ICAO, ‘a powerful example of multilateralism in action,’ says UN chief

06 december 2024 - 05:21:41
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres marked the 80th anniversary of the signing of the convention that [...] Full text...

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Jordanian delegation arrives in Tripoli ahead of resumption of Royal Jordanian Airlines flights

08 july 2024 - 11:59:23
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A delegation from the Jordanian Civil Aviation Authority and Royal Jordanian Airlines has arrived at Maitigua [...] Full text...

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Libya, EU hold talks to lift the ban on Libyan aircraft from European airspace

16 may 2024 - 10:06:07
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister, Abdulhamid Al-Dbaiba, and the European Commissioner for Transport, Adina-Ioana Vălean, on Wednesday [...] Full text...

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Libya,Turkey,Britain sign MOU to finance new Tripoli airport project

04 april 2024 - 13:19:30
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Chairman of the Libyan Airports Authority, Mohamed Beit Al-Mal, Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding [...] Full text...

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'South Africa’s commercial airlines sector has zero fatal accident rate for four decades'

06 march 2024 - 09:15:24
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – South Africa's Transport Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga says the country's commercial airlines sector has maintained a [...] Full text...

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UN agency: Air traffic operating above pre-COVID levels

29 february 2024 - 05:58:57
Montreal, Canada (PANA) - The UN aviation agency on Wednesday announced that air traffic levels are operating at around two per [...] Full text...

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Italian Civil Aviation delegation visits Tripoli's Maitigua Airport

18 may 2023 - 13:17:50
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A delegation of the Italian Civil Aviation Authority on Wednesday concluded a two-day inspection of Maitigua [...] Full text...

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Libya signs agreement with ICAO for technical and advisory services

12 may 2023 - 14:08:37
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of Transport in the Government of National Unity, Mohamed Salem al-Chahoubi, has signed [...] Full text...

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Libyan PM discusses suspension of Libyan aviation ban with ICAO

06 april 2023 - 14:43:52
Tripoli, Libya (PANA)- Libyan Prime Minister of the National Unity Government Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba discussed Wednesday with the Regional Director of [...] Full text...

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ICAO delegation in Libya to help end air embargo on Libyan airlines

04 april 2023 - 13:58:18
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A high-level delegation from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) office in the Middle East is [...] Full text...

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Aviation, airline industries discuss Free Routing Airspace concept

26 october 2022 - 07:42:08
Plaine Magnien, Mauritius (PANA) - The fourth Africa Indian Ocean Free Route Airspace Project Management Team (AFI–FRA-PMT) meeting which aims [...] Full text...

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Historic net-zero international flight goal agreed at UN conference

10 october 2022 - 05:09:18
Montreal, Canada (PANA) - State members of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) adopted a long-term goal of net-zero carbon [...] Full text...

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128 Libyan airport workers receive training on civil aviation security in Tunisia

13 june 2022 - 20:21:15
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Some 128 employees of various Libyan airports, working in the fields of safety and security of [...] Full text...

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Kenya, Emirates agree to end flights standoff

27 january 2022 - 23:38:28
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya and the United Arab Emirates have both lifted the ban on passenger flights between the [...] Full text...

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Libya and Malta agree to resume flights

02 july 2021 - 10:17:58
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya and Malta have agreed to resume flights between the two countries, after establishing safety and [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: International equitable vaccine effort ships 32 million shots to 61 countries

27 march 2021 - 05:52:46
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday told journalists that the UN-backed vaccine [...] Full text...

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Kenya Airports Authority gets International Airport Council recognition

19 february 2021 - 18:34:00
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Airports Council International (ACI) has recognized Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) in its World's Voice of [...] Full text...

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Air travel down 60 per cent, as industry losses top $370 billion: ICAO

16 january 2021 - 08:55:37
Montreal, Canada (PANA) - A new report from the UN’s air transportation agency confirms there was a “dramatic” fall in international [...] Full text...

