The Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt Musa Nuhu has said that the regulatory body decided to shutdown operations one of the oldest commercial airlines in the country, Dana Air because of many grave safety issues discovered in its operations
Nuhu stated this on Wednesday afternoon at a press conference held at the headquarters Annex of the Agency in Lagos.
The Director General vowed that the airline would remain shut until certain issues are addressed.
He said the agency did economic and financial audits on the airline and in the process discovered “series of violations that were of grave concern to us.”
“For the interest of safety, we decided to stop their operations until the(se) matters are resolved. Investigation is still ongoing; it is not yet completed. We are not here to kill anybody; we are here to work with everybody to ensure the operators provide safe, secure and efficient services. Investigations are still ongoing with the management of Dana Air,” he said.
On Aero Contractors, the director general said the airline informed the agency that it (Aero) was suspending its operations for the purpose of restructuring and repositioning.
“We have collected some economic and financial health of some airlines. And when that of Aero came, they sat down with us; they did a presentation on how they are trying to restructure and reposition. They told us that they were planning to suspend their operations voluntarily. They presented a very good plan and when they are done they will come back to us. We will sit down with them to assist them in any way we can,” he added.
