Dana Air
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| Founded | 2008 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Murtala Muhammed International Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 5 | ||||||
| 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
With an average age of 23 years per airframe,[4] the Dana Air fleet includes the following aircraft:[4][5]
| Aircraft | In fleet | Orders | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boeing 737-500 | 1 | — | |
| Boeing 737-800 | — | 5 | To be leased from Ryanair |
| McDonnell Douglas MD-83 | 4 | — | To be replaced by 737-800 |
| Total | 5 | 5 |
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.[6] Following the crash, all flights by Dana Air were halted by Nigeria's Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA).[7] The airline's license was restored in September 2012 before the inquiry into the accident was concluded.[8] However, in October 2013, the airline's license was once again suspended.[9] 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, retrieved 4 June 2012
- 1 2 Thomas Noack (4 June 2012), Dana Air Fleet Details and History, Planespotters.net, retrieved 4 June 2012
- ↑ Targett, Michael (3 June 2012). "Dana Air flight crashes in Lagos". Flight International. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
- ↑ "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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