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...
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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.
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Cape Town welcomes first direct flight from New York
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
South Africa Airways announces daily flights between Accra and Washington
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African Airways (SAA) has announced the launch of a daily service between Ghana's capital Accra and Washington DC.
It [...] Full text...
Airplane escapes attack at Tripoli international airport
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - An airplane of the Libyan airline, ‘Libyan Arab Airlines’, has escaped a new bombardment at the international airport of Maitigua, eastern [...] Full text...
Air Senegal licensed to serve European countries
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegalese airline, Air Sénégal, has obtained the Truth Country Operator (TCO) license which allows it to serve European countries, the Senegalese [...] Full text...
Ethiopian Airlines inaugurates flights to Bangalore in October
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Ethiopian Airlines has announced flights to Bangalore, India, from 27 October.
The airline said its Addis Ababa-Bangalore link will have four [...] Full text...
Libya: Flights suspended after closure of Maitigua airport following rocket fall
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The last flights scheduled for Monday from and to Maitigua airport, eastern suburb of the Libyan capital, Tripoli, were cancelled following [...] Full text...
Heat wave at Brussels airport causes RwandAir flight delays, cancellations
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The heat wave at Brussels-Zaventem international airport has caused flight delays and cancellations by Rwanda flag carrier, RwandAir in Kigali on [...] Full text...
Flights resumes at Maitigua airport in Tripoli
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Flights resumed on Tuesday at Maitigua airport, in the eastern suburbs of Tripoli, the airport management has announced.
The management on Monday [...] Full text...
EgyptAir to operate three weekly flights to Douala from 21 July
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The Egyptian national carrier, EgyptAir, has announced the launch of three weekly flights to Douala, Cameroon, from 21 July as part [...] Full text...
Zimbabwe: IATA meets President Mnangagwa over US$196 million in non-repatriated funds to foreign airlines
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The International Air Transport Association (IATA) met with Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa and a high level government delegation, to discuss US$196 [...] Full text...
South African teenage heroes land in Cairo
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A light aircraft built and flown by a group of South African teenagers landed safely in Cairo on Monday following [...] Full text...
Airplane changes course after new closure of Maitigua airport
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - An airplane of the Libyan private airline "Al Buraq" changed course to Misrata airport (220 km) after the closure of the [...] Full text...
Air Zimbabwe partner’s Botswana’s Mack Air to boost domestic and regional flights
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Air Zimbabwe has partnered a Botswana- based air charter airline, Mack Air, for daily and regional scheduled air services in Zimbabwe, [...] Full text...
Congo to use CCTV to protect airports, airfields
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Congo is moving towards the installation of CCTV protection at the country's airports and airfields after the Council of Ministers adopted [...] Full text...
Congo to use CCTV to protect airports, airfields
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Congo is moving towards the installation of CCTV protection at the country's airports and airfields after the Council of Ministers adopted [...] Full text...
ICAO welcomes Congo's efforts at achieving aviation safety targets
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Experts from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) have commended the Congolese government's efforts at achieving aviation safety targets, commonly known [...] Full text...
Air traffic resumes at Tripoli's Maitigua airport after brief suspension
Tripoli , Libya (PANA) - Air traffic resumed on Monday at Maitigua airport, on the eastern suburbs of Tripoli, after the repair of the runway [...] Full text...