FG Commences Audit of Dana Airline

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) on behalf of the Federal Government, has commenced a full scale operational audit of DANA Airline.

Captian Fola Akinkuotu, director general of the Agency disclosed this on Tuesday.

According to him, the exercise will last for five days and it is being carried out by a team of NCAA Inspectors and expatriates.

The NCAA team according to a press statement by Mr Fan Ndubuoke, general manager, Public Affairs of the Authority, was  drawn from the Flight Safety Group (FSG) of the Authority, comprising of Airworthiness Inspectors, Flight Operations Inspectors, Ground Operations, Cabin Safety Inspectors among others.

There are two (nos) of expatriates who are experts in the field of Airworthiness Inspection and Flight Operations.

In addition, the DG said this was the beginning of a phased audit of all the airlines operating in Nigeria.

"We have put in place this wholesale programme to ensure that all airlines operating in our airspace are safe and secure.The comfort of passengers is of great concern to the authority and investors in airline operation must have a level playing field and an enabling environment to ensure a profitable operation".

It will be recalled that DANA Airlines operations was suspended to allow for a full operational audit to be carried out.

At the conclusion of the exercise, the report will be submitted to the Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority.

Similar to a white paper, the report will be put to proper scrutiny and thereafter all open items will be closed by the airline.

It is after this that a decision will be taken to enable DANA Airline to recommence their operation.
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