Dana Air Begins Re-Certification Exercise

by Lateef Lawal

(WireNews+Co) - Lagos,Nigeria - 17 September 2012

Dana Air has begun a process of re-certification by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA).

This Followed the lifting of the suspension on airline's operating license by the Federal Government on Wednesday, September 5, 2012,

Also, all the staff of the airline will shortly be undergoing refresher programmes in preparation for commencement of operations.

The airline’s Head of Corporate Communications, Tony Usidamen, who made the disclosure, said that it was standard industry practice for an airline to undergo re-certification after its operations have been grounded for several weeks. 

In his words “This is a standard safety measure taken by the authorities to ensure that all the aircrafts in the fleet are fully serviceable, and we are cooperating fully in the exercise.”

“Of the 5 aircraft in the airline’s fleet, 3 are currently at MMA2 while 2 are undergoing the statutory ‘C-Checks’ at the MyTechnic engineering base in Istanbul, Turkey”, Usidamen said.

In readiness for operations too, all staff of the airline will commence re-training shortly. This, according to Usidamen, is to ensure quality at every level of the airline’s operations. “Dana Air had built a reputation as the preferred airline for travel across Nigeria and we are determined to improve on our offerings and offer our guests an unparalled level of service excellence when we resume operations shortly.”

On insurance and payment of benefits to the families of the victims, the airline maintained that, but for the issues of multiple claims and the delay in getting certain required insurance documents from concerned families, most of the families would have been fully compensated. It however said that its insurers were doing everything possible to expedite the process of verification of the documents and ensure that full compensation is paid to the right next-of-kin.

“The provision of safe, reliable world-class air transport services has always been our focus at Dana Air and we will continue to adhere strictly to safety procedures as required by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Act and all other relevant local and international regulations”, an earlier statement by the airline read.

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