Nigerian Carrier, Dana Air has announced that it will resume flight operations on November 9 after a successful conclusion of the audit organised by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA).
The airline in a statement said ” We are pleased to announce
that we will resume flights operations on November 9, having successfully
concluding an audit organised by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA).
Ememobong Ettete, the Accountable Manager/ Chief Operating
Officer of Dana Air, said “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.
“As a proudly Nigerian brand with Nigerians at the helm of
affairs and with over 14 years 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.”
He said the audit has repositioned them 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.
The airline said for customers with unused tickets, it has
extended their validity for one year, a transfer option is also available to
them adding that they shall be offering competitive fares , and gifting free
tickets onboard its flights for the next 30 days from November 9th.
Also speaking on the resumption, Kingsley Ezenwa, Dana Air’s
Head of Corporate Communications said : “We wish to sincerely and once again
tender our unreserved apologies to all our 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.”
In July 2022, the NCAA suspended Dana Air operations
indefinitely over its alleged inability to run safe operations.
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