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Guterres spotlights ‘critical role’ of aviation in pandemic recovery

07 december 2020 - 12:30:28
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations Secretary-General has called for critical support for the aviation sector, badly hit [...] Full text...

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Rwandan dailies highlight resumption of RwandAir flights, trial of former Rwandan PM over dud cheques

18 july 2020 - 16:49:46
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan newspapers this week focused on the resumption of RwandAir flights effective 1 August and the [...] Full text...

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Coronavirus: Low-skilled workers, developing countries at risk of steep economic decline

02 april 2020 - 05:55:50
New York, US (PANA) - The global economy could shrink by up to one per cent in 2020 due to [...] Full text...

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AU plans to send health volunteers to strengthen coronavirus readiness

18 february 2020 - 14:35:15
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union (AU) has prepared a health task force made of 50 personnel to [...] Full text...

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AU intensifies infection prevention in Egypt after confirmed coronavirus spread

15 february 2020 - 23:09:24
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union will intensify the training of healthcare workers and the availability of testing [...] Full text...

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WHO developing COVID-19 virus treatment master plan

13 february 2020 - 07:29:33
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) is developing a master plan for coordinating clinical trials that could [...] Full text...

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Kenyan passenger with coronavirus symptoms isolated on arrival from China

28 january 2020 - 14:22:19
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A passenger with symptoms similar to the coronavirus has been quarantined on arrival in Kenya on [...] Full text...

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Gabon removed from airline companies' blacklist

03 january 2020 - 18:31:47
Libreville, Gabon (PANA)   -  Gabon, which has been blacklisted since 2008 in the European Union (EU) airspace, was Friday removed [...] Full text...

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Sudan takes initiative in the detection and interdiction of foreign terrorist fighters

06 december 2019 - 19:27:03
Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The United Nations said it has helped the Sudan put in place systems that could detect [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe’s airspace becoming increasingly unsafe

03 december 2019 - 23:35:43
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA)  -  A breakdown in radio frequency at the air traffic control (ATC) at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's president ratifies international protocols on aviation

27 november 2019 - 07:13:19
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has ratified the Protocol to Amend the Convention for the Suppression of [...] Full text...

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Benin hosts workshop on investigations on air accidents in Africa and Indian Ocean

14 november 2019 - 23:54:32
Cotonou, Benin (PANA)   -   A compliance workshop with the Standard Aircraft Accident and Incident Investigation Documents in the African and [...] Full text...

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Int'l Civil Aviation Organization certifies Bujumbura Int'l airport "safe"

28 october 2019 - 17:49:55
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has certified Burundi's airport safe, according to Emmanuel Habimana, Director General [...] Full text...

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Tunisia elected ICAO Council member for 3 years

02 october 2019 - 21:59:14
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA)  -  Tunisia was Wednesday elected member of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) for [...] Full text...

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Botswana Department of Meteorological Services gains global status

04 september 2019 - 19:55:19
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - The Botswana Department of Meteorological Services (DMS) has gained international standards through attaining its BOS ISO [...] 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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Congo to use CCTV to protect airports, airfields

04 july 2019 - 12:54:49
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Congo is moving towards the installation of CCTV protection at the country's airports and airfields after [...] Full text...

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ICAO welcomes Congo's efforts at achieving aviation safety targets

01 july 2019 - 23:47:09
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA)   -   Experts from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) have commended the Congolese government's efforts at achieving [...] Full text...

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Bujumbura hosts EAC's 11th Meeting of Civil Aviation Experts

28 may 2019 - 17:49:09
Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - A two-day, 11th technical meeting to implement the East African Community /"Unified and Secure Upper Airspace" [...] Full text...

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UN launches innovative programme to detect and disrupt terrorist travel

08 may 2019 - 05:09:55
New York, US (PANA) - A new programme aimed at improving the tracking of suspected terrorists, using state-of-the-art software, was [...] 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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Cape Verde hosts Ministerial Conference on Air Transport, Tourism in Africa

27 march 2019 - 18:20:31
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - A ministerial conference on transport and tourism in Africa opened on Tuesday on the Cape [...] Full text...

