Ethiopian Airlines places orders for purchase of 20 Boeing 777X jets

05 march 2024 - 23:25:20
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Ethiopian Airlines has placed orders for eight new 777-9 modern jets with the possibility [...] Full text...

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Price-tag policymaking doesn’t measure things that matter to people: IMF Blog By Katharina Pistor

05 march 2024 - 11:24:49
Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - Rule by price has become not only in economics but in public policy too. [...] Full text...

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Boeing moves to enhance sky engineering training in African schools

01 march 2024 - 17:34:47
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Global aircraft maker, Boeing Africa, has moved to enhance engineering training within Africa, with more [...] Full text...

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Growing demand for South Africa's Kruger National Park

14 february 2024 - 07:46:49
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Radisson Hotel Group has opened its first Safari hotel in Africa. The Radisson [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian air cargo to serve Casablanca route

09 january 2024 - 15:04:31
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopian Cargo and Logistics Services, the largest air cargo network operator in Africa, has commenced [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: 107 Stranded Nigerians evacuated from Libya

19 april 2023 - 10:44:10
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – One hundred and seven stranded Nigerians have been evacuated from Tripoli, Libya, the National Emergency Management [...] Full text...

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Kenya Airways facing persistent flight disruptions over spare parts shortage

10 january 2023 - 09:32:16
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya Airways said on Tuesday that persistent shortage of crucial aircraft spare parts could lead to [...] Full text...

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Libyan Prime Minister speaks out after Libyan man handed over to US

16 december 2022 - 19:32:47
Tripoli Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dbaiba on Thursday broke his government's silence on the delivery to the [...] Full text...

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Libyans concerned about trial of alleged Pan Am Flight 103 bombmaker by the US

13 december 2022 - 13:41:15
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan National Security Adviser, Ibrahim Bouchnaf, on Monday discussed with the US Special Envoy to Libya, Ambassador [...] Full text...

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Alleged Pan Am Flight 103 bombmaker makes initial appearance in US court

13 december 2022 - 06:29:20
Washington, D.C., US (PANA) - Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi, the alleged Pan Am Flight 103 bombmaker, made an initial [...] Full text...

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Controversy in Libya after announcement of detention in the United States of former Libyan intelligence officer, Abu Ajila Massoud

12 december 2022 - 15:52:12
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The controversy has continued to grow in Libya after discovery of the transfer to the United [...] Full text...

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Libyan Justice Ministry rules out reopening Lockerbie case

21 november 2022 - 14:06:12
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Ministry of Justice has ruled out reopening the Lockerbie case, saying it was definitively "closed [...] Full text...

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Guinean government accuses political leaders of sabotaging political dialogue

13 october 2022 - 16:17:48
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Guinean government believes that the delay in the start of the political dialogue is due [...] Full text...

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EgyptAir announces special Tripoli - Sharm el-Sheikh flights from Tuesday

08 august 2022 - 12:34:37
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - EgyptAir has announced that it will start operating special flights between the airport of Maitigua, in [...] Full text...

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Former Guinean PM Cellou Dalein summoned to appear in court for the second time

08 july 2022 - 12:01:23
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The former Guinean Prime Minister, Mamadou Cellou Dalein Diallo, has been summoned to appear before the [...] Full text...

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Guinea's former ruling party sets out preconditions for participation in dialogue

25 june 2022 - 14:26:21
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The relaunch of the political dialogue in Guinea initiated by the government to start next Monday [...] Full text...

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EgyptAir plane lands in Benghazi, eastern Libya, after seven years suspension of flights to Libyan city

18 april 2022 - 19:53:30
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A plane of the Egyptian airline, EgyptAir, landed on Monday in Benina International Airport in Benghazi, [...] Full text...

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Global airlines set their sights on South Africa

13 february 2022 - 18:50:23
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – German carrier, Eurowings, says it will begin flying from Frankfurt to Mpumlanga province in [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian Airlines returns B737 fleet back to the skies

02 february 2022 - 09:52:27
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Ethiopian Airlines flew the B737 MAX aicraft back to the skies on Tuesday on [...] Full text...

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Libyan PM says his decision to contest the presidential poll rests with 'the people'

16 november 2021 - 13:28:58
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba says that the decision to contest in the 24 December presidential [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian Airlines, Boeing sign landmark agreement on aviation collaboration

30 august 2021 - 20:04:05
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Ethiopian Airlines and US commercial aircraft manufacturer, Boeing, have signed an agreement to create [...] Full text...

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Nigerian Air Force inducts six A-29 Super Tucano fighter jets Tuesday next week

24 august 2021 - 16:44:59
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) will next week Tuesday formally induct the newly-acquired A-29 Super Tucano [...] Full text...

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Libyan Government of National Accord offers solidarity with Indonesia after airplane’s crash

10 january 2021 - 20:07:31
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya Sunday offered its full condolences and solidarity to Indonesia following the crash of an airplane [...] Full text...

