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Dana Plane Crash: Judge Disappoints Victims’ Families
Cyriacus Izuekwe & Simon Ateba Victims of the Dana Air disaster in Lagos seeking compensation were disappointed this morning when…
Dana Resumes Flights
Dana Air will begin flight operations on Monday, three months after it was suspended by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority,…
Dana Air Acquires 2 Boeing Planes
Suspended Dana Air has acquired two Boeing 737-500 planes as it seeks to phase out its old McDonnell Douglas aircraft…
Aviation: Africa’s Risky Skies
By Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Africa is the second most populous continent on earth after Asia with more than a billion…
Dana, Aviation Industry And Families Of Victims
The mishap of Sunday, 3 June, 2012, involving the McDonnell Douglas MD-83, operated by Dana Air, in Iju-Ishaga, Lagos, again,…
Dana Introduces Book-On-Hold Option
Dana Air has stepped up its customer convenience services through the introduction of the Book on Hold option, which gives the…
How Nigerian Airlines Can Attract Passengers
Nigerian airlines are in a fierce competition amidst dwindling passenger traffic and skyrocketing air fares. But stakeholders say their efforts…
Dana Resumes Port Harcourt Flights
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Dana Air recommenced Port Harcourt flights on Monday, expanding its operations for the first time beyond Lagos…
Dana Air Crashes Fares
Dana Air has crashed fares on its Lagos-Abuja-Lagos route to N15,300, the airline said in a statement on Tuesday, as…
Aero Crisis: Management, Labour In Crucial Talks
Protests continued on Tuesday morning at the headquarters of Aero Contractors, Nigeria’s second largest airline, now grounded for six days,…
Dana Air Back In The Skies
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Nigeria’s Federal Government on Monday evening restored Dana Air’s Operating licence saying the airline could resume flight…
Nigeria Reps Condemn Fresh Flights By Dana
Nigeria’s House of Representatives has threatened to probe Dana Air following the manner in which the hitherto suspended airline recently…
Dana Air Inaugural Flight Lands Safely In Abuja
Passengers on board Dana Air inaugural flight on Friday clap roared in jubilation when the plane landed safely at the…
Dana Air Back In The Skies Friday
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Six months after it was grounded by the Nigerian government following the 3 June plane crash in…
Dana Air Insurers Begin Final Settlement Of $100,000
Insurers of Dana Air on Thursday commenced final payment of $70,000 compensation to families of victims of the of the…
Dana Air insurers begin final settlement of $100,000
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Insurers of Dana Air on Thursday commenced final payment of $70,000 compensation to each of the families…
Dana Air Returns To The Skies This Week
Dana Air would begin flying again this week, five months after one of its aircraft crashed in Lagos, southwest Nigeria,…
Obaro Ibru Is New Acting M.D Aero Contractors
Mr. Obaro Ibru is the new acting Managing Director of Aero Contractors, following the resignation of the Managing Director of…
A Dying Sector
More Nigerian airlines are dying in a choking business environment When Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Ltd. completed the building of the…
DANA Air Unwilling To Pay—Victim
DANA Air, the airline whose plane crashed on 3 June in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, killing more than 150 people and…
Dana Air begins test flight
Dana Air on Wednesday began its test flight in preparation for the resumption of scheduled passenger flight operations. The airline’s…
Dana Air: Release To Service, Justifiable
I can understand the national outcry when the minister of aviation lifted the suspension imposed on Dana Air. I can…
Nigerian Airlines In Emergency Landing
Nigeria’s aviation industry seems to be going through turbulence and all its four major airlines appear to be heading for…
Dana Air begins staff retraining, recertification
Simon Ateba Dana Air said on Wednesday it has begun a process of recertification by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority,…
Dana Drama
I had planned to write about a different topic this week but something stronger happened and it hurts so much …
No Basis To Ground Dana Airline —Official
DANA Air, whose operating licence was restored last week by Nigeria’s Federal Government, has said that there was no basis…
DANA Awaits Notification From FG
A day after Nigeria’s Federal Government lifted the suspension of Dana Air, the airline has not been notified, P.M.NEWS learnt…
Bodies of Dana plane crash victims to be released
Simon Ateba The Lagos State Government, today, announced that it will begin releasing corpses of the Dana plane crash from…
Dana Air Dismisses Accident Report
Simon Ateba Dana Air today said a report alleging that its ill-fated plane was faulty is baseless. “Our attention has…
Why We Gave Cheques To Affected Residents —Dana Air
By Simon Ateba Dana Air yesterday explained that the cheques it gave to nine affected residents on Tuesday were palliative…