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Ethiopian Airlines cargo freighter forced to land in Indonesia

14 january 2019 - 18:29:10
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) – Ethiopian Airlines (ET) has explained its crew operating an unscheduled cargo flight to Singapore were [...] Full text...

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Cameroon's Douala International Airport switches to solar energy

09 january 2019 - 16:09:24
Yaoundé, Cameroon (PANA) - Douala International Airport in Cameroon's largest city and economic capital now operates on solar energy after [...] Full text...

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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 [...] Full text...

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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 [...] Full text...

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African Union Commission Chief concludes 1st phase of West African tour

04 october 2018 - 13:51:23
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - As part of his regular interactions with the Heads of State and Government of Member [...] Full text...

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Prevent terrorists profiting from cross-border crime, urges UN Security Council

08 may 2018 - 20:41:34
New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday called on all countries as well as international [...] Full text...

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AUC to launch Single African Sky

22 january 2018 - 16:01:56
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Union Commission (AUC) is set to launch the first AU Agenda 2063 Flagship [...] Full text...

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Improved economic conditions boost air travel numbers worldwide – ICAO

19 january 2018 - 06:50:26
Montreal, Canada (PANA) – A record 4.1 billion passengers took to the skies in 2017 on board some 37 million [...] Full text...

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UN to help cabin crew prevent human trafficking

04 january 2018 - 20:39:33
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) – The United Nations is taking the global combat against human trafficking into the skies as [...] Full text...

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'Strengthen measures to counter threats posed by returning foreign terrorist fighters'

22 december 2017 - 06:36:29
New York, USA (PANA) – Gravely concerned over risks posed by foreign terrorist fighters returning from conflict zones, the United [...] Full text...

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AfDB supports JKIA airport expansion project towards making Nairobi an aviation hub

29 november 2017 - 15:33:23
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Efforts being made by the Kenyan government to make Nairobi an aviation hub has received a [...] Full text...

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Rwanda, Cape Verde sign air service agreement

23 november 2017 - 16:26:05
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwanda and Cape Verde have entered a bilateral air service agreement under which their respective national [...] Full text...

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African airlines commit to reduce costs by switching to e-commerce solutions

14 november 2017 - 10:14:48
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Global aviation leaders on Tuesday agreed to implement a very "heavy cost-cutting programme" through the [...] Full text...

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Security Council underscores need to bring killers of UN experts in DRC to justice

08 november 2017 - 05:48:30
New York, USA (PANA) – Reiterating the need to bring to justice the killers of two United Nations expert in [...] Full text...

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China–Africa Civil Aviation Academy opening soon in Mauritius

17 october 2017 - 18:13:31
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA ) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on Tuesday announced the setting up of a China–Africa [...] Full text...

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US: UN official urges greater cooperation for more effective aviation security

27 september 2017 - 22:35:49
New York, US (PANA) – Highlighting multifaceted threats to aviation security in the context of international peace and security, the [...] 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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Botswana: Aviation authorities in Botswana investigate crash

12 july 2017 - 07:21:34
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s transport and communications ministry has launched an investigation into last week’s aircraft crash inn which [...] Full text...

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Canada: International cooperation crucial to safe flights, UN says at counter-terrorism meeting

08 july 2017 - 06:19:11
Montreal, Canada (PANA) – The global nature of aviation puts everyone at the same level of risk from potential terrorism, [...] Full text...

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France: UNESCO-organized annual meeting on security management holds in France

26 june 2017 - 18:16:47
Paris, France (PANA) - At the annual meeting of the UN Security Management Group (SMG), featuring seven heads of UN [...] Full text...

