Air Mauritius launches new aircraft, the A330neo

19 april 2019 - 14:15:41

Plaisance, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian airline, Air Mauritius, on Friday launched a new aircraft, the A330neo, at Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport in Plaisance, [...] Full text...

RwandAir inaugurates first non-stop flight to Kinshasa

17 april 2019 - 16:09:43

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The first non-stop flight to Kinshasa (DR Congo) by Rwanda's national carrier, RwandAir, was inaugurated on Wednesday, the airline said in [...] Full text...

United Airlines plans New York-Cape Town direct flight

16 april 2019 - 14:23:46

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – United Airlines has confirmed that it will launch a new route between Cape Town and New York, making it [...] Full text...

Brussels Airlines flight to Kigali returns to Brussels after closure of Sudan’s airspace

12 april 2019 - 22:43:03

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Following the military take over in Sudan and the consequent closure of the Sudanese air space, Brussels Airlines passengers heading from [...] Full text...

Activities at Maatigua airport in Tripoli suspended after bombings

08 april 2019 - 15:36:52

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Air navigation was suspended on Monday at Maatigua International Airport, an eastern suburb of Tripoli, after being the target of air [...] Full text...

RAM launches flight service linking Casablanca and Athens

05 april 2019 - 09:56:19

Athens, Greece (PANA) - Moroccan carrier, Royal Air Maroc (RAM), on Thursday launched its first direct flights between Casablanca (Morocco) and Athens in Greece. The airline [...] Full text...

Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed when pilots failed to recover the airplane from ‘nose diving’ - Report

04 april 2019 - 22:44:38

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A preliminary report released Thursday on the accident of Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed just after taking off from Addis Ababa [...] Full text...

RwandAir's direct flight to Kinshasa postponed to 17 April

01 april 2019 - 16:24:49

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  A new direct flight by Rwanda's national carrier, RwandAir, that was set to be officially launched on 15 April to connect [...] Full text...

RwandAir to open direct flight from Kigali to Kinshasa on 15 April

21 march 2019 - 17:21:53

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's national carrier, RwandAir, is set to open direct flights between Kigali and Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic [...] Full text...

French investigators help probe Ethiopian Airlines plane crash

14 march 2019 - 12:34:28

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  French investigators have been selected to assist the investigation over the crash of Boeing 737 Max 8 jet plane from Ethiopian [...] Full text...

Boeing temporarily grounds B737 MAX operations after Ethiopia Airlines plane crash

13 march 2019 - 22:34:42

Chicago, Illinois, US (PANA) - US aircraft manufacturer Boeing on Wednesday temporarily grounded its entire 737 MAX operations. In a statement on its website, it said in [...] Full text...

Medical emergency of pregnant women forces Kenya Airways to make emergency landing in Kigali

13 march 2019 - 12:08:09

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A Kenya Airways flight from Nairobi to Bamako, Mali, has made an emergency landing in Kigali after a heavily pregnant passenger [...] Full text...

Ethiopian Airlines recovers flight data, voice recorders from plane crash site

11 march 2019 - 12:43:12

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Ethiopian Airlines on Monday confirmed it has recovered flight data and voice recorders of the ill-fated flight ET302 that crashed on [...] Full text...

Ethiopian Airlines says flight recorders of crashed plane recovered

11 march 2019 - 11:59:24

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopian Airlines says the flight recorders from its plane that crashed on Sunday shortly after taking off from Addis Ababa [...] Full text...

Ethiopian Airlines grounds its 737 MAX series planes

11 march 2019 - 11:26:26

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Ethiopian Airlines on Monday said it has grounded all B-737 MAX 8 planes in its fleet until further notice following Sunday's [...] Full text...

Ethiopian Airlines grounds its 737 MAX series planes

11 march 2019 - 11:26:26

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Ethiopian Airlines on Monday said it has grounded all B-737 MAX 8 planes in its fleet until further notice following Sunday's [...] Full text...

