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Dana Air has stopped flying.

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Is Dana Air still flying?

No. Dana Air has not operated since April 2024

No. Dana Air ceased operations on 23 April 2024. After a runway excursion at Lagos, the Minister of Aviation directed the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority to suspend the airline's operations. We have found no report that flights have resumed, so this page does not offer Dana Air bookings and is kept as a record of the airline.

Dana Air was a Nigerian airline based in Lagos and part of the Dana Group. It began flying on 10 November 2008 and used the IATA code 9J. According to Wikipedia, its fleet at closure was five aircraft, a mix of Boeing and McDonnell Douglas jets, serving Lagos, Abuja, Enugu, Owerri and Port Harcourt.

If you hold a Dana Air ticket, the NCAA said in September 2024 that refunds owed to Dana Air passengers would be handled through NG Eagle, and that passengers could either be refunded or use their tickets with NG Eagle. Contact the NCAA or your payment provider for the current position. If you need to fly, the airlines below are operating and can be booked on Laters.com.

Dana Air on Laters.com: key facts

Dana Air ceased operations after a runway excursion at Lagos
23 Apr 2024
IATA code (ICAO code DAN)
9J
Lagos, Abuja, Enugu, Owerri and Port Harcourt
5 cities
Date Dana Air began flying
10 Nov 2008
Earlier suspension; flights resumed on 9 November 2022
20 Jul 2022

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The Laters.com Airline Quality Score - Dana Air

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What is the Laters.com Airline Quality Score?

Our editorial rating, out of 10, for what an airline is actually like to fly once you have booked it.

  1. 1Reliability & operations
  2. 2Comfort & experience
  3. 3Value & network
  4. 4Professional airline rating

Every airline we ticket is scored on the same 4 measures, so you can compare them like for like before you book. See the full methodology See all airline scores β†’

Scored by the Laters.com editorial team from the airline’s own published specifications and named third-party measurements. No airline pays to be rated, no placement is sold, and this page contains no affiliate links.

Dana Air scores 3.5 out of 10: the plain average of the measures below, rounded to one decimal. Each measure is an editorial assessment of the published facts.

What to watch

  • No named on-time performance figure published yet
  • Seat pitch and cabin facilities remain unconfirmed
  • Baggage allowance and fees not yet researched
  • No star rating body or named award on record

The editorial take

Strongest on
No measure yet stands out, since punctuality, cabin and rating facts are not yet confirmed.
Held back by
Absence of published on-time data, cabin specifications, baggage terms and a named star rating.
Which cabin
Cabin details are unconfirmed, so check the airline directly before assuming legroom or amenities for either short or long journeys.

4 measures, scored the same way for every airline we ticket.

Reliability & operations5/10

No named punctuality body or on-time percentage has been published for Dana Air, and fleet age is not yet confirmed either, so operational consistency cannot be verified before booking.

Comfort & experience3/10

No published seat pitch, cabin class breakdown, or onboard facilities are confirmed for Dana Air, leaving no basis to promise legroom, meals, or Wi-Fi in the cabin.

Value & network3/10

No baggage allowance, fee schedule, or loyalty programme has been confirmed for Dana Air, so a traveller cannot yet compare included extras against other carriers.

Professional airline rating3/10

No star rating from a named issuing body and no recent named awards are on record for Dana Air, so professional standing cannot be confirmed here.

The published ratings and awards behind this score, each from the body that issued it.

Awards

Best Customer-Friendly Domestic Airline
Association of Foreign Airlines and Representatives in Nigeria (AFARN), 2018

How the score is built

  • 4 measures, each scored out of 10
  • The headline is the plain average of those measures, computed in the open
  • Each measure is an editorial assessment based on the published facts and sources in the breakdown
  • No airline pays to be rated, and no placement is sold

What we deliberately left out

  1. Safety. It is not a marketing metric and we will not rank carriers on it.
  2. Cancellation rate and fleet age. Omitted rather than estimated, until a sourced field exists for every airline.
  3. Any sub-metric we cannot attribute. An unsourced measure is dropped, not guessed.
  4. Blended third-party scores that mix in inputs we have already rejected elsewhere on this page.

The full method, measure by measure, is on how we score airlines.

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Is Dana Air still operating?

No. Dana Air ceased operations on 23 April 2024, when the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority suspended its operations after a runway excursion at Lagos. We have found no report that flights have resumed.

Who is the owner of Dana Airlines?

Dana Air is part of the Dana Group, a Nigerian conglomerate, and is headquartered in Lagos, according to Wikipedia.

What is the price of a Dana flight from Port Harcourt to Abuja?

There is no current fare, because Dana Air is not operating. Port Harcourt and Abuja were both among the five cities it served, alongside Lagos, Enugu and Owerri.

Can I book Dana Air flights on Laters.com?

No. This page does not sell Dana Air flights, because the airline is not flying. You can search other Nigerian airlines on Laters.com.

What was Dana Air's IATA code?

Dana Air's IATA code was 9J and its ICAO code was DAN, according to Wikipedia.

What happens to a Dana Air ticket I already paid for?

In September 2024 the NCAA said NG Eagle would take up the refund obligation for Dana Air passengers, who could either receive a refund or use their tickets with NG Eagle. Contact the NCAA or your payment provider for the current position.

Which Nigerian airlines can I fly instead?

Air Peace, Ibom Air and United Nigeria Airlines are operating, and each has a page on Laters.com.

About Dana Air and Laters.com

About Dana Air

Founded
2008
Primary hub
Murtala Muhammed International Airport (LOS)

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Who is Dana Air?

Dana Air was a Nigerian airline owned by the Dana Group and headquartered in Lagos. It began flying on 10 November 2008 from Murtala Muhammed International Airport and used the IATA code 9J.

On 23 April 2024 an aircraft ran off the runway at Lagos, and the Minister of Aviation directed the NCAA to suspend the airline's operations. The airline had earlier been suspended on 20 July 2022 and announced it would resume flights on 9 November 2022. On 3 June 2012, a Dana Air jet flying from Abuja to Lagos crashed into a building in Lagos, killing everyone on board and people on the ground. Source: Wikipedia.

Fleet and on-time performance

At closure Dana Air's fleet was five aircraft, a mix of Boeing and McDonnell Douglas jets, according to Wikipedia. We have no sourced punctuality figures for the airline, so none are given.

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