Dana Air inks ASKY interline, B737 lease deal

Dana Air (9J, Lagos) has signed a partnership agreement with Togo-based ASKY Airlines (KP, Lomé) which will foster the Nigerian carrier's route network growth as well as fleet renewal plans.
In a statement, Dana Air said that under the initiative, it had inked an interline agreement with ASKY along with an aircraft partnership agreement which will see the wet-lease of a B737-700 from ASKY on a one-year contract. No delivery dates were disclosed.
Airline Chief Operating Officer Obialor Mbanuzuo has since told ch-aviation that Dana Air would initially wet-lease in the aircraft which could then transition to either a damp- or even dry-lease contract later on.
Dana Air currently operates an all-McDonnell Douglas fleet of one MD-82 and four MD-83s on scheduled passenger flights covering Lagos, Abuja, Owerri, Port Harcourt Omagwa, and Uyo.
Last year, Mbanuzuo told ch-aviation that the B737-700 was an ideal candidate for renewal given it more or less offers comparable seating capacity to the MD fleet. He also noted at the time that the B737-700 would also allow the airline to venture into the West African market operating routes within a 3-hour flying radius from its Lagos base.
For its part, Ethiopian Airlines (ET, Addis Ababa) affiliate ASKY operates three B737-700s, one B737-800, and four Dash 8-400s on flights covering 24 destinations across West and Central Africa.

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