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Kenya Airways, Air France KLM to end Africa-European strategic partnership

21 december 2020 - 23:58:35
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya Airways and Air France KLM Group have agreed to mutually terminate their Africa-Europe joint venture [...] Full text...

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US Aviation Administration gives order for Boeing 737 MAX to fly again

18 november 2020 - 15:55:41
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator, Steve Dickson, on Tuesday signed an order that paves [...] Full text...

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USA envoy said meeting with Sudanese PM great

12 november 2020 - 17:23:40
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - US Special Envoy to the Sudan, Donald Booth, currently on a visit to Khartoum, has said [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian Airlines achieves African aviation breakthrough with winglet uplift

26 august 2020 - 19:56:46
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopian Airlines said on Wednesday its technicians had achieved a major breakthrough in Africa's aviation [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian plane catches fire at Shanghai Airport

22 july 2020 - 13:24:46
Addis Abeba, Ethiopia (PANA) -   An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 777 freighter aircraft caught fire while loading cargo at Shanghai Pudong [...] Full text...

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COVID-19: European Humanitarian Air Bridge arrives in Sudan as part of response to tackle coronavirus

11 june 2020 - 13:38:56
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA)- The first flight of the European Humanitarian Air Bridge to support Sudan in tackling the impact of [...] Full text...

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Kenya-Netherlands tighten trade links PR

24 april 2020 - 21:35:50
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA)   -  In the midst of this coronavirus pandemic, The Netherlands and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines are ensuring [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: More than 200 European nationals flown to Paris

22 april 2020 - 05:28:01
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) – More than 200 European nationals left Kinshasa on Tuesday for the French capital, Paris, on [...] Full text...

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UNHCR delivers much-needed aid to Sudanese refugees in Chad

21 march 2020 - 06:25:56
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Nearly 94 tonnes of emergency aid has been airlifted into Chad to support thousands of people who have fled ongoing violence in Sudan’s [...] Full text...

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Two Libyan airlines suspend flights from Maitigua Airport in Tripoli

03 march 2020 - 18:45:05
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan airlines Afriqiyah Airways and Al Buraq Airlines on Tuesday suspend flights from Maitigua Airport which [...] Full text...

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Virgin Atlantic launches new London/Cape Town route

12 february 2020 - 16:59:24
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Virgin Atlantic Airline on Wednesday announced that it is launching a daily London to [...] Full text...

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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 [...] Full text...

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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 [...] Full text...

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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 [...] Full text...

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Five more planes coming to Air Zimbabwe next year - Finance minister

12 december 2019 - 17:04:24
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) – Zimbabwe’s Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube has told Parliament that Air Zimbabwe will take off in earnest [...] Full text...

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'Tanzania to spend more on mega development projects in 2020/21 financial year'

06 november 2019 - 14:33:22
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The government of Tanzania plans to collect and spend a total of US$12.72 billion [...] Full text...

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Major disruption to South African flights due to compliance verification

22 october 2019 - 13:58:48
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Flights between several main routes were suspended on Tuesday after South African Airways announced [...] Full text...

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Boeing Financial Assistance Fund to reach affected families of Ethiopian crash

24 september 2019 - 15:39:45
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA)  – The two administrators of the Boeing Financial Assistance Fund, Kenneth R. Feinberg and Camille S. [...] Full text...

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Developing countries should not be liable for emissions ‘accumulated throughout history’, key UN development forum hears

13 july 2019 - 08:34:35
New York, US (PANA) - Citing climate change as being caused by “emissions accumulated throughout history”, the head of China’s [...] Full text...

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Hadj 2019: First batch of Burkinabe pilgrims depart July 14

11 july 2019 - 16:50:44
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The first Burkinabe contingent to the 2019 Hajj leaves Bobo-Dioulasso and Ouagadougou for Medina, Sunday, [...] Full text...

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Kenyan families of Ethiopian crash to continue court action against Boeing

06 july 2019 - 13:41:43
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan families who lost relatives in the 10 March Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302 plane crash have [...] Full text...

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Boeing sets up US$100 million fund for families of victims of two B-737-800MAX crashes

04 july 2019 - 15:26:33
Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Aircraft manufacturer, Boeing, has announced the establishment of a US$100 million fund for families of [...] Full text...

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RwandAir inaugurates flights to Tel Aviv

25 june 2019 - 11:36:38
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's national carrier, RwandAir, inaugurated its flights on Monday to Tel Aviv, Israel, the airline said [...] Full text...

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RwandAir to open first direct flight to Tel Aviv in June 2019

29 may 2019 - 20:49:48
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's national carrier, RwandAir, announced on Wednesday that it will open its first direct flight between [...] Full text...

