - A new report from the UN’s air transportation agency confirms there was a “dramatic” fall in international air travel due to coronavirus [...] Full text...
Misrata-Tunis flights resume after several months of interruption
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) -After an interruption of several months, flights between Misrata airport, 220 km east of Tripoli, and Tunis, Tunisia, resumed on Friday from [...] Full text...
Morocco, Israel to re-establish regular flights
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Moroccan Minister of Tourism, Handicrafts, Air Transport and Social Economy, Nadia Fettah Alaoui, has announced the commencement of regular flights between [...] Full text...
Tunisia suspends air links with UK, South Africa and Australia
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has suspended air links with the United Kingdom, South Africa and Australia from Monday until further notice, the Ministry of [...] Full text...
Kenya creates air services wing to improve airspace safety
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Kenya has created a new air support department with a fleet of 36 aircraft, manned by a personnel force of 273, [...] Full text...
Ethiopian Crisis: Ethiopian Airlines resumes flights to capital of Tigray state
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopian carrier, Ethiopian Airlines, has resumed flights to Mekelle, the capital of the troubled Tigray state, following the reopening of [...] Full text...
Flights between Tripoli and Sfax resume after 10-year stoppage
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Flights from Libya's Tripoli-Maatiga International Airport to the Tunisian city of Sfax resumed on Tuesday after a stoppage that lasted nearly [...] Full text...
Direct flights resume between Tripoli and Sfax in southern Tunisia
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Direct flights between Tripoli and Sfax in southern Tunisia will resume on 15 December, the management of Maitigua International Airport in [...] Full text...
Guterres spotlights ‘critical role’ of aviation in pandemic recovery
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations Secretary-General has called for critical support for the aviation sector, badly hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, to [...] Full text...
US Aviation Administration gives order for Boeing 737 MAX to fly again
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator, Steve Dickson, on Tuesday signed an order that paves the way for the Boeing [...] Full text...
Libyan airline company resumes flights to Tunisia
Tunis Tunisia (PANA) - The Libyan air transport company made its first flight on Monday from Tripoli International Airport, Maatig, to Tunis Carthage International Airport, [...] Full text...
American group to take over Air Burkina
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The Burkinabe government and an American Group, African Global Development, are putting final touches to a final agreement under which [...] Full text...
Afriqiyah Airways flight linking Tripoli and Benghazi arrives after months of suspension
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A plane of Libya’s state-owned Afriqiyah Airways arrived Friday at the international airport of Benina (Benghazi) from the international Maitiga airport [...] Full text...
Emirates resumes weekly flights to Entebbe, Muscat
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Emirates has resumed weekly flights to Entebbe and Muscat, the airline announced on Friday.
In a press statement in Nairobi the airline [...] Full text...
Libya, Tunisia airspace to open next month
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The reopening of the airspace between Libya and Tunisia is scheduled to start in early October, Libyan airline Afriqiyah Airways announced [...] Full text...
Jambojet opens campaign to encourage domestic travel
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Regional low-cost carrier Jambojet has partnered with various players in the travel industry to launch a campaign to encourage domestic travel, [...] Full text...
Tanzania lifts suspension of Kenyan flights
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzania has lifted the suspension of all Kenyan flights into the country with immediate effect.
The move follows Kenya’s decision [...] Full text...
Apex trade union calls for resignation of Kenya airways Board, CEO
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenya umbrella workers body, the Confederation of Trade Unions (COTU), and two civil aviation workers’ unions Sunday called for the [...] Full text...
Ethiopian Airlines achieves African aviation breakthrough with winglet uplift
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopian Airlines said on Wednesday its technicians had achieved a major breakthrough in Africa's aviation history with a modification on [...] Full text...
Kenya Airways to lay off 590 employees
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya Airways will go ahead with its plans to lay off 590 employees in the second phase of the exercise to [...] Full text...
DR Congo initiates inquiry into deadly plane crash in South Kivu
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - An inquiry has been launched into last week's plane crash that left four people dead in South Kivu province of eastern [...] Full text...
DR Congo initiates inquiry into deadly plane crash in South Kivu
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - An inquiry has been launched into last week's plane crash that left four people dead in South Kivu province of eastern [...] Full text...
