{"id":1389,"date":"2013-04-03T00:41:38","date_gmt":"2013-04-03T00:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/dana-air-crashes-fares\/"},"modified":"2013-04-03T00:41:38","modified_gmt":"2013-04-03T00:41:38","slug":"dana-air-crashes-fares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/dana-air-crashes-fares\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana Air Crashes Fares"},"content":{"rendered":"
Dana Air has crashed fares on its Lagos-Abuja-Lagos route to N15,300, the airline said in a statement on Tuesday, as it tries to regain passengers confidence since resuming flight operations on 4 January.<\/p>\n
The airline said passengers can fly one-way Economy Class on its Lagos-Abuja-Lagos route for as low as N15, 300 throughout the month of April.<\/p>\n
“We decided to open up seats for sale at N15,300 throughout the month of April as a mark of appreciation to our loyal guests, and also to offer more guests the opportunity to experience our world-class services,\u201d Dana\u2019s Head of Commercial, Obi Mbanuzuo, was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n
Mbanuzuo said passengers are encouraged to take advantage of the special offer and purchase their tickets online.<\/p>\n
Dana Air operates ten flights daily on the Lagos-Abuja-Lagos route and plans are underway to commence operations to other major Nigerian cities, the airline said.<\/p>\n
Asked if the low fares had anything to do with low patronage as passengers remain wary following the 3 June plane crash, Tony Usidamen, Dana’s Head \u2013 Corporate Communications, said patronage has been very good.<\/p>\n
“Many times, we went with full capacity. Our aircraft have a capacity of about 140 passengers and it’s been good. We do five daily flights to Abuja and five daily flights to Lagos and it’s been very good,” Usidamen said.<\/p>\n
“This is just a reward. The month of April is usually seen as the month of bloom. It’s a month of opening and it’s a way of rewarding loyalty. It has nothing to do with lack of passengers,” he added.<\/p>\n
The same fares go for as high as N35,000 on economy class on other airlines.<\/p>\n
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