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Air Zimbabwe says its only functioning, but grounded plane will be fixed quickly

30 april 2019 - 16:41:39
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Zimbabwe’s national struggling airline, Air Zimbabwe, says it will quickly fix its only functioning plane, a [...] Full text...

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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 [...] Full text...

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South Africa airline to sue Boeing over unsafe aircraft

15 april 2019 - 10:14:37
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African airline Comair has confirmed that it plans to sue Boeing for damages it expects [...] Full text...

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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 [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia releases preliminary findings of deadly Ethiopian Airlines crash

04 april 2019 - 17:48:43
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – The pilot flying the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-Max 8 aircraft, which crashed last month killing [...] Full text...

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Eight Kenyan families to sue Boeing over Ethiopian Airlines crash

03 april 2019 - 18:07:24
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Eight Kenyan families who lost relatives in the Ethiopian airlines crash in March now want Boeing [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian govt probe team to release preliminary air crash report

01 april 2019 - 09:43:05
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The preliminary report into the cause of the Ethiopian Airlines flight ET 302 crash on [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian diplomats meet with families, relatives of French victims of Ethiopian plane crash

14 march 2019 - 19:36:32
Paris, France (PANA) - Representatives of the Ethiopian Embassy in France and Ethiopian Airlines on Wednesday met with families and [...] Full text...

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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 [...] Full text...

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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 [...] Full text...

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Nigeria bans Boeing 737 Max aircraft from operating in its airspace

13 march 2019 - 17:07:15
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian government on Wednesday banned Boeing’s 737 Max 8 aircraft from operating in its airspace.   The decision [...] Full text...

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Jean-Pierre Bemba claims EUR 68.6 million as damages after acquittal by the ICC

12 march 2019 - 17:10:08
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - Jean-Pierre Bemba, leader of the MLC, Mouvement de libération du Congo, is claiming 68.6 million euros [...] Full text...

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South Africa to assist Ethiopia with air crash probe

12 march 2019 - 12:06:44
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's Transport Minister Blade Nzimande on Tuesday confirmed that his department will assist [...] Full text...

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Guterres leads tributes to UN workers who died in Ethiopia Airlines crash

11 march 2019 - 17:06:31
New York, US (PANA) - United Nations flags flew at half-mast around the world on Monday to honour the 157 [...] Full text...

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Mali President sends condolence message to Ethiopian counterpart after Ethiopian Airlines plane crash

11 march 2019 - 16:37:26
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Malian President, Ibrahim Boubacar Kéita, on Monday sent a message of condolence to his Ethiopian counterpart, [...] Full text...

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Kenyan football administrator perishes in Ethiopian Airlines crash

11 march 2019 - 12:52:34
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Long-serving football administrator Hussein Swaleh was among 32 Kenyans who perished  in the Ethiopian Airlines crash [...] Full text...

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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 [...] Full text...

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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 [...] Full text...

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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 [...] Full text...

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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 [...] Full text...

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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 [...] Full text...

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

10 march 2019 - 20:59:53
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Ethiopia has declared national mourning for victims of Sunday's tragic crash of an Ethiopian Airlines [...] Full text...

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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 [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian authorities confirm no South African aboard crashed airliner

10 march 2019 - 17:27:04
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Ethiopian authorities have confirmed that no South Africans were on board the Nairobi-bound Boeing [...] Full text...

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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 [...] Full text...

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Radar data show Ethiopian Airlines plane had unstable vertical speed after takeoff

10 march 2019 - 15:57:35
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) -  Initial reports by radar indicated Sunday that the  Ethiopian airline flight that left Bole airport in [...] Full text...

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1st Writethrough: Ethiopian Airlines plane crashes en route to Nairobi, Kenya

10 march 2019 - 11:34:12
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – An Ethiopian Airlines plane  on a regular scheduled flight to Nairobi from Addis Ababa crashed [...] Full text...

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Kenya Airways launches flights to Geneva

22 january 2019 - 12:49:48
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya Airways announced Tuesday that it plans to launch four weekly flights from Nairobi to Rome [...] Full text...

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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 [...] Full text...

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Ryanair launches direct flight between Athens and Marrakech

29 october 2018 - 16:58:53
Athens, Greece (PANA) - Ryanair, the European low-cost airline, on Monday launched a direct flight service linking the Greek capital, [...] Full text...

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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 [...] Full text...

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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 [...] Full text...

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Ramaphosa expresses condolences over Cuban aviation disaster

19 may 2018 - 15:53:27
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Saturday sent his condolences to the island nation [...] Full text...

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US State Secretary Tillerson lands in Addis Ababa

07 march 2018 - 18:01:10
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has arrived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, at the start [...] Full text...

