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Dana Air
IATA ICAO Call sign
9J DAN DANACO
Founded2008
Ceased operationsJuly 2022 (suspended)[1]
HubsMurtala Muhammed International Airport
Fleet size8[2]
Destinations6[3]
HeadquartersIkeja, Nigeria
Websiteflydanaair.com

Dana Air was[1] a Nigerian airline headquartered in Ikeja and based out of Lagos's Murtala Muhammed International Airport.[4]

History

Due to technical deficiencies in the aircraft used, the Nigerian Aviation Safety Authority (NCAA) again grounded Dana Air until further notice in January 2014.[5] However, the airline was reinstated in December 2014.[6]

In May 2021, Dana Air teamed-up with Ibom Air to launch the first-ever domestic airline codeshare agreement by Nigerian airlines.[7]

On July 20, 2022, the airline had both its license and certificate suspended by the Nigerian authorities after it was deemed financially unfit to maintain operations.[1][8] The airline claimed that the increase in the cost of jet fuel, unavailability of foreign exchange, and inflation were contributory factors.

Destinations

As of February 2021, Dana Air serves the following destinations:[3]

Nigeria

Fleet

Dana Air McDonnell Douglas MD-83. This was the aircraft involved in Dana Air Flight 0992.

As of July 2022, prior to the suspension of operations, the Dana Air fleet consisted of the following aircraft:[2]

Dana Air fleet
Aircraft In fleet Orders Notes
Boeing 737-300 2 — taken over from Southwest Airlines[2]
McDonnell Douglas MD-82 1 —
McDonnell Douglas MD-83 5 —
Total 8 —

Incidents and accidents

  • On 3 June 2012, a Dana Air McDonnell Douglas MD-83 operating as Flight 0992 crashed into a two-story building at Iju Railway, Ishaga, a suburb of Lagos. All 153 people on the aircraft were killed.[9] Following the crash, all flights by Dana Air were halted by Nigeria's Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA).[10]
  • On 7 February 2018, a Dana Air flight landed in Abuja and was taxiing on the runway when one of the emergency exit doors fell off.[11] No casualties resulted from the incident. Passengers claimed that the door rattled throughout the flight.[12] A spokesperson for the airline, however claimed that the door could not have fallen off without a conscious effort by a passenger.[13] The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority instituted an investigation into the incident to determine what exactly happened.[13]
  • On 20 February 2018, a Dana Air MD-83 with registration 5N-SRI veered off the runway at Port-Harcourt international airport during a night landing. There were no casualties, but the aircraft suffered significant damage.[14] Both the airline and the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria stated that the cause of the accident was inclement weather as there was torrential rain at the time of the landing.[15]

References

  1. ^ a b c simpleflying.com - Nigeria Suspends Dana Air's Operations Following Audit 22 July 2022
  2. ^ a b c planespotters.net - Dana Air retrieved 10 August 2022
  3. ^ a b flydanaair.com retrieved 13 February 2021
  4. ^ Contact us, Dana Air, archived from the original on 13 July 2011, retrieved 4 June 2012
  5. ^ "Weiter Mängel bei Dana Air". aeroTELEGRAPH (in Swiss High German). 2014-01-24. Retrieved 2022-10-27.
  6. ^ Ghana, News. "NCAA Renewed Air Operator Certificate For Dana Air | News Ghana". https://newsghana.com.gh. Retrieved 2022-10-27. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help); External link in |website= (help)
  7. ^ "Phillips Consulting (pcl.) - Article - PRESS RELEASE: Dana, Ibom Air Codeshare Alliance: pcl.(Phillips Consulting) Applauds this Growth Initiative". Phillips Consulting. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
  8. ^ Adekola, Shola (20 July 2022). "NCAA Grounds Dana Air As Airline Suffers Financial Crisis". Nigerian Tribune. Retrieved 21 October 2022.
  9. ^ "Passenger plane crashes into building in Lagos". BBC News Online. 3 June 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
  10. ^ "Lagos plane crash: Nigeria suspends Dana Air licence". BBC News Online. 5 June 2012. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
  11. ^ Blake, Elly (14 February 2018). "Airplane door FALLS OFF after landing - PANIC ensues". The Daily Express. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  12. ^ Olawoyin, Oladeinde (7 February 2018). "Dana Air speaks on aircraft door that fell off". Premium Times Nigeria.
  13. ^ a b Oyebade, Wole (8 February 2018). "NCAA probes Dana Air plane emergency door incident". The Guardian Nigeria.
  14. ^ "Dana Aircraft Overshoots runway in Port Harcourt". Sahara Reporters. 20 February 2018.
  15. ^ Ukpong, Cletus (21 February 2018). "Dana Airline skids off runway". Premium Times Nigeria.

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