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US: Innovators, UN discuss using tech to tackle world's development challenges

18 may 2017 - 06:04:25
New York, US (PANA) – From drones dropping food and medicines, to handheld devices that can diagnose Ebola with a [...] Full text...

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US: IATA urges governments to find electronics ban alternatives

29 march 2017 - 15:00:23
New York, US (PANA) - The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has called on governments to urgently find alternatives to [...] Full text...

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Canada: UN global aviation body adopts new carbon emissions standards for aircraft

07 march 2017 - 05:42:26
Montreal, Canada (PANA) - The United Nations aviation body on Monday adopted new aircraft emissions to curb the impact of [...] Full text...

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Kenya: African airlines launch new push for single aviation market in 2017

25 november 2016 - 19:17:23
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA)- African Airlines Association (AFRAA) has intensified its campaign for opening up the African airspace by declaring [...] Full text...

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UN: UN weather agency says global C02 concentration surges

25 october 2016 - 05:04:23
New York, US (PANA) - The UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has said globally averaged concentration of carbon dioxide (C02) [...] Full text...

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UN: UN, UNEP laud agreement on HFCs amendment

16 october 2016 - 17:30:14
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Executive Director Erik Solheim on [...] Full text...

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UN: ICAO signs landmark framework to curb aviation emissions

07 october 2016 - 15:50:15
New York, US (PANA) - The UN International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has agreed on a new emissions standard to [...] Full text...

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Canada: Countries back UN agency's landmark framework to curb aviation emissions

07 october 2016 - 06:53:59
Montreal, Canada (PANA) - Member States of the United Nations civil aviation agency agreed on Thursday on a new emissions [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kenyan Hussein re-elected UPU chief

05 october 2016 - 13:28:09
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Universal Postal Union (UPU) Director-General, Bishar Hussein, of Kenya, and his deputy, Pascal Clivaz, were [...] Full text...

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Botswana: Aviation safety earns Botswana ICAO award

04 october 2016 - 12:54:50
Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – Botswana has received the International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) Presiden's Certificate on aviation safety. Civil Aviation [...] Full text...

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UN: Security Council adopts resolution on countering terrorist threats to civil aviation

22 september 2016 - 19:25:17
New York, US (PANA) - The global aviation system is of vital importance to economic development and prosperity, and all [...] Full text...

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US: Egyptian investigators locate EgyptAir wreckage

16 june 2016 - 15:14:35
New York, US (PANA) - Egyptian investigators on Thursday said they have located the wreckage of EgyptAir flight MS804, which [...] Full text...

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US: IATA tasks govts on airlines' carbon emissions

03 june 2016 - 14:00:35
New York, US (PANA) - The International Air Transport Association (IATA) on Friday approved a resolution urging governments to adopt [...] Full text...

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UN: UN chief welcomes new standards on airlines' carbon emissions

10 february 2016 - 17:54:38
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday welcomed an agreement on the first-ever global carbon standards [...] Full text...

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UN: ICAO sets carbon standards for commercial airplanes to reduce pollution

09 february 2016 - 15:05:50
New York, US (PANA) - The UN International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) on Tuesday in Montreal, Canada, reached an agreement [...] 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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US: ICAO calls for enhanced safety and efficiency to rule the world's skies

08 december 2015 - 11:59:22
New York, US (PANA) - With global air transport doubling in flight and passenger volumes every 15 years, the United [...] Full text...

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UN: Agreement reached for real-time flight tracking

12 november 2015 - 01:11:41
New York, US (PANA) - An agreement has been reached at the World Radiocommunication Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, on the [...] Full text...

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UN: UN chief receives report on new information on Dag Hammarskjold’s death

12 june 2015 - 22:32:58
New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has received the report of experts appointed a few months ago [...] Full text...

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UN: UN urges greater use of advance passenger information to check foreign terrorists

12 june 2015 - 07:36:29
New York, US (PANA) - The UN counter-terrorism committee has called for expanding the use of advance passenger information (API) [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Security forces successfully conduct aircraft 'hijacking' drill

19 may 2015 - 13:18:06
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyan security forces successfully conducted a terrorism drill Tuesday, involving the mock hijacking of an aircraft [...] Full text...

