The Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah on Monday said that the suspension place on Dana airline operation has been lifted and that the company can resume flights immediately. In a statement released by her Special Assistant on Media, Joe Obi, the Minister said the decision to lift the suspension of Dana operation was taken after a meeting between the management of the airline and federal aviation authority. ...

Dana Airline has been re-suspended six months after it was allowed to restart operations following a crash of one of its air crafts in June 2012 that resulted in the death of 153 passengers and 10 others on ground, the airline said on Sunday. Dana Air said in a statement it did not know the reason for the suspension by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). In June, Dana Air flight 992, a McDonnell D ...

The coroner's inquest into the 3 June 2012 Dana Plane crash in Lagos has failed to resume on Tuesday following the absence of a consultant pathologist, John Obafunwa. 153 passengers aboard the plane and some residents of Iju-Ishaga area of Lagos State, where the plane crash occurred, were killed in the incident. The inquest had been due to resume on Tuesday following the dismissal of a suit filed against th ...

A pilot, Benson Ikponwosa on Monday said the problem with the Nigerian aviation industry is the perception that we have a perfect system while in the real sense the system is outdated. Mr Ikponwosa, who was speaking as a guest on Channels Television programme, Sunrise Daily, said because our pilots think they are perfect, they die in ignorance. “It could happen in those days that a perfectly normal pilot, w ...

A pilot and aviation expert, Benson Ikponwosa on Monday said the only plausible explanation to the recent Dana plane crash could be shortage of fuel. Speaking as a guest on Channels Television’s breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily, Mr Ikponwosa said a plane that left Abuja with its two engines intact could not have lost both engines if aircraft had adequate supply of fuel. A Dana Airline plane, flight MD83 h ...

Despite an air crash that claimed the lives of 153 people four months ago, the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) over the weekend named Dana Air as the best domestic carrier for 2011. According to FAAN’s Regional General Manager, Mr. Chris Bature, said the airline is yet to commence flights since the crash but was awarded the prize for its good customer relations and prompt payment of dues. The Fe ...

The President of the Aviation Roundtable, Captain Dele Ore on Friday said the aviation industry in Nigeria is dying gradually. Captain Ore disclosed this on Channels Television's Business Morning against the background of the recent controversies surrounding the crash, suspension and reinstatement of Dana airline. He said it is unfortunate to have a sector that is supposed to be on the driver's seat ahead o ...

Captain Benson Ikponwosa commended the federal government for admitting that it suspended the license of Dana Airline in error. The aviation expert said Nigerians have turned into "square pegs placing themselves into other peole's round holes". Ikponwosa arhued that air crashes have occurred in other parts of the world and governments are not quick to take harsh decisions against the operators of the crashe ...

Re-visiting the Dana Air re-instatement by the authorities, Nigerians reacted sharply towards the move as Nigerians expressed shock and surprise in a vox-pop done by the 'Station of the Decade' to sample the opinion of Nigerians about the re-instatement of the Dana Air. The Minister of Aviation; Stella Oduah was our guest on Sunrise daily this morning as she reacted to the lifting of the ban saying the ban ...

The Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah on Thursday said that the Federal Government has approved the sum of N106 billion for the construction of 11 new international airport terminal buildings in Nigeria. Mrs Oduah, who disclosed this at a news conference in Abuja, said that the amount was approved at the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Wednesday. She said the new international terminal projects ...