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1,295 Nigerians voluntarily return from Libya in November

01 december 2017 - 15:51:15
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Friday said that a total of 1,295 Nigerians voluntarily [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: Rwanda to host African airlines meeting

19 september 2017 - 10:18:19
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The African Airlines Association (AFRAA) is set to host its 49th Annual General Assembly in Kigali [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: Rwanda set to improve energy efficiency in 2017

09 june 2017 - 12:45:57
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The Rwandan government plans to increase its annual budget to enable it improve energy efficiency by [...] Full text...

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Somalia: WFP air-lifts food, medical supplies to 31,000 famine-stricken Somalis

21 april 2017 - 20:40:38
Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) – As the drought intensifies in south and north-eastern Somalia, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kenyan varsity receives aircraft engine to bolster aviation training

10 april 2017 - 18:20:48
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Aviation students at the Technical University of Kenya (TUK) will now train using actual engine parts [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: RwandAir set to launch Kigali-London non-stop flight

29 march 2017 - 10:21:18
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan flag carrier RwandAir Express will start direct fight between Kigali and London, in the United [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia: Ethiopian Airlines wins cargo award for network expansion

13 march 2017 - 17:11:05
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Africa’s largest cargo operator, Ethiopian Airlines, has won the Cargo Airline Award for Network Development [...] Full text...

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US: Royal Air Maroc launches Manchester-Casablanca connection

07 february 2017 - 14:59:41
New York, US (PANA) - Morocco's national carrier, Royal Air Maroc, has announced the launch of a new route between [...] Full text...

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US: Ethiopian Airlines to commence flights to Indonesia

30 december 2016 - 15:21:59
New York, US (PANA) - One of Africa's leading airline, Ethiopian Airlines, says it will start services to Jakarta, Indonesia, [...] Full text...

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US: Emirates airline launches new Airbus A380 flights to Morocco

27 december 2016 - 14:49:41
New York, US (PANA) - The World's leading airline, Emirates, on Tuesday said it will operate the first ever commercial [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: RwandAir acquires 3rd Airbus A330-200 to boost services to US, Europe

01 december 2016 - 13:19:14
Kigali,Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's flag carrier, RwandAir Express, has acquired a new 274-seater Airbus 330-300 as part of a deal [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: RwandAir Express acquires new B737-800 series aircraft

16 november 2016 - 17:19:51
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA)- Rwanda's flag carrier RwandAir Express on Wednesday announced it has taken delivery of a new [...] Full text...

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Morocco: Royal Air Maroc inaugurates Casablanca-Washington route

09 september 2016 - 14:10:27
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) – The Moroccan national carrier, Royal Air Maroc, on Thursday inaugurated a new direct route between Casablanca [...] Full text...

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US: Emirates airline upgrades flights to Khartoum

29 august 2016 - 13:30:47
New York, US (PANA) - The World's leading airline, Emirates, on Monday said it will upgrade its flights service [...] Full text...

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US: Emirates to deploy Airbus A380 on Johannesburg route

01 august 2016 - 13:27:59
New York, US (PANA) - One of the leading international airlines, Emirates, said it will be upgrading one of its [...] Full text...

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US: South African Airways launches biofuel on domestic flights

22 july 2016 - 11:44:48
New York, US (PANA) - South African Airways (SAA) made history on Friday when some of its domestic flights departed [...] Full text...

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US: EgyptAir signs US$900 million Boeing deal

13 july 2016 - 13:49:05
New York, US (PANA) US-based aircraft manufacturer, Boeing, and EgyptAir on Wednesday announced an order for nine Next-Generation 737-800s. A [...] Full text...

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US: Emirates Airlines enhances flight service to Dakar

04 july 2016 - 15:26:54
New York, US (PANA) - One of the world leading airlines, Emirates, said its flight service between Dubai, United Arab [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kenya Airways makes management change to enhance operations

01 july 2016 - 18:51:17
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya Airways has appointed Mr. Jan de Vegt, a former executive at the Royal Dutch carrier, [...] Full text...

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US: US State Department approves missiles sales to Egypt

17 may 2016 - 15:43:02
New York, US (PANA) - The US State Department has approved the sale of Harpoon missiles to Egypt for its [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Investigators study recovered debris for MH370 link

19 april 2016 - 11:53:13
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Australian and Malaysian investigators on Tuesday said they are examining two more pieces of [...] Full text...

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UN: UN official task new CAR government on durable peace, stability

15 april 2016 - 21:11:05
New York, US (PANA) - UN Under Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Herve Ladsous says epectations are high for the Central [...] Full text...

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US: British Airways to increase flights' capacity into Nairobi

15 april 2016 - 15:28:05
New York, US (PANA) - British Airways has announced it will increase capacity by 784 seats a week on flights [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Possible MH370 debris discovered on Cape coastline

22 march 2016 - 14:30:56
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Malaysian government on Tuesday confirmed that the debris that could be part of [...] Full text...

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US: Qatar Airways to offer direct flights to Maputo, Mozambique

10 february 2016 - 16:00:56
New York, US (PANA) - One of the world leading airlines, Qatar Airways, on Wednesday said it would upgrade to [...] Full text...

