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DANA Air begins flights to Uyo
Written by Duncan Sunday, 17 January 2010
ShareDana Air has commenced scheduled operations to the new Akwa Ibom International Airport, Uyo, even as it has announced that it would offer services from Uyo to Lagos and Abuja soon.
Speaking on the development, through a statement made available to the Nigerian Tribune, Jacky Hathiramani, Chief Executive Officer of Dana Air, said: “We are pleased to extend our world-class services to the good people of Akwa Ibom State . Indeed, the addition of Uyo on our route network is a further proof of our commitment to the growth of Nigeria’s fledging aviation industry, and in fulfillment of our promise to fly to key destinations across the federation.
“At Dana Air, we recognise the importance of Akwa Ibom State in the socio-economic development of the country as an oil producing state.
“ With the state playing host to several multinational companies in the oil and gas industry, we are confident that our new services from Uyo to Lagos and Abuja will make the state even more attractive to investors.”
Hathiramani said that the new services from Uyo to Lagos and Abuja will operate seven days a week, that is Monday to Sunday.
In his words, “from our operational base at MMA2 Lagos, we will operate one daily flight to Uyo at 10:35hrs with a return flight from Uyo to Lagos at 15:30hrs.
At present, the Dana Air fleet consists of four Boeing MD83 aircraft, which have a higher number of passenger seats and a larger cargo capacity than currently available in the country.
The airline offers a two-class service with 12 seats in its dedicated ‘Smart Class’ business cabin and 128 seats in its spacious ‘Traveller Class’ economy cabin.
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