Dana Air licence revoked

Jst days after the Federal Government's removal of the director general of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) Dr Harold Demuren, news filtered into the industry on Saturday night that government had also revoked the Air Operators Certificate of Dana Air.The withdrawal of the airlines' certificate means its now impossible for the embattled carrier to continue flight operations.
Both the House of Representatives and Senate had earlier in the year passed a resolution asking the Federal Government to revoke the operating licence of Dana Air and to remove the Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, among other things, based on the report of the committee on the investigation carried out on the 2012 Dana crash at Iju/Ishaga area of Lagos State which claimed over 163 lives on board the plane and on ground.


a top official in the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) who spoke on a condition of anonymity confirmed the withdrawal of Dana's Air Operator Certificate (AOC).