RwandAir suspends fights to Mumbai after India border closure over coronavirus concern

13 march 2020 - 12:33:50

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

13 march 2020 - 12:33:50

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

04 march 2020 - 11:19:18

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

24 february 2020 - 17:53:28

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...

Mali to launch a new airline before late March

17 february 2020 - 11:15:40

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali wants to launch a new airline before late March , the Director-General of the National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC), Oumar [...] Full text...

Air transport in Africa contributes over US$50 billion of GDP - AFRAA

15 february 2020 - 11:07:43

Cotonou, Benin(PANA) - Air transport in Africa contributes more than US$50 billion to GDP, the  African Airlines  Association (AFRAA) said in a statement sent to [...] Full text...

Increase in passenger traffic at Cape Verdean airports

13 february 2020 - 17:10:44

Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - Cape Verde's airports handled nearly 2.8 million passengers in 2019, a new historical record for air traffic in Cape Verde, [...] Full text...

Niger's Zinder Airport joins ASECNA group of agencies

11 february 2020 - 15:18:02

Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Zinder airport, located 900 km east of Niamey, on Tuesday became part of the group members of the Agency for the [...] Full text...

Qatar Airways acquire 49 pct shareholding at RwandAir in first ever deal

06 february 2020 - 00:23:22

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA)  -  Qatar Airways is set to acquire 49 percent shares in Rwanda's national carrier, RwandAir, in a first ever deal, a statement [...] Full text...

RwandAir suspends temporarily all flights to China over coronavirus fears

31 january 2020 - 13:14:03

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's national carrier, RwandAir, announced on Friday that it would be suspending all flights to the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou [...] Full text...

RwandAir suspends temporarily all flights to China over coronavirus fears

31 january 2020 - 13:14:03

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's national carrier, RwandAir, announced on Friday that it would be suspending all flights to the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou [...] Full text...

Royal Air Maroc temporarily suspends flights to China

31 january 2020 - 09:22:49

Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The Moroccan national carrier, Royal Air Maroc, has suspended flights between Casablanca and Beijing from 31 January to 29 February. The suspension [...] Full text...

Coronavirus: Air Mauritius suspends direct flights to Shanghai

29 january 2020 - 17:20:23

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) -  The Mauritian national airline, Air Mauritius, on Wednesday decided to suspend all its flights to Shanghai with effect 31 January 2020, [...] Full text...

Libyan FM calls Haftar's threats on civilian flights 'war crime'

24 january 2020 - 15:44:24

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) -Libyan Minister for Foreign Affairs in the Government of National Accord (GNA), has said that the threats by General Command spokesperson, Maj-Gen. [...] Full text...

GNA announces resumption of air traffic from Maitigua airport

23 january 2020 - 18:29:39

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Council of Ministers of the National Accord Government on Thursday announced the resumption of air traffic from the Maitigua International [...] Full text...

Tripoli's Maitigua airport closed twice to flights in less than 24 hours

23 january 2020 - 10:13:00

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Flights were suspended late on Wednesday evening for the second time in less than 24 hours at Maitigua airport, at the [...] Full text...

Royal Air Maroc launches new Casablanca-Beijing line

17 january 2020 - 10:08:29

Casablanca, Morocco (PANA) - Moroccan national carrier, Royal Air Maroc (RAM), on Thursday announced the launch of a new route from Casablanca to the Chinese [...] Full text...

Khartoum airport reopened to traffic

15 january 2020 - 08:58:32

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan on Wednesday said Khartoum International Airport has been reopened for local and international flights as an insurgency in an area [...] Full text...

TunisAir to lay off 4,800 employees

09 january 2020 - 17:53:53

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The CEO of the Tunisian airline company, TunisAir, Iléys Mnakbi, announced at the company's general meeting on Wednesday that 4,800 employees [...] Full text...

UN expresses sincere condolences to families of victims of Sudan military plane crash

04 january 2020 - 14:26:49

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan, Gwi-Yeop Son, has expressed her profound sadness by the tragic loss of life [...] Full text...

Gabon removed from airline companies' blacklist

03 january 2020 - 18:31:47

Libreville, Gabon (PANA)   -  Gabon, which has been blacklisted since 2008 in the European Union (EU) airspace, was Friday removed from the black list, an [...] Full text...

Sudan military plane crashes in West Darfur killing all 18 on board

03 january 2020 - 13:09:07

Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - A Sudanese military Antonov An-12 plane has crashed in Western Sudan killing all 18 people on board. The Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla [...] Full text...

Flights suspended at Maitgua airport in Tripoli

03 january 2020 - 09:45:44

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Air traffic was suspended on Friday morning until further notice at Tripoli's Maitigua airport, the airport's management announced, a sign of [...] Full text...

Equatorial Guinea's Celba airline opens Malabo-Niamey route

20 december 2019 - 16:18:02

Niamey, Niger (PANA) -  Equatorial Guinean airline Ceiba Intercontinental made its maiden flight on Thursday from Malabo to Diori Hamani International Airport of  Niamey, Niger. The [...] Full text...

Cape Town welcomes first direct flight from New York

19 december 2019 - 05:51:00

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Cape Town has welcomed the inaugural United Airlines direct flight from New York with city officials saying it augers [...] Full text...

Kenya Airways blames dip in 2019 profit on increased competition

18 december 2019 - 14:23:10

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya Airways has announced that its net profit for the year ended December 2019 will decline by at least 25, on [...] Full text...