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UN: UN chief appeals to voters in CAR for peaceful polls

29 december 2015 - 18:40:52
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon took to the radio waves of the Central African Republic (CAR) [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Minister orders probe after airline uses ladder to disembark passengers

20 december 2015 - 14:55:46
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's federal government has ordered a probe of the circumstances in which a ladder was used [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: No one hurt as two airplanes collide in Nigeria

20 october 2015 - 23:42:58
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Two aircraft belonging to Nigeria's private airline Arik Air collided on the tarmac at the Murtala [...] Full text...

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US: Nigerian airline relaunches flights to Monrovia

08 october 2015 - 18:49:38
New York, US (PANA) - Nigeria's leading airline, Arik Air has resumed flight services to Monrovia, Liberia, a statement obtained [...] Full text...

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US: Emirates airline sets world record on new aircraft acquisitions

04 september 2015 - 13:57:14
New York, US (PANA) - One of the world's leading airlines, Emirates, has set a new world record with the [...] Full text...

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US: Emirates to launch world’s longest commercial flight in 2016

14 august 2015 - 15:02:32
New York, US (PANA) - One of the world's leading airlines, Emirates, will launch the world’s longest commercial flight in [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: Rwanda's airline seeks strategic partner to boost competitiveness

09 august 2015 - 14:46:54
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - In a bid to step up its commercial competitiveness, Rwanda's national airline has offered a 49 [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Mauritian media dominated by the Indian Ocean Islands Games

08 august 2015 - 16:34:51
Port-Louis, Maurice (PANA) – The media in Mauritius was this week dominated by the 9th Indian Ocean Islands Games (IOIG) [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Mauritius to help search for Malaysian plane debris in the Indian Ocean

03 august 2015 - 14:51:47
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Acting Prime Minister, Mr Xavier Luc Duval, on Monday said that Mauritius has responded positively [...] Full text...

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Mauritius: Media dominated by two major events in La Réunion

01 august 2015 - 11:07:58
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Two major events - the 9th Indian Ocean Island Games (IOIG) that opened Friday in the [...] Full text...

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Togo: Asky hits 2m passenger milestone

11 june 2015 - 09:12:03
Lome, Togo (PANA) - The Togo-based ASKY Airlines has ferried 2 million passengers since commencing operations in 2010, the airline [...] Full text...

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Côte d'Ivoire: ECAir to inaugurate Brazzaville-Beirut route on 2 June

19 may 2015 - 21:57:25
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) – The Equatorial Congo Airlines (ECAir) will on 2 June inaugurate the Brazzaville-Beirut route in response [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: RwandAir Express opens Entebbe-Nairobi route

02 february 2015 - 08:08:01
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda's flag carrier RwandAir Express has launched a new route from Entebbe (Uganda) to Kenya's capital [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Crew of Ethiopian cargo plane discharged from hospital

10 january 2015 - 19:20:39
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The three-man crew of a cargo plane belonging to Ethiopian Airlines that crash-landed at the Kotoka [...] Full text...

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Cameroon: Former ambassador dies in prison

15 november 2014 - 18:54:05
Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) – A former Cameroonian ambassador in Washington DC, Jérôme Mendouga, who was serving time at the Central [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kenya Airways boosts fleet with two new planes

21 october 2014 - 11:15:03
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya Airways has received two new modern planes with state-of-the-art features, bringing the number of its [...] Full text...

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Kenya: President Kenyatta negotiates direct flights to US

29 september 2014 - 13:57:56
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta, has personally taken up the negotiations for direct flights to United states [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia: Obama stresses fight against Al-Shabaab at talks with Ethiopian PM

26 september 2014 - 16:29:48
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - US President Barack Obama has stressed the importance of strengthening the fight against terrorism, particularly [...] Full text...

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Niger: Niger gets new presidential jet

01 september 2014 - 14:48:42
Niamey, Niger (PANA) - Niger on Sunday got a new presidential aircraft, a Boeing 737-700, BBJ (Boeing Business Jet), acquired [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia: AUC chairperson condoles with Malaysia over plane tragedy

20 july 2014 - 11:27:34
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - African Union Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has expressed her condolences to the governments and [...] Full text...

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UN: Ban expresses condolences after crash of Malaysia Airlines flight in Ukraine

17 july 2014 - 22:46:25
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed his condolences following Thursday's crash of a Malaysia Airlines plane [...] Full text...

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South Africa: Passengers injured after SAA aircraft hits turbulence

16 july 2014 - 10:02:55
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - At least 25 passengers were injured when a passenger jet travelling from South Africa [...] Full text...

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Morocco: Royal Air Maroc announces flights to Ndjamena

19 june 2014 - 10:29:38
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Moroccan flag carrier Royal Air Maroc has announced the launch of twice-weekly flights from Casablanca to [...] Full text...

