Category: Aviation

Airline Ends Skirts-Only Rule For Female Staff
April 1, 2018 No Responses

Airline Ends Skirts-Only Rule For Female Staff

Female cabin crew at Cathay Pacific have won a battle to scrap a rule forcing them to wear skirts. The Hong Kong airline has agreed flight attendants can choose to wear trousers, after intense union pressure. Some crew had complained...
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Dana Air Bags Airline Of The Year Award
March 28, 2018 No Responses

Dana Air Bags Airline Of The Year Award

Dana Air has been announced as the airline of the year 2017, at the 8th edition of the Nigerian Aviation Awards and Presidential Dinner, held in Lagos.     The airline’s CEO,Jacky Hathiramani, Communications Manager, Kingsley Ezenwa also bagged the CEO...
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Dana Air Unveils Buy One, Get One free Promo
March 24, 2018 No Responses

Dana Air Unveils Buy One, Get One free Promo

Dana Air has announced a ‘Buy one, Get One free’  promo for any of its  guests that books a return ticket between 12 Midnight on Thursday 29th March, and 12 midnight on Friday, 30th March, being Good Friday.  The airline...
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Dana Air to Fly US Based Doctors On free Medical Mission to Uyo
March 2, 2018 No Responses

Dana Air to Fly US Based Doctors On free Medical Mission to Uyo

As part of its corporate social responsibility, Dana Air has announced that it will partner Global Image Foundation, A nongovernmental organization based in the US on free medical surgical –dental mission for the underprivileged in Uyo, from 5th -9th  of ...
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AIB sends team to investigate Dana Air incident at Port Harcourt airport
February 22, 2018 No Responses

AIB sends team to investigate Dana Air incident at Port Harcourt airport

The Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) has dispatched investigators to Port Harcourt Airport to investigate the incident involving a Dana aircraft, which overshot the runway of the airport on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the spokespe...
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Dana Air Passenger Commends Pilot as FAAN blames Port Harcourt incident on bad weather
February 21, 2018 one Response

Dana Air Passenger Commends Pilot as FAAN blames Port Harcourt incident on bad weather

Bayelsa State politician, Mr. Famous Daunemigha who was on board a Port Harcourt-bound Dana aircraft that skidded off the Port Harcourt runway on Tuesday evening has commended the  ‘Pilot’s bravery and professionalism’.   Meanwhile, General Manager, Co...
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Dana Air, Asky Seal Agreement on Strategic Partnership
February 19, 2018 No Responses

Dana Air, Asky Seal Agreement on Strategic Partnership

An interline agreement has been reached between Dana Air and Asky airline, Africa’s regional power house, in Lagos. Dana Air’s strategic route and fleet expansion program also received a major boost, with the signing of an aircraft partnership agreement wi...
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Dana Air: 90% of our pilots, co-pilots are Nigerians
February 9, 2018 No Responses

Dana Air: 90% of our pilots, co-pilots are Nigerians

Dana Air on Thursday said that 90 per cent of its pilots and co-pilots were Nigerians in line with the Executive Order on Local Content Procurement. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the airline’s Director of Flight Operations,...
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FG threatens to revoke Airport contract
January 24, 2018 No Responses

FG threatens to revoke Airport contract

Minister for State, Aviation, Hadi Sirika says the Federal Government may revoke the remodelling contract of the domestic wing, Port Harcourt International Airport due to slow pace of work by the contractor. Sirika made this know to newsmen during an...
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World’s largest amphibious plane in maiden China flight
December 25, 2017 No Responses

World’s largest amphibious plane in maiden China flight

The world’s largest amphibious aircraft, China’s AG600, has made a successful one-hour maiden flight. The plane, roughly the size of a Boeing 737 but with four turboprop engines, lifted off from Zhuhai airport in the southern province of Guangdong....
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Dana Air resumes flight operations
November 22, 2017 No Responses

Dana Air resumes flight operations

Dana Air has resumed flight operations and apologised to its passengers for the delays experienced on Tuesday as a result of the disruption of its activities by the National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers (NAAPE).  Communications Manager, Kingsl...
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Airbus gets order for 450 aircraft worth $49.5b
November 16, 2017 No Responses

Airbus gets order for 450 aircraft worth $49.5b

Airbus has struck its biggest single deal with an order for 430 aircraft worth $49.5bn at list prices from US investment firm Indigo Partners. Indigo, whose interests include Europe’s Wizz Air, US-based Frontier, and Mexico’s Volaris, will buy Airb...
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Dana Air lifts 2.7m passengers in nine years
November 10, 2017 No Responses

Dana Air lifts 2.7m passengers in nine years

Ahead of its 9th anniversary on Friday, November 10, 2017, the management of Dana Air on Thursday commended all stakeholders for their support and contributions.   In a statement, the company said: “Since commencing flight operations on November 10, 2008,.....
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Four killed, six injured in Cargo plane crash
October 15, 2017 No Responses

Four killed, six injured in Cargo plane crash

A cargo plane has crashed into the sea off Ivory Coast, close to Abidjan airport, killing four people and injuring six. The wreckage of the turboprop plane, which was carrying 10people, was swept toward a beach where rescuers treated surviving...
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