Ethiopian Airlines launches Lomé-Houston route

17 december 2019 - 12:05:15

Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Ethiopian Airlines on Monday inaugurated its new route from Lomé to Houston, the capital of Texas in the United States of [...] Full text...

Qatar airways lands in Botswana

16 december 2019 - 12:47:14

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Qatar airways made its maiden landing in Gaborone, Botswana, on Sunday following President Dr. Mokgweetsi Masisi’s assurance that Qatar Airways will [...] Full text...

Congo: Asecna committed to securing air transport in Africa

12 december 2019 - 15:25:42

Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The representative in Congo of the Agency for the Safety of Air Navigation in Africa and Madagascar (Asecna), Joachim Tchissambou, said [...] Full text...

First flight takes off from Tripoli's Maitigua airport after three-month interruption

12 december 2019 - 10:00:58

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Flights resumed from Maitigua International Airport, on the eastern suburbs of Tripoli, on Thursday, after nearly three months of interruption. According to [...] Full text...

First flight takes off from Tripoli's Maitigua airport after three-month interruption

12 december 2019 - 10:00:58

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Flights resumed from Maitigua International Airport, on the eastern suburbs of Tripoli, on Thursday, after nearly three months of interruption. According to [...] Full text...

Qatar Airways gains controlling stake in Rwandan airport

10 december 2019 - 09:58:09

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Qatar Airways has signed an agreement with the government of Rwanda for a 60% stake in the Bugasera international airport, the [...] Full text...

Qatar Airways gains controlling stake in Rwandan airport

10 december 2019 - 09:58:09

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Qatar Airways has signed an agreement with the government of Rwanda for a 60% stake in the Bugasera international airport, the [...] Full text...

TunisAir plane forced to land after false alert

07 december 2019 - 12:33:05

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A TunisAir plane was forced to make a forced landing on Friday in Marseille, France, after taking off from London's Heathrow [...] Full text...

TunisAir to acquire five Airbus A320neo aircraft

06 december 2019 - 11:41:29

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia's national carrier Tunisair signed an agreement with Irish leasing company, SMBC Aviation Capital, on Thursday in Tunis to lease five [...] Full text...

Nigeria's president ratifies international protocols on aviation

27 november 2019 - 07:13:19

Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has ratified the Protocol to Amend the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft under [...] Full text...

Kenyan low-cost carrier starts flights between Nairobi and Kigali

24 november 2019 - 10:46:56

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Low-cost Jambojet airline, a subsidiary of Kenya Airways has announced commencement of four weekly return flights between Nairobi and Kigali effective [...] Full text...

Man arrested over 'bomb threat' on Ethiopian flight to Bujumbura

22 november 2019 - 20:46:50

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A male passenger  was arrested on board an Ethiopian Airlines flight on suspicion of making a hoax bomb threat as the [...] Full text...

Qatar airways’ direct Botswana service to boost tourism

14 november 2019 - 12:40:37

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Qatar airways will start a direct service into Botswana that will boost the country’s tourism sector. This was highlighted at a Botswana [...] Full text...

Libyan airlines should not fly foreigners without a visa issued by Tripoli

13 november 2019 - 19:13:06

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The President of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Ministry of Communications of the National Unity Government, Nasreddine Chaeb al-Ain, has [...] Full text...

Tunis to host first edition of international aeronautics, defence exhibition in March 2020

07 november 2019 - 22:59:32

Tunis Tunisia (PANA)  - The first edition of the international aeronautics and defence fair (Tunisia 2020) will be held from 4-8 March, next year, an [...] Full text...

South Africa suspends Air Zimbabwe for unpaid landing, parking fees

25 october 2019 - 07:18:59

Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) has suspended Air Zimbabwe from using airports in South Africa due to unpaid landing and parking [...] Full text...

South African Airlines spread their wings

24 october 2019 - 10:48:16

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African Airways (SAA) and Air Mauritius have been granted permission to form a joint venture on the route between [...] Full text...

Two killed as plane crashes in Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park

23 september 2019 - 11:21:09

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania – (PANA) – A plane belonging to Auric Air crashed on Monday morning at Seronera airstrip in the famous Serengeti National [...] Full text...

Royal Air Maroc to connect Morocco to China from next January

12 september 2019 - 09:53:01

Casablanca, Morocco (PANA) - Moroccan national carrier, Royal Air Maroc (RAM), will connect Casablanca's Mohammed V airport with Beijing-Daxing International Airport from 16 January, a [...] Full text...

Libyan Interior minister denounces repeated attacks on Maitigua airport

02 september 2019 - 22:39:08

Tripoli, Libya (PANA)   -  The minister of the Interior of the Libyan government of national accord, Fathi Bachagha, Monday denounced the repeated attacks on Maitigua, [...] Full text...

Burundi takes new measures to improve security in its airspace

02 september 2019 - 12:51:06

Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - As part of the implementation of international aviation safety standards, new flight procedures (or air routes), based on satellite guidance and [...] Full text...

Corsair denies resumption of Senegal flights

29 august 2019 - 20:13:23

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Corsair, a subsidiary of the TUI group, on Thursday denied a publication in the Senegalese media on the possible resumption [...] Full text...

No injuries or fire reported after cargo plane force lands in Eastern DR Congo

29 august 2019 - 19:24:32

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A Cargo jet, AH-12B MOTOP 114, from Dubai was forced to land late Wednesday night after sliding off a runway due [...] Full text...

South Africa: SAA suspends flights to Hong Kong

13 august 2019 - 18:18:14

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African Airways on Tuesday confirmed that its flights to and from Hong Kong international airport have been cancelled [...] Full text...