UN chief ‘deeply saddened’ by Ethiopia Airlines plane crash

11 march 2019 - 05:28:03

New York, US (PANA) - UN  Secretary-General António Guterres says he is “deeply saddened at the tragic loss of lives”, in the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines [...] Full text...

ROUNDUP: Ethiopia declares national mourning for 157 victims of tragic air crash

10 march 2019 - 21:04:15

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Ethiopia has declared national mourning for victims of Sunday's tragic crash of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that claimed 157 lives. The [...] Full text...

Boeing 'deeply saddened' by Ethiopian Airlines plane crash

10 march 2019 - 19:15:29

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Boeing, the company that manufactured the Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed on Sunday in Ethiopia with the loss of all 157 [...] Full text...

Rwanda to acquire 2 planes of same type of crashed Ethiopian airline

10 march 2019 - 17:03:12

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  Rwanda's national carrier RwandAir is set to acquire two leased planes similar to the 737 Max series of the Ethiopian airline [...] Full text...

Rwandan Paul Kagame sends condolences after Ethiopian plane crash

10 march 2019 - 15:20:11

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Sunday sent his condolences to families affected by Sunday morning's crash of an Ethiopian Airlines plane. Reports [...] Full text...

61st Congress of International Council of African Airports opens in Cairo

07 march 2019 - 19:42:52

Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The 61st Congress of the International Council of Airports in Africa kicked off on Wednesday in Cairo, Egypt, with 400 delegates [...] Full text...

South African national airline fires unlicensed pilot

01 march 2019 - 11:07:37

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African Airways (SAA) on Friday confirmed that a senior pilot was fired after it was found that he had [...] Full text...

Kagame cautions on protectionism as 'short-sighted policy' toward African integration

27 february 2019 - 13:14:06

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Wednesday stressed the importance of attracting more countries to join the Single African Air Transport Market, [...] Full text...

Nairobi airport takeover deal probe hits snag

26 february 2019 - 11:20:55

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A Kenyan Parliamentary committee probing the circumstances under which national airline, Kenya Airways, plans to take over the management of Nairobi's [...] Full text...

Rwanda to host Aviation Africa 2019 conference

25 february 2019 - 21:13:20

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda will host the Aviation Africa 2019 Conference and Exhibition from February 27-28 in Kigali with 100 global aviation companies expected [...] Full text...

Air Botswana is set to resume flights into Zambia

18 february 2019 - 17:59:49

Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Air Botswana is set to resume flights into Zambia after a 2 year interruption, the airline announced on Monday. According to a [...] Full text...

Libyan Army lifts ban on flights in southern region

18 february 2019 - 15:41:47

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Army on Monday announced that the ban on flights to the south of the country has been lifted.   Ten days [...] Full text...

On flight to sustainable development, ‘leave no country behind’, urges aviation agency

08 december 2018 - 08:57:07

Montreal, Canada (PANA) - Marking International Civil Aviation Day, the United Nations aviation agency, ICAO, is showcasing the socio-economic benefits and “tremendous” opportunities presented by [...] Full text...

Airlines want speedy implementation of liberalised air transport market

07 december 2018 - 19:57:28

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The African Airlines Association (AFRAA) has called on African countries to speedily implement the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) and [...] Full text...

Protesting civil aviation agents paralyze flights in Tripoli

03 december 2018 - 15:55:27

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Flight operations at the Maitigua airport, eastern Tripoli, the Libyan capital, have been paralyzed following a protest by agents of the [...] Full text...

RwandAir set to launch Kigali-Addis Ababa direct flight in April 2019

23 november 2018 - 14:32:43

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's national carrier, RwandAir, is set to open direct flights between Kigali and the Ethiopian capital city, Addis Ababa, from [...] Full text...

Air Mauritius posts half-yearly losses of 17.6 million euros

16 november 2018 - 15:28:52

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian national airline, Air Mauritius, has incurred after-tax losses of 17.6 million euros for the first half (April-September) of the [...] Full text...

