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22 May 2024
No fewer than 300 workers of Dana Airline have been disengaged.
20 May 2024
Air Peace is under scrutiny by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) following reports from the UK Civil Aviation Authority (UKCAA) alleging violations of safety regulations. This is coming just three months after Air Peace launched its popular Lagos-London route. The route, which Air Peace operates from Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos to Gatwick…
18 May 2024
The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has released a preliminary report on the incident involving a Dana Air MD 82 aircraft that skidded off the Lagos airport runway on April 23, 2024, attributing the incident to a failure in the aircraft's nose landing gear (NLG). Recalled that following the runway incursion by the aircraft upon…
17 May 2024
No fewer than 1000 persons were affected by Dana Air’s recent termination of the appointment of workers, pending the outcome of the ongoing operational audit of the airline.
10 May 2024
Worried by the yawning gaps in requisite skills across all facets of the local air transport sector, the Aviation Safety Round Table Initiative (ASRTI), has laid a management plan through scalable skills acquisition, with technical, operational...
30 Apr 2024
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Aviation Authority (NCAA) has debunked allegations that the Acting Director General of the agency Captain Chris Najomo approved N250 million to purchase an SUV vehicle for himself. The Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection of the Agency Mr Michael Achimugu while reacting to a media publication accusing the DGCA of…
26 Apr 2024
Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has revealed that a 2022 Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) audit found that Dana Air was financially and economically unfit to fly. Keyamo said this during an interview on ‘Politics Today’ on Channels Television on Thursday. According to the 2022 NCAA audit Dana Air’s operational health was…
26 Apr 2024
In a rare fraternal solidarity, aviation stakeholders are speaking in unison against moves by handlers of the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development to undermine the statutory powers and autonomy of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA).
26 Apr 2024
Dana Air has announced that it is processing refunds for flights affected by its suspension by the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA).The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, had directed the NCAA
25 Apr 2024
Dana Air has announced that it is processing refunds for flights affected after it was suspended by the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development Festus Keyamo directed the NCAA to suspend the airline to conduct a safety and financial audit following a runway incursion incident involving one of the…
25 Apr 2024
Smarting from the serious incident recorded by Dana Air on Tuesday, the Federal Government, yesterday, suspended the operating licence and operations of the airline, pending the outcome of the investigation.
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Nigeria Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) and the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), yesterday, opened an investigation into the serious incident of Dana Air plane that skidded off the runway in Lagos.
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