Dana Air
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| Founded | 2008 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Murtala Muhammed International Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 6 | ||||||
| Destinations | 4 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Ikeja, Nigeria | ||||||
| Website | www.flydanaair.com | ||||||
Dana Air is an airline based in Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria and flying domestic services.[1] Following a fatal air crash in 2012 its licence was suspended, but it was cleared by Nigeria's Civil Aviation Authority to resume flights in 2014.[2]
Destinations
Dana Air serves the following destinations:[3]
- Abuja – Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport
- Accra – Kotoka International Airport
- Lagos – Murtala Muhammed International Airport
- Port Harcourt - Port Harcourt International Airport
- Uyo - Akwa Ibom Airport
Before June 2012, Dana Air also served Calabar, Kano.
Fleet
The Dana Air fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of August 2016):[4]
| Aircraft | In fleet | Orders | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| McDonnell Douglas MD-82 | 1 | — | |
| Boeing 737-800 | — | 5 | To be leased from Ryanair |
| McDonnell Douglas MD-83 | 5 | — | To be replaced by 737-800 |
| Total | 6 | 5 |
The airline previously operated a single Boeing 737-500.
Incidents and accidents
On 3 June 2012, a McDonnell Douglas MD-83 operating as Flight 992 crashed into a two-story building at Iju Railway, Ishaga a suburb of Lagos. All 153 people on board the aircraft were killed.[5] Following the crash, all flights by Dana Air were halted by Nigeria's Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA).[6] The airline's license was restored in September 2012 before the inquiry into the accident was concluded.[7] However, in October 2013, the airline's license was once again suspended.[8] The airline was audited and resumed flights on 26 January 2014 with 1 Boeing 737-500
References
- ↑ Contact us, Dana Air, retrieved 4 June 2012
- ↑ Airliner World (March 2014): 15. Missing or empty
|title=(help); - ↑ Dana Air, archived from the original on June 5, 2012, retrieved 4 June 2012
- ↑ "Golbal Airline Guide 2016 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2016): 22.
- ↑ "Passenger plane crashes into building in Lagos". BBC News Online. 3 June 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
- ↑ "Lagos plane crash: Nigeria suspends Dana Air licence". BBC News Online. 5 June 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
- ↑ "Nigerian plane crash airline's licence restored before inquiry concludes". guardian.co.uk. 9 September 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
- ↑ "Aviation crisis: FG Suspends Dana Air licence again …24 hours After Grounding Associated Airline". gistanigeria.blogspot.com. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
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