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Angola: US Eximbank finances purchase of locomotives for Angola

04 june 2014 - 17:11:59
Luanda, Angola (PANA) – The United States import-export bank (Eximbank) will make available a US$1 billion loan to finance projects [...] Full text...

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Rwanda: RwandAir Express starts flight to Cameroon

29 april 2014 - 11:01:51
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - RwandAir Express airline, which has just acquired the Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft, has announced the commencement [...] Full text...

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Egypt: Kenya Airways takes delivery of first Dreamliner in Afreximbank-arranged transaction

01 april 2014 - 08:23:36
Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Kenya Airways has taken delivery of its first Boeing 787-800 “Dreamliner” aircraft in Seattle, US, with [...] Full text...

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Malawi: Malawi airport closed because of potholes

16 march 2014 - 20:03:35
Blantyre, Malawi (PANA) - Chileka International Airport in Malawi's commercial capital, Blantyre, has been closed indefinitely because its main runway [...] Full text...

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Congo: New airport to be built in Kindamba

12 march 2014 - 11:46:17
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The Congolese government is to build a new airport in Kindamba in the southern part of [...] Full text...

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Guinea: Morocco's King Mohamed VI receives warm welcome in Conakry

03 march 2014 - 20:42:44
Conakry, Guinea (PANA) – King Mohamed VI of Morocco was given a warm welcome when he arrived in the Guinean [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Bilateral trade with UAE hits US$857 million

27 february 2014 - 13:03:42
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) – The volume of trade between Nigeria and the United Arab Emirate (UAE) increased from US$ 106 [...] Full text...

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Kenya: WFP begins airlift of food to CAR

14 february 2014 - 14:00:20
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has began airlifting food into the Central African Republic [...] Full text...

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EU provides emergency shelter for victims of CAR's conflict

28 december 2013 - 15:14:41
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The European Commission has said it is sending urgently-needed supplies to the Central African Republic (CAR) [...] Full text...

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Four injured in freak aircraft accident in SA

23 december 2013 - 08:37:45
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Four persons have been injured in a freak accident involving a British Airways (BA) [...] Full text...

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New domestic airline to start operations in Nigeria

03 december 2013 - 08:06:46
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A new domestic airline, Discovery Airways, is due to commence operations in Nigeria by mid-December, [...] Full text...

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Nigerian airline sends 40 pilots for Computer-Aided-Engineering assessment

14 october 2013 - 17:47:48
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigerian airline, Arik Air, is to send 40 pilots for Computer-Aided-Engineering (CAE) assessment in London, the [...] Full text...

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French airline Corsair increases flights

11 october 2013 - 23:05:11
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) – The French airline Corsair International will increase its daily flights to several destinations during the [...] Full text...

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Nigeria suspends operations of 2nd airline in 24 hours

07 october 2013 - 07:44:34
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has suspended the operations of local Dana Air so the [...] Full text...

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UNHCR raises alarm over renewed fighting in CAR

29 august 2013 - 21:06:54
New York, US (PANA) - The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Thursday said authorities in [...] Full text...

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Malawi President's ride on Nigerian jet: Paper slams Nigerian govt for profligacy

16 july 2013 - 09:36:36
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A Nigeria newspaper on Tuesday described as a sign of fiscal recklessness the decision by the [...] Full text...

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Rwandan carrier to expand flight network

28 june 2013 - 13:06:57
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - State carrier RwandAir Express is to buy at least 17 Boeing aircraft by 2015 in a [...] Full text...

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RwandAir Express acquires new Boeing 737-700

18 april 2013 - 11:23:32
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - RwandAir, the national carrier of the Republic of Rwanda, has acquired a new generation Boeing 737-700, [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's Dana Airline cleared to fly

18 march 2013 - 22:43:11
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's aviation authorities on Monday lifted the temporary suspension which they slammed on Dana Air over [...] Full text...

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Emirates launches as-it-happens on board tv viewing

18 february 2013 - 12:19:34
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Emirates, one of the world’s fastest growing airlines, has launched live television viewing as part of [...] Full text...

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Nigeria investigators release reports of air crashes

17 february 2013 - 09:40:32
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has released the report of eight air crashes dating back to [...] Full text...

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'Angola airline carried more passengers in 2012'

02 february 2013 - 14:07:55
Luanda, Angola (PANA) - The number of passengers carried by Angolan Airline, TAAG, increased from 1.050 million in 2011 to [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia grounds Africa's only Dreamliners over safety concerns

17 january 2013 - 15:50:59
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopian Airlines, the first and only airliner in Africa to operate the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, [...] Full text...

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Nigerian airlines with unserviceable aircraft get removal ultimatum

17 january 2013 - 15:17:41
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) Thursday issued a one-week ultimatum to all airlines with [...] Full text...

