Nigeria's Dana Air has passed the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA). The airline was on Wednesday admitted by International Air Transport Association (IATA), into its global safety registry after passing the International Operations Safety Audit (IOSA).

‘'Our admission into the IOSA registry is a confirmation of our strict adherence to global management and safety standards and procedures, required of global carriers." said the Accountable Manager of Dana Air, Mr Obi Mbanuzuo

The IOSA programme is an internationally recognized and accepted evaluation system designed to assess the operational management and control systems of an airline. IOSA uses internationally recognized quality audit principles and is designed to conduct audits in a standardized and consistent manner.

Meanwhile, Dana Air recently bagged two awards at the just concluded Nigerian Entrepreneurs Award as Customer Friendly of the Year and Best Private Airline at Annual Lecture and Gold Service Awards 2016, of the Centre for Democratic Governance in Africa.

Dana Air having flown over 4.5 million passengers in eight years, recently cerebrated its anniversary with a commitment to continue to provide safe, reliable and customer–centric air transport services.