Dana air to refund customers after government halts operations due to runway incident

Dana Airline has said it is processing refunds for its customers who already booked a flight for the next one month.

In a statement on Wednesday, the management pleaded with the affected customers for patience and urged them to provide their booking details and bank account numbers.

This is coming hours after the Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo, in a letter to the Director-General of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, Chris Najomo, through the ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Dr. Emmanuel Meribole, ordered the airline’s immediate suspension and an audit of its safety and financial health.

The minister said the disciplinary action became necessary after one of its aircraft, Flight 9J0352, with registration number 5N BKI, on Tuesday morning, skidded off the runway of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos which led to a diversion of flights from local to the international airport.