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UN: ICAO unveils new online tool to reduce risks to aircraft in conflict zones

13 april 2015 - 21:41:03
New York, US (PANA) - The UN International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) on Monday launched a new website issuing warnings [...] Full text...

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UN: UN constitutes panel to probe new information on former UN chief's death

16 march 2015 - 21:50:38
New York, US (PANA) - The UN on Monday announced the members of the Independent Panel of Experts tasked with [...] Full text...

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UN: ICAO member states recommend aircraft tracking every 15 minutes

05 february 2015 - 08:05:30
New York, US (PANA) - Member states of the UN International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) have recommended the adoption of [...] Full text...

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UN: Civil aviation conference to take up aircraft tracking, conflict zone risks

02 february 2015 - 23:02:19
New York, US (PANA) - The UN International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has brought together aviation experts and strategic decision [...] Full text...

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UN: UN urges airliners to report position every 15 minutes

08 january 2015 - 19:35:30
New York, US (PANA) - Passenger planes will soon be instructed to start reporting their position on flight every 15 [...] Full text...

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UN: Ebola response receives boost with donation of protective gear

08 december 2014 - 22:32:12
New York, US (PANA) - The first of 700,000 sets of protective gear intended for healthcare workers battling on the [...] Full text...

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Cape Verde: ICAO raises alert to flights following volcanic eruption in Cape Verde

26 november 2014 - 22:09:09
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) – The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has placed the Cape Verdian air space on maximal [...] Full text...

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Ghana: Togo's President Gnassingbe to supervise EVD response, eradication process

07 november 2014 - 00:29:49
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - ECOWAS leaders who met at an extraordinary session in Accra, Ghana, Thursday have appointed Togo's President [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: Nigeria says retention of Category 1 status opens aviation sector for investments

27 september 2014 - 16:48:16
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria has said the recent retention of the Category One status of the US Federal Aviation [...] Full text...

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UN: WHO requests exit screening of travellers leaving affected countries

18 august 2014 - 22:42:56
New York, US (PANA) - The UN World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday said any persons with an illness consistent [...] Full text...

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Nigeria: WHO moves to reduce effect of Ebola on travel, tourism

18 august 2014 - 14:39:24
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - In order to support the global efforts to contain the spread of the Ebola Virus Disease [...] Full text...

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Togo: Stakeholders move to promote, secure air transportation in Africa

09 august 2014 - 17:17:41
Lomé, Togo (PANA) – Aviation stakeholders rose from their meeting here, recommending an action plan for the security and development [...] Full text...

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Kenya: Kenya Airways protects passengers, crew in Ebola-hit West Africa

08 august 2014 - 17:29:14
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya Airways said Friday flights to Ebola-hit areas in West African states, Sierra Leone, Liberia and [...] Full text...

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US: UN, civil aviation partners to reduce risks of flying over conflict zones

01 august 2014 - 05:40:28
New York, US (PANA) - In the wake of the recent downing of a passenger plane over eastern Ukraine, the [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: Dailies highlight flight safety, rational airfares, human development

26 july 2014 - 10:11:52
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Air travel safety and fares as well as the need to eliminate corruption in [...] Full text...

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Senegal: OIF, ASECNA sign agreement to develop energy sector

05 june 2014 - 22:06:44
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) – The Agency for Aerial Navigation Safety in Africa and Madagascar (ASECNA) and the International Francophone Organization [...] Full text...

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Togo: Lomé airport gets 'safe airport' certificate

24 may 2014 - 16:44:16
Lomé, Togo (PANA) – The Airport Company of Lomé-Tokoin, which manages the international airport of Lomé, the Togolese capital, has [...] Full text...