Burundi minister slams Kenya airways for suspending flights to Bujumbura

10 november 2018 - 19:00:25

Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Burundian Minister of Transport, Public Works and Infrastructure, Jean Bosco Ntunzwenimana, on Saturday expressed sadness following the announcement by Kenyan civil [...] Full text...

Kenya nets US$3.7million from charter flight incentive

07 november 2018 - 14:24:09

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya has realized US$3.7 million in revenue value from the Charter Incentive Programme. Cabinet Secretary for Tourism and Wildlife, Najib Balala, said [...] Full text...

Airbus releases report on aviation impact on Africa

01 november 2018 - 13:36:33

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Africa will achieve its potential demographic dividend by investing in its youthful and increasingly techno-savvy population, European aircraft manufacturer, Airbus, says [...] Full text...

Ethiopian Airlines to fly to Russia from December

01 november 2018 - 09:49:54

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Ethiopian Airlines will begin its flights to the Russian capital, Moscow, on 5 December, a statement received by PANA said. The [...] Full text...

RwandAir launches Kigali-Tel Aviv route in 2019

31 october 2018 - 15:34:39

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's national carrier, RwandAir, will launch the Kigali-Tel Aviv direct flight in 2019, a source close to RwandAir confirmed Wednesday in [...] Full text...

Kenya Airways begins direct flights to New York

29 october 2018 - 05:12:15

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya Airways launched direct flights to New York on Sunday, making Kenya to become the eighth African country to have direct [...] Full text...

Ethiopian Airlines to resume flights to Somalia in November

17 october 2018 - 11:55:44

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Ethiopian airlines will on 2 November resume flights to the Somali capital, Mogadishu, 41 years after the interruption of its [...] Full text...

Private Ethiopian airline undertakes first commercial to Somalia in 41 years

15 october 2018 - 09:19:38

Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - A private Ethiopian airline, National Airways, on Saturday undertook the first commercial flight between Ethiopia and Somalia in 41 years, signalling [...] Full text...

Bad weather disrupts flights at Kigali International Airport

11 october 2018 - 11:06:26

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Bad weather at Kigali International Airport has caused several flight cancellations or delays on Thursday morning, an official statement issued in [...] Full text...

South African Airways cancels flights to Hong Kong

15 september 2018 - 06:12:56

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African Airways has cancelled flights between Johannesburg and Hong Kong as a result of the severe weather conditions [...] Full text...

Royal Morocco Air to launch Casablanca-Athens route

30 august 2018 - 09:12:02

Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Moroccan flag carrier Royal Air Maroc (RAM) will from 2 April, 2019 launch a direct flight between Casablanca and Athens. This new [...] Full text...

RwandAir ranked third best Africa regional airline

26 july 2018 - 11:43:04

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's national carrier, RwandAir, has been ranked third Best Regional Airline in Africa by British-based consultancy, SKYTRAX, which runs an airline [...] Full text...

Rwanda Airlines to open direct flights to China in Feb. 2019

24 july 2018 - 15:53:59

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda national carrier, RwandAir is readying itself to open direct flights to Chinese city of Guangzhou if the two countries reach [...] Full text...

Kenya Airways launches direct flights to Mauritius

08 june 2018 - 11:04:43

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Kenya Airways will be flying to Mauritius four times weekly from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Kenya, the Mauritian Tourism Minister Anil [...] Full text...

Air Seychelles orders A320neo Airbus aircraft

29 may 2018 - 11:43:50

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Air Seychelles, the national airline of the Seychelles, on Tuesday announced its first order of the new generation A320neo (new engine [...] Full text...

Ministerial Working Group on Single African Air Transport Market meets in Togo

27 may 2018 - 06:42:41

Lone, Togo (PANA) - The fourth meeting of the Ministerial Working Group on the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) takes place in Lome, Togo, [...] Full text...

Rwanda signs air transport deals with Angola, Togo

23 may 2018 - 17:25:52

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda and Angola on Wednesday signed an agreement allowing RwandAir Express to use the latter's all international airports while Angolan [...] Full text...