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...
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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...
Mali to launch a new airline before late March
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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'
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...