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Tanzania: EAC aviation sector addresses safety, security challenges

23 april 2014 - 18:54:29
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – The third East African Community (EAC) Aviation Symposium, aiming at providing an updated picture [...] Full text...

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Senegal: Regional conference on aviation security in Africa opens

09 april 2014 - 21:30:43
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - A regional conference on aviation security in Africa opened on Wednesday in Dakar, Senegal, to address [...] Full text...

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Senegal: Dakar to host regional conference on safety and civil aviation in Africa

31 march 2014 - 17:49:25
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Airports Council International for the Africa Region (ACI-Africa), in collaboration with the International Civil Aviation [...] Full text...

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'ICAO removes Congo from blacklist'

07 october 2013 - 12:34:29
Brazzaville , Congo (PANA) - The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has removed the Republic of Congo from its black-listed [...] Full text...

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Congo to attend 38th ICAO session in Montreal

20 september 2013 - 20:18:16
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Congo will attend the 38th session of the General Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization [...] Full text...

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Seven Gabonese airlines banned from EU air space

17 july 2013 - 19:03:37
Libreville, Gabon (PANA) – Seven Gabonese airlines are on the black list of 21 airlines banned from European air space [...] Full text...

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Nigerian aviation workers' strike fails to shut country's airspace

20 may 2013 - 14:39:39
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The strike called by the aviation workers in the employ of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency [...] Full text...

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Nigeria risks losing US FAA Category One rating - Experts

05 april 2013 - 11:25:02
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Aviation Round Table (ART), which groups Nigerian aviation experts, has warned that the country risks losing [...] Full text...

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Central, West African civil aviation officials begin Cameroon training

07 january 2013 - 21:42:53
Douala, Cameroon (PANA) – Civil aviation officials from four Central and West African countries on Monday began a training programme [...] Full text...

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Lighting restored to runway at Nigeria's main airport after 5 yrs

25 december 2012 - 12:17:18
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - After half a decade, lighting was restored to the runway at the domestic wing of Nigeria's [...] Full text...

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Mauritania removed from international aviation security watch list

23 december 2012 - 12:52:06
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) – The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has welcomed the aviation sector reforms embarked upon by Mauritanian [...] Full text...

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Africa records more than 50% of aircraft accidents in the world

24 september 2012 - 22:59:32
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) – Africa's share of world air traffic is a mere 3% but it records about half of [...] Full text...

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Nigeria to host international conference on aviation safety

13 july 2012 - 09:51:14
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria will host an international conference on aviation safety in Africa 16-20 July in the capital [...] Full text...

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Nigerian media report trial of subsidy thieves, new refineries, earnings from cassava export

07 july 2012 - 10:49:27
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - President Goodluck Jonathan's resolve to deal with subsidy thieves, plans to build six new refineries, and [...] Full text...

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ICAO, IATA to assist Nigeria in ensuring aviation safety

02 july 2012 - 11:42:52
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - In the wake of the 3 June plane crash that killed 159 people in Nigeria, two [...] Full text...

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Air Nigeria defends safety record

26 june 2012 - 11:41:56
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's second largest private carrier Air Nigeria has defended its safety record, after the airline was [...] Full text...

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Nigerian media awash with stories from the DANA AIR plane crash

09 june 2012 - 09:11:57
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The DANA AIR plane crash in Lagos on Sunday, 3 June, 2012, which killed all the [...] Full text...

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ASECNA, ICAO sign technical assistance pact

16 may 2012 - 11:47:26
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Agency for Aerial Navigation Safety in Africa and Madagascar (ASECNA) and the International Civil Aviation [...] Full text...

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Nigeria launches process to migrate to satellite-based air navigation system

10 april 2012 - 10:31:42
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Two foreign airlines at the weekend successfully participated in Nigeria's test-run of a new approach, in [...] Full text...

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Tanzania moves to revamp aviation industry

21 march 2012 - 14:39:50
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) – Tanzanian and foreign aviation experts on Wednesday began a two-day meeting here aimed at [...] Full text...

