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Dana Air Honored for Supporting SMEs, Bags Corporate Sports Enabler Award 

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Dana Air has been honored for supporting Small and Medium Enterprises in Nigeria at the Business Day SME100 awards and conference held recently in Lagos. 

The SME100 Conference and Awards formerly known as Top Fastest Growing SMEs Awards is an initiative of BusinessDay Media Limited and since the first edition in 2018, the award is specially designed to recognize and celebrate the impact and achievements of SME companies in Nigeria.


Similarly, Dana Air also bagged the award as Corporate Enabler of Sports at the Arena Awards held recently at Radisson blu Hotel Lagos. 


The Arena is a collection of awards recognizing innovation, creativity and resilience amongst institutions, brands and individuals pushing the frontiers of sports tourism in Nigeria. 

Speaking on the award, the Chief Operating Officer of the airline Ememobong Ettete said, ”Dana Air understands the need to not just exist in isolation but to impact the community in which we operate greatly and positively” 
Dana Air has over time shown great commitment to growth and development of sports in Nigeria and Africa at large supporting various grassroot sports initiatives and clubs in the Nigerian local league. 


The airline in 2018 unveiled a multi-million naira sponsorship deal for two Nigerian league clubs Akwa United FC of Akwa Ibom state and Heartland FC of Imo state in a strategic effort to encourage other corporate bodies to follow suit and make the local league as glamorous as possible.


Dana Air is one of Nigeria’s leading airlines with daily flights to major cities in Nigeria and a varied fleet of Boeing aircraft.  

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Air Peace Expands Regional Network, Commences Abidjan, Cotonou Flights Jan 22

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Nigeria’s leading airline, Air Peace, is set to launch flight connectivity from its Lagos hub to Cotonou in Benin Republic and Abidjan in Ivory Coast on January 22, 2024, bringing to 10 its regional destinations in less than a decade of commencing scheduled flight operations.

This information is contained in a news release issued on Wednesday, January 10, 2024, by the airline’s Spokesperson, Stanley Olisa, who said the new routes were further confirmation of the airline’s unyielding drive to connect the whole of Africa and facilitate economic prosperity on the continent.

According to Olisa, in addition to these new routes opening soon, Air Peace is also introducing new connections such as Abidjan-Dakar, Cotonou-Dakar and Abidjan-Cotonou.

He stated that the route schedules are now live on the airline’s website- www.flyairpeace.com- and its mobile app, and customers can start booking to take advantage of the unbeatable launch fares.

Air Peace leads Nigeria’s aviation industry with a current network of 21 domestic routes, 8 regional and 6 international destinations, with an increasing modern fleet of over 30 aircraft, including 5 brand new Embraer 195-E2s and a latest firm order for 5 brand new Embraer 175s.

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GOCOP Felicitates Horatius Egua on Appointment As Director, Special Duties, NCAA

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The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) has felicitated Mr. Horatius Egua over his appointment as Director, Special Duties at the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA).

Mr. Egua, a pioneer member and Zonal Coordinator, North-East of GOCOP, was among some 46 directors of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) appointed few days ago by the presidency including the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Nigeria Metrological Agency (NiMET), Nigeria Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and the Nigeria Safety and Investigation Bureau (NSIB). NCAA is the regulatory body of the aviation industry in Nigeria under the Federal Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development.

Congratulating Mr. Egua on his appointment, the president of GOCOP and publisher of Realnews magazine Online, Maureen Chigbo, enjoined him to continue flying GOCOP’s flag as good ambassador, assuring him of the Guild’s support.

Chigbo stated this in a press statement by GOCOP Publicity Secretary, Sir Remmy Nweke, noting that Egua will be the second member of GOCOP to be given an appointment by President Bola Tinubu who previously made Mr. Olufemi Soneye the Chief Corporate Communications Officer (CCCO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL).

Mr. Egua until his appointment, was the publisher of The Bridge News and the immediate past Media Aide to the former Minister of State on Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva.

GOCOP, a registered non-governmental, non-partisan, non-profit organisation, comprises 104 owners of online publications.

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Air Peace Resumes China Operations Dec 28

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Nigeria’s leading airline, Air Peace, is set to resume its direct flight connectivity to Guangzhou-China on December 28, 2023.

This is contained in a news release issued recently by the airline’s Spokesperson, Stanley Olisa, who also stated that passengers can now fly Accra-China-Accra which is a new connection.

Olisa said the resumption of flights to China and the newly introduced connection are in furtherance of Air Peace’s commitment to providing connectivity across cities and between continents while also fostering socio-economic relations.

Air Peace commenced direct flights to China in 2022 with a high passenger load on its inaugural flight. Since then, the airline has launched 3 other international routes- Mumbai, Tel Aviv and Jeddah in 2023- with a historic flight to the Caribbean nation, Antigua and Barbuda in August this year. The airline is also gearing up to kick off scheduled flights to London soon.

Air Peace leads Nigeria’s aviation industry with a network of 21 domestic routes, 8 regional and 6 international destinations, with an increasing modern fleet of over 30 aircraft, including 5 brand new Embraer 195-E2s and a recently penned order for 5 brand new Embraer 175s.

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