Dana Air will resume flight operation today Jan. 4, an official of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mr James Shallangwa, said on Thursday.
Shallangwa, Head of
Commercial at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Internatonal Airport, Abuja, made this known
in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Abuja.
He told NAN
that the Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah, had issued a resumption
letter to the airline to recommence operation after its plane crashed in Lagos
on June 3, 2012.
Shallangwa said that
the first flight would take off from Abuja, adding that there was nothing wrong
in the airline re-emerging after an accident that claimed lives and property.
Mr Tony Usidamen,
the Head, Corporate Communications, Dana, who confirmed the development, said
the resumption came after necessary approval was received from the Federal
Government.
Mr Kayode
Adeniran, the Dana Station Manager at the NAIA, also confirmed the development.
He said that the
airline would resume its inaugural flight at 9:45a.m. on Jan. 4. It will be
recalled that Dana aircraft crashed in Lagos on June 3, 2012, killing all 153
passengers and crew.
The Federal
Government through the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) revoked the
company’s operation license pending proper investigations into the cause of the
crash.
In September 2012,
the Federal Government reinstated the Airline’s license and allowed it to
resume without any flight operations.
In December 2012,
NCAA issued a new Air Operators Certificate to Dana Air after it completed the
necessary recertification processes.
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