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Dutchman heads Cameroon’s national carrier

04 january 2013 - 12:03:31
Douala, Cameroon (PANA) - Dutchman Matthijs Boertien has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Cameroon’s national airline, Cameroon Airlines Corporation [...] Full text...

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Runway at SA's OR Tambo Airport closed after plane incident

13 november 2012 - 11:37:37
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - One of the runways at the OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's 2nd largest domestic airline expands fleet with 2 additional aircraft

12 november 2012 - 19:12:00
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's second largest domestic airline, Aero Contractors, has acquired two additional Boeing 737-400 aircraft, bringing its [...] Full text...

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German airline launches Frankfurt-Cape Town route

06 november 2012 - 11:51:56
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - German airline Condor has launched nonstop flights from Frankfurt to Cape Town twice weekly. Incoming [...] Full text...

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Nigerian stowaway dies in plane's undercarriage compartment

27 october 2012 - 09:17:43
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The dead body of a young Nigerian man was discovered Friday in the wheel well, the [...] Full text...

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Crew of detained Argentine ship fly home

24 october 2012 - 21:28:53
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The crew of an Argentine navy ship detained in Ghana since 2 October on the orders [...] Full text...

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Tanzanian airline flies to Zimbabwe

22 october 2012 - 12:25:47
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - A Tanzanian airline said on Monday it will start flights to Zimbabwe in December, plying the [...] Full text...

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East Africa’s budget airline takes off in November

19 september 2012 - 12:35:24
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - A European-style low-cost carrier is scheduled to make its inaugural flight from Dar es [...] Full text...

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Body of South African stowaway discovered

24 august 2012 - 09:54:08
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The body of a South African stowaway has been found at London’s Heathrow Airport, [...] Full text...

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Airline explains cause of incident involving two planes at Nigeria airport

16 july 2012 - 10:29:42
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's largest domestic airline, Arik Air, has blamed ''incorrect apron markings'' for the weekend incident at [...] Full text...

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Commercial jetliner rams Nigerian Air Force plane in tarmac accident

15 july 2012 - 10:15:46
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - A commercial jetliner preparing to take off from the Jos Airport in northern Nigeria rammed into [...] Full text...

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Report: “Unstable approach” caused Allied Air cargo plane crash

06 july 2012 - 10:52:20
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - A preliminary report on the crash of Nigerian-registered Allied Air cargo plane at the Kotoka International [...] Full text...

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Zuma 'to acquire US$700m jet'

29 june 2012 - 10:03:16
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa's President Jacob Zuma is on the verge of acquiring a US$700 million [...] Full text...

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Plane crashes, Rawlings' coup anniversary, arms cache reported in Ghana

09 june 2012 - 08:03:25
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – Last weekend's plane crashes in Ghana and Nigeria, the celebration of the 33rd anniversary of the [...] Full text...

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Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority official, operators of accident plane arrive in Ghana

04 june 2012 - 21:59:25
Accra, Ghana (PANA) – The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) says it is willing to help with investigations into the [...] Full text...

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Ghana inaugurates committee to investigate cargo plane accident in Accra

03 june 2012 - 15:23:39
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's Transport minister, Alhaji Collins Dauda, on Sunday inaugurated a five-member Committee to look into circumstances [...] Full text...

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Investigations to begin on Nigerian cargo plane accident in Ghana

03 june 2012 - 08:22:27
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Investigations are expected to commence immediately on the cause of Saturday night's accident involving a Nigerian [...] Full text...

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3RD LEAD: Ghana Vice president calls for speedy investigation into plane accident

02 june 2012 - 22:41:49
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's Vice president John Dramani Mahama on Saturday called for speedy investgations into the crash of [...] Full text...

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2ND LEAD: At least 10 dead as cargo plane overshoots runway in Accra

02 june 2012 - 22:02:40
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - At last 10 people are dead as a Nigerian cargo plane, Allied Air Cargo, overshot the [...] Full text...

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Turkish Airline begins Rwanda flights

16 may 2012 - 22:47:40
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) – Turkish airline on Wednesday inaugurated its flights to Rwanda with a Boeing 747-800 from Istanbul. The Rwandan [...] Full text...

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2nd Nigeria Air Force air carnival scheduled for Kaduna

10 may 2012 - 19:55:03
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Over 100 defence and aviation firms from around the world will converge in the north central [...] Full text...

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UN launches first flight for Western Saharan family visits

13 april 2012 - 07:54:36
New York, US (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has launched the first flight in an expanded [...] Full text...

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Angola's national carrier, Boeing sign US$600m aircraft deal

29 march 2012 - 11:23:02
Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Angola's national carrier TAAG and US aerospace and defence corporation Boeing have signed a US$600 million [...] Full text...

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Creditor impounds Air Zimbabwe plane

12 december 2011 - 15:54:19
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - A US company on Monday impounded an Air Zimbabwe aircraft in London over a US$ 2.2 [...] Full text...