Libya: Flights resume at international Maitigua airport
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) – Commercial flights resumed on Sunday at the international Maitigua airport, eastern Tripoli, after months of suspension following the closure of the [...] Full text...
RwandAir to resume flights to 7 African cities, Dubai on Saturday
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's national carrier RwandAir is set to resume its international commercial flights on Saturday to seven African destinations and Dubai, UAE [...] Full text...
RwandAir to resume flights to 7 African cities, Dubai on Saturday
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's national carrier RwandAir is set to resume its international commercial flights on Saturday to seven African destinations and Dubai, UAE [...] Full text...
Emirates resumes passenger flights to Dar es Salaam, five other destinations
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Emirates airlines plans to restore services to a further six destinations, among them Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
The resumption of passenger flights [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Togo to reopen air traffic after 3-month closure
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo is preparing to reopen its air space to traffic, suspended for more than three months due to coronavirus, PANA learned [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Egypt reopens airports after three-month closure over Covid-19
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egypt on Wednesday reopened its airports for international flights for the first time in more than three months since suspension over [...] Full text...
Jambojet retains Affrica, Middle East most reliable Dash-8 operator award
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - For the second year in a row, regional low cost carrier, Jambojet, has been awarded the 2019 Dash 8-400 Africa and [...] Full text...
COVID-19: Nigeria's airports set for reopen as officials issue COVID-19 compliant guidelines
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Passengers travelling abroad through Nigeria’s airport terminals are required to arrive five hours before departure in order to undergo Coronavirus (COVID-19) [...] Full text...
Congolese Senate passes air transport bills
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congolese Senators gathered in a plenary session on Friday in Brazzaville, adopted four bills relating to air transport between Congo, Belgium, [...] Full text...
Air Mauritius to resume commercial flights on 1 September
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian flag carrier, Air Mauritius, plans to resume its flights, which were suspended on 29 March due to the coronavirus pandemic [...] Full text...
Air Mauritius to resume commercial flights on 1 September
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritian flag carrier, Air Mauritius, plans to resume its flights, which were suspended on 29 March due to the coronavirus pandemic [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Passengers for Nigeria's domestic flights asked to report three hours before takeoff
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) on Monday said that passengers who would travel upon resumption of flights must be [...] Full text...
Egypt considers gradual resumption of international flights
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egypt is considering a ‘gradual resumption’ of international flights in the second half of June or first half of July, Cabinet [...] Full text...
Egypt considers gradual resumption of international flights
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Egypt is considering a ‘gradual resumption’ of international flights in the second half of June or first half of July, Cabinet [...] Full text...
Tunisair threatened with bankruptcy
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Faced for several years with acute financial difficulties due, in particular, to a plethora of employees and an aging fleet, Tunisair [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Ghana resumes domestic flights with strict health safety protocols
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Domestic flights have resumed in Ghana as the country slowly eases some restrictions imposed to contain the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic.
The local [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: TunisAir temporarily reduces salaries of employees abroad
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisian flag carrier, TunisAir, has temporarily reduced by 50% salaries of its employees overseas.
The airline said on Tuesday that it is [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Air Mauritius placed under voluntary administration
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian national aviation company, Air Mauritius, has been placed under voluntary administration, “because of recent developments worldwide relating to the [...] Full text...
Coronavirus: Air Mauritius placed under voluntary administration
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian national aviation company, Air Mauritius, has been placed under voluntary administration, “because of recent developments worldwide relating to the [...] Full text...
RwandAir suspends fights to Mumbai after India border closure over coronavirus concern
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's national carrier, RwandAir, has suspended all flights to Mumbai, India, after the Indian authorities announced new measures to close the [...] Full text...
RwandAir suspends fights to Mumbai after India border closure over coronavirus concern
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's national carrier, RwandAir, has suspended all flights to Mumbai, India, after the Indian authorities announced new measures to close the [...] Full text...
Flights diverted from Tripoli's Maitigua airport to Misrata
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Flights by the various Libyan airlines were diverted from Maitigua airport in the eastern suburbs of Tripoli on Wednesday, the target [...] Full text...
Brazilian Embraer seeks position in Gabon
Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - The commercial director of the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer, Gad Wavomba, plans to introduce this brand of plane in Gabon after [...] Full text...