Sources said the planes were bought in Cairo, the Egyptian capital, and NCAA officials have travelled to inspect them before they are allowed into the country.
Sources said the two planes are not brand new but not as old as the MD-83 aircraft, the only aircraft in the fleet of Dana.
All Dana planes are more than 20 years old and old planes need more money to maintain.
Nigerians have accused some airlines often of cutting corners as they struggle with overwhelming financial challenges.
The newest acquisition will bring Dana fleet to about five planes.
Samuel Ogbogoro, Communication Manager at Dana Air, did not return text messages sent to his phone.
Dana Air was suspended on 6 October last year following an air return caused by a mechanical problem on one of its aircraft.
The incident happened only three days after an Associated Airlines plane crashed in Lagos and killed 16 people.
Sources at NCAA said Dana was given a list of items to comply with before it is allowed back into the skies.
The airline was said to have completed most of it and may return to the skies next week.
Training of staff is currently ongoing and a quality assurance manager is also needed before the suspension can be lifted, sources said.
A simple search in Wikipedia gives you that the last 737-500 was delivered by Boeing in 1990, this means that the newest these aircraft could be is 23 years old, more or less the same as the McDonnell Douglas 83 they already have...
ReplyDeleteU are very right the fleet of boeing 737-500 was manufactured between 1987 to 1990. One of such plain used by a russian airline company crashed november 2013
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