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Thursday, April 18, 2013

► NIGERIA: Dana Air resumes Port Harcourt flights from next week; confirms plans to acquire a 737.

Dana Air logoTroubled Nigerian carrier, Dana Air (9J), has announced plans to resume flights from both Lagos and Abuja to the southern city of Port Harcourt on Monday, April 22, 2013. In addition the airline has reaffirmed plans to acquire B737 aircraft as part of its fleet renewal plans.

Dana air resumes flights
Dana air resumes flights (Dana air)
Dana Air(9J): Lagos - Port Harcourt
-Eff 22APR13
  • 9J345 LOS 1143 - 1251 PHC M83 D
  • 9J346 PHC 1350 - 1500 LOS M83 D
Dana Air(9J): Abuja - Port Harcourt
-Eff 22APR13
  • 9J365 ABJ 1800 - 1854 PHC M83 D
  • 9J366 PHC 0801 - 0900 ABJ M83 D
Source [Dana air]

The airline has also moved to confirm previous media reports about plans to acquire Boeing 737 aircraft (reported as a 737-700 AND an Airbus A319) which it says, will arrive by the 3rd Quarter of 2013.