Dana Air has assured its customers of its commitment to continuously operate efficiently and guarantee sustainability and professionalism in the airline sub-sector of the aviation industry
The airline’s accountable manager of Dana Air, Mr. Obi Mbanuzuo stated this during the official presentation of the membership certificate of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to Dana Air in Lagos.
He said the airline would continue to maintain global best practices in the aviation industry while still producing world-class initiatives to exceed the flying aspirations of its ever-increasing membership of the airlines’ loyalty programme –Dana Miles.
‘’Since becoming an IATA member, we have received a barrage of requests for interline and code-share agreements and we can’t wait to take our unrivaled services in Nigeria to the global stage.
“Dana Air remains uncompromising in its commitment to maintaining global best practices and as always, we will continue to churn out world-class initiatives to meet and exceed the flying aspirations of our teeming guests.’’
On the airlines’ fleet and route expansion plans, Obi said: Our decisions are strategic and is very difficult to forecast in this part of the world, but I can confirm to you that we have commenced talks with some notable aircraft manufacturers and we should increase our fleet in no distant time. Even with our current capacity, we are doing very well and have a strategy to meet the demands of the flying public.
“We are very confident of our model as presently we are the only Nigerian carrier to have undergone an operational audit conducted by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), and its foreign partners, The Flight Safety Group. We also scaled the IATA Operational Safety Audit IOSA and we wish to assure our guests that we are not resting on our oars as commitment to professionalism is unwavering,” he said.
In his remarks, IATA’s area manager, south-west, Dr. Samson Fatokun, noted that all airlines are members of IATA as a result of its stringent admission process.
He therefore commended Dana Air for making the list and joining over 300 airlines presently on the association’s registry.
“We have requirements for any airline that wants to join the IATA family and one of the requirements is that they must pass the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) and this has kept most of them back.
“IATA comes with a requirement of quality and people expect the airline to operate with recommended standards of aviation globally. We commend Dana Air for this feat and hope that they will keep up the good work,” he said.’
