AFTER its weekend suspension by Nigeria’s federal aviation authorities, the management of Dana Airlines on Monday said the airline company would now resume flight operations around the country.
Speaking from the company’s Abuja offices on Monday, company spokesman Tony Usidamen said his company was pleased to announce the resumption of flight operations after the government lifted the temporary suspension placed on its operations.
“We are pleased to announce that the airline has been given approval to resume flight operations with immediate effect following the temporary suspension of our operations on Saturday.
“Scheduled flights will now commence on Tuesday, March 19, on the Lagos-Abuja-Lagos route,” it stated.
Also, a statement issued by Mr Joe Obi, the Media Adviser to the Minister of Aviation said that government officials had met with the management of Dana Airlines to iron out safety issues that necessitated the suspension.
“Officials of the Federal Ministry of Aviation and the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority met with the Management team from Dana Airlines today in Abuja and deliberated on some safety issues in connection with the operations of the airline.
“At the end of the meeting, the suspension of the operations of the airline which took effect last Saturday was lifted.
“The airline is to resume normal operations immediately,’’ the statement stated.
According to the statement, one of Dana’s aircraft has a snag which led to the temporary suspension for safety reasons.
“The particular aircraft which had a snag over the weekend is to remain grounded until after its air-worthiness has been re-certified by Boeing, the manufacturer of the aircraft.
It will be recall that one of Dana’s aircraft crashed in June 2012 and its operational licence was revoked by the government.
The airline was still battling with the resumption of full operation across Nigeria when it asked to stop operation again over safety issues.