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Nigeria fuel strike: Partial operations at Lagos Airport

09 january 2012 - 15:07:40
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's main gateway Murtala Mohammed International Airport was partially opened for flight operations Monday, the first [...] Full text...

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Angolan oil company renovates Sao Tome

26 november 2011 - 13:35:57
Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe (PANA) – The Prime minister of Sao Tome and Principe, Patrice Trovoada, on Friday [...] Full text...

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Rehabilitated Mali airport to be inaugurated on Sunday

17 september 2011 - 12:19:22
Bamako, Mali (PANA) – Malian President Amadou Toumani Touré will on Sunday inaugurate the renovated international airport of Kayes Dag-Dag, [...] Full text...

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Pan-African Aviation Training Coordination Conference underway in SA

28 july 2011 - 07:53:51
Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - The third Pan-African Aviation Training Coordination Conference began in Cape Town on Wednesday, under [...] Full text...

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Morocco hosts ICAO-NGAP regional conferences in May

29 april 2011 - 18:44:13
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO ), in partnership with the Moroccan Ministry of Equipment and [...] Full text...

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Conference on aviation safety in Africa starts Thursday in Morocco

29 march 2011 - 18:41:30
Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - A conference on airport safety in Africa will be held Thursday and Friday in Marrakech, Morocco, [...] Full text...

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Angry villagers impound plane, hold passengers hostage in Nigeria

28 march 2011 - 09:58:34
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Villagers angered by the blockage of the footpath they normally use as a thoroughfare, by airport [...] Full text...

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Togo airport users to pay tax

15 january 2011 - 13:07:02
Lomé, Togo (PANA) - The Togolese government has introduced the payment of tax by air travellers, for the development of [...] Full text...

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ICAO opens audit on airport safety in Mauritania

25 october 2010 - 21:29:00
Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- A team from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) on Sunday opened an audit on the [...] Full text...

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South Africa, ICAO sign training pact

04 october 2010 - 09:32:00
Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- South Africa and the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) signed a pact in Montreal, [...] Full text...

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African airport administrators to meet in Bamako

28 september 2010 - 20:55:00
Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Over 50 airport and aviation officials are expected to participate in the Fourth General Assembly of [...] Full text...

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AfDB extends US$ 8.6 million grant for COMESA unified airspace

17 september 2010 - 14:06:00
Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund (ADF), the soft loan arm [...] Full text...

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ICAO to assist Central African countries in air security

11 september 2010 - 13:48:00
Brazzaville- Congo (PANA) -- Heads of civil aviation authorities from countries o f the Economic Community of Central African States [...] Full text...

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CEMAC air space gets agency to oversee safety soon

09 september 2010 - 19:26:00
Brazzaville- Congo (PANA) -- The directors general of civil aviation of countries of the Central Africa Economic and Monetary Community [...] Full text...

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Nigerian Aviation chiefs commend pilot for observing int'l standard

05 may 2010 - 18:04:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Chief Executive Officers of Parastatals in the Nigerian aviation industry on Wednesday commended the pilot of [...] Full text...

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Africa to remain vigilant to volcanic ash effects

23 april 2010 - 17:54:00
Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- North Africa was nearly affected by ash clouds from the Icelandic volcano, called "Eyjafjallajأ¶kull 1702-1702", Head [...] Full text...

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WHO cautions on volcanic ash hazard

17 april 2010 - 14:28:00
New York- US (PANA) -- The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that ashes from the volcanic eruption in Iceland [...] Full text...

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African Aviation Ministers endorse 3D scanners at airports

14 april 2010 - 07:35:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- After a three-day aviation security meeting in Abuja, Ni geria, African Aviation Ministers Tuesday endorsed the [...] Full text...

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Global Aviation Security meeting opens in Nigeria

12 april 2010 - 14:22:00
Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- A regional ministerial aviation security conference open ed in Nigeria's capital city of Abuja Monday, with [...] Full text...

