Nigerian carrier, Dana Air has signed an interline agreement with top West African airline, Asky, on strategic partnership to add some new generation aircraft to its fleet.
A statement issued by the Communications Manager of Dana Air, Mr Kingsley Ezenwa, on Sunday said the agreement was signed by both airlines on Saturday in Lagos.
The Group Managing Director of Dana Air, Mr Jacky Hathiramani , said the airline's strategic route and fleet expansion programme had received a major boost with the signing of the agreement.
He said :"We have taken a bold step towards achieving our strategic route and fleet expansion program. With this partnership, we shall be adding some brand new aircraft to our fleet soon.
‘We have also had advanced talks with some other notable aircraft manufacturers and very soon, some of aircraft outside the country on maintenance will also be arriving.
" This is part of our desire to provide options for our guests who have also been requesting us to consider some under-served cities in Nigeria.
"We want to assure our guests of our commitment towards providing safe, reliable, affordable and world-class air transport services in Nigeria."
Also speaking, the Chief Executive Officer of Asky , Mr Ahadu Simachew , said Dana Air had survived the sundry issues in the aviation industry for ten years and was still waxing stronger.
"The airline appears to us as the most experienced and well-managed airline in Nigeria, with a very strong, passionate and creative management team.
"We are happy to have reached an agreement and we believe this is good for Nigeria and Africa," he said.
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