Dana Air has announced that it will resume flight operations
from November 9, 2022.
The airline disclosed this in a statement on Friday.
The development comes four months after the Nigerian Civil
Aviation Authority (NCAA) suspended Dana Air for multiple regulatory
infractions.
The authority said it suspended the operating licences of the company after “discovering that the airline is no longer in a position to meet its financial obligations and to conduct safe flight operations”.
Recall that the authority sanctioned the aviation company
for operating several flights on the MD 80 fleet with no licensed captain.
It also sanctioned Dana Air and its personnel for
maintenance violations.
However, in the statement, the air transport firm said it
plans to resume flight operations after a successful conclusion of NCAA’s
audit.
”We are pleased to announce that we will resume flights
operations on November 9th, having successfully concluding an audit organised
by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA),” Dana Air said.
Speaking on the development, Ememobong Ettete, accountable
manager/chief operating officer of Dana Air, said with a new management, the
company is positioned to offer safe flights to travellers.
“The audit for us was a re-engineering and restructuring
process and having successfully concluded the audit and an extensive one at
that for the second time, and with a new management team fully in charge, we
are now well positioned despite the current challenges and hostile economic
environment, and concentrating fully on strengthening our operations
efficiently for sustainable growth while still offering safe, reliable and
exciting flying experience to our loyal guests,” Ettete said.
“As a proudly Nigerian brand with Nigerians at the helm of
affairs and with over 14 years’ [of] service to the Nigerian flying public, we
remain eternally grateful to our customers, travel partners, clients and
vendors for keeping faith with us while the audit lasted and we would never
take your loyalty and support for granted as it means a lot to us.
“We wish to also
express our profound gratitude to the NCAA for the painstaking Audit process
and the professionalism exhibited by the team of inspectors and also the
management personnel who stayed sometimes beyond their official closing times
to see that we do what is needed to be done properly and in good time during
the course of the audit process.
“This audit has repositioned us as a vibrant and resilient
brand and it’s turned out really good for us and for the industry at large.
This is also highly recommended for all domestic airlines for the good of the
industry.
“For customers with unused tickets, and as a little token
for our short absence from the market, we have extended their validity for one
year, a transfer option is also available to them and we shall be offering
competitive fares as always, and gifting free tickets onboard our flights for
the next 30 days from November 9th.”
Also speaking on the resumption, Kingsley Ezenwa, Dana Air’s
head of corporate communications, apologised to all their customers, vendors,
travel partners, corporate clients, for the abrupt suspension of our flights.
“We totally regret
the inconveniences caused and we wish to reassure them that Dana Air remains
strong and will never take their patronage, relationship and loyalty for
granted,” he added.
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