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US Homeland scribe to visit Nigeria

07 april 2010 - 17:12:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary, Janet Napolitano, is expected in Nigeria 11 April [...] Full text...

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11 African Airlines banned from flying to Europe

07 april 2010 - 16:07:00
Brussels- Belgium (PANA) -- The European Commission has decided to ban 278 airlines from flying to Europe, including 11 from [...] Full text...

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Nigeria to punish erring officials over airport incident

01 april 2010 - 19:43:00
Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Worried by the obvious and unfortunate security breach a t the International Airport in Calabar, South [...] Full text...

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Controversy over cost of airport runway in Nigeria

07 march 2010 - 11:23:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- A huge controversy has broken out in Nigeria over the al leged inflated cost of constructing [...] Full text...

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Ethiopia: Sabotage possibly behind Beirut plane crash

10 february 2010 - 15:41:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Ethiopian authorities and the Lebanese government officials exchanged blame on Wednesday, over the possible cause [...] Full text...

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AFRAA calls for tighter security at African airports

09 january 2010 - 12:49:00
Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The African Airlines Association (AFRAA) has called for the tightening of security in African airports. [...] Full text...

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Nigerian govt. disowns suspected US plane bomber

27 december 2009 - 15:45:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's federal government Sunday disowned the man who was alleged to have attempted to blow up [...] Full text...

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Preliminary investigations yield more details on Nigerian terror bomber

27 december 2009 - 07:56:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Preliminary investigations by the regulatory Nigerian Ci vil Aviation Authority (NCAA) have yielded more details on [...] Full text...

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Nigeria's main airport passes security test

23 november 2009 - 08:29:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's main gateway Murtala Muhammed Internation Airport in Lagos has complied with the International Civil Aviation [...] Full text...

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Ministers propose measures to improve aviation in West, Central Africa

31 october 2009 - 14:34:00
Yamoussoukro- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- West and Central African aviation ministers ended a one-day meeting in the Ivorian capital, Yamoussoukro, [...] Full text...

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Ministers call for adoption of civil aviation constitution

31 october 2009 - 08:05:00
Yamoussoukro- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) â“ Aviation min-isters form West and Central Africa have they emphasised the need for the African [...] Full text...

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West, Central African Ministers of Aviation to meet on liberalisation

27 october 2009 - 17:29:00
Yamoussoukro- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- Ten years after the Yamoussoukro Decision t o reform the air transport sector in West [...] Full text...

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ICAO inspects Nigerian airports slated for privatisation

21 september 2009 - 08:04:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- A team of International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICA O) has visited Nigeria to inspect the facilities [...] Full text...

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Nigerian airspace managers launch safety management manual

19 august 2009 - 16:34:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has approv ed the first edition of Nigerian Airspace Management [...] Full text...

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ECOWAS ministers endorse strategy for infrastructural development

07 june 2009 - 10:25:00
Yamoussoukro- Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) -- West African ministers responsible for tran sport and infrastructure have endorsed a comprehensive strategy for [...] Full text...

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Zimbabwe hosts African tourism conference

13 may 2009 - 12:58:00
Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Zimbabwe, emerging from a crippling international tour ism blacklist, will host a Pan African Tourism Investment [...] Full text...

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World Bank supports modernization of Cotonou airport

15 april 2009 - 11:57:00
Cotonou- Bénin (PANA) -- The World Bank will soon grant Benin CFA F 4. 5 billion ( about US$ 9 [...] Full text...

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Nigerian govt. explains introduction of e-passport

07 april 2009 - 10:06:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The vulnerability of African borders to human traffickin g and the desire to curb global terrorism [...] Full text...

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Nigeria may raise 'passenger service charge' in 2009

01 january 2009 - 10:08:00
Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- There are plans to raise the passenger service charge (PSC), charged by airlines as a percentage [...] Full text...

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