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Angolan airline to add two new aircraft in European flights

21 november 2011 - 22:22:15
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The air safety commission of the European Union (EU) on Monday decided to authorize the Angolan [...] Full text...

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Gbeho calls for viable airline industry in ECOWAS region

18 november 2011 - 19:44:22
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - President of the ECOWAS Commission, James Victor Gbeho, has called on the authorities and other stakeholders [...] Full text...

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US airlines, United, makes inaugural flight to Lagos

18 november 2011 - 13:42:13
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - US airlines United made its inaugural flight from Houston to Lagos, Nigeria, on Thursday, joining Delta [...] Full text...

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First batch of Libyan pilgrims depart for Saudi Arabia

31 october 2011 - 14:42:09
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The first batch of Libyan pilgrims departed Tripoli airport Sunday for the Islamic holy land in [...] Full text...

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Mauritania Airlines to launch flights to Dakar on Sunday

18 october 2011 - 12:11:14
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The national carrier Mauritania Airlines International (MAI) will launch its Dakar, Senegal, flights on Sunday, a [...] Full text...

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First batch of Nigerian hajj pilgrims departs on Saturday

01 october 2011 - 09:45:44
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) -The first batch of the 99,000 Nigerian Muslim pilgrims that will perform this year’s hajj in Saudi [...] Full text...

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US bids outgoing Angolan Ambassador farewell

26 july 2011 - 13:37:43
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The US Department of State has formally sent forth the outgoing Angolan Ambassador to the [...] Full text...

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UN welcomes opening of new camp for Somali refugees in Kenya

15 july 2011 - 19:49:29
New York, US (PANA) - The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Antonio Guterres, on Friday welcomed the decision by [...] Full text...

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DRC govt withdraws airline's licence following ghastly crash

14 july 2011 - 16:02:11
Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Thursday announced the withdrawal of the [...] Full text...

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Angolan airline acquires 2 new Boeing 777-300ER

13 june 2011 - 13:13:46
Washington, US (PANA) - The Angolan government-owned air transport company "TAAG" has acquired two new Boeing 777-300 ER aircraft at [...] Full text...

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Nigeria grounds US$51m presidential jet over safety issue

30 may 2011 - 12:58:15
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's aviation authorities have grounded a presidential jet which was recently acquired at a cost of [...] Full text...

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Air Zimbabwe confirms Zambia withdraws plane

26 may 2011 - 08:59:01
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Air Zimbabwe Thursday said a Zambian airline had withdrawn a plane it (Air Zimbabwe) had leased [...] Full text...

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Rwandair operates maiden commercial flight to Gabon

18 may 2011 - 11:25:44
Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Rwanda Airline Rwandair operated its maiden commercial flight between Kigali and Libreville (Gabon) via Brazzaville (Congo) [...] Full text...

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Boeing to deliver new 777-300ER aircraft to Angola

13 may 2011 - 14:58:24
Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Aircraft manufacturer, Boeing, will deliver a new 777-300ER airplane to Angola Airlines (TAAG) on 14 June, the [...] Full text...

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Pilots sanctioned for flying plane with one engine in Nigeria

13 may 2011 - 10:34:48
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The regulatory Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has suspended the licences of the two pilots of [...] Full text...

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New Mauritania national carrier begins operations

28 april 2011 - 17:16:18
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has given the official nod for the commencement of operations [...] Full text...

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Air Zimbabwe announces fleet renewal

19 april 2011 - 11:55:41
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Air Zimbabwe said Tuesday it would retire its entire fleet of Boeing 737-200 aircraft and replace [...] Full text...

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Kenyan stocks rally, ignore fresh oil price hikes

14 april 2011 - 18:48:27
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Nairobi Stock Exchange (NSE) Thursday climbed 17.51 points to 3,998.59 points, regaining lost growth momentum [...] Full text...

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South Africans assist with rescue efforts

14 march 2011 - 09:59:48
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - A South African rescue team will leave for Japan on Monday night to help [...] Full text...

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RAM to operate maiden Casablanca-Moscow link in March

15 february 2011 - 22:43:06
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - Royal Air Morocco (RAM) will operate its maiden direct air link between Morocco and [...] Full text...

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Wade wants Senegal to build aircraft

20 january 2011 - 11:28:15
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - President Abdoulaye Wade has challenged his Transport Minister, Karim Wade, to make Senegal an aircraft manufacturing [...] Full text...

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Italian airline makes inaugural flight to Angola

12 january 2011 - 16:37:57
Luanda, Angola (PANA) - The Italian airline company, CargoItalia, has commenced operations to Angola, making its inaugural flight Monday to [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian Airlines sponsors Great Ethiopian Run

01 november 2010 - 16:22:00
Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Ethiopian Airlines is, for the second consecutive year, the title sponsorship of the 2010 Ethiopian Great [...] Full text...

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