DANA AIR INSTALLS FLIGHT TRACKING SYSTEM IN AIRCRAFT

Dana Airlines Limited said it has signed a five-year contract with a Canadian firm,  FLYHT Aerospace Solutions Ltd for the installation of  Automated Information Reporting System (AFIRS) 228 at the cost of $1 million.

 

The contract requires FLYHT to install the AFIRS 228 (Flight Tracking System) on all the airline’s five Boeing MD-83 aircraft to provide real-time flight data monitoring and to assist in achieving maintenance and operational efficiencies. The airline will benefit from all AFIRS 228 features including automated Out, Off, On and In times, engine trending, airframe and engine, flight tracking and satellite voice communications.

With this development, Dana Air becomes one of the local operators to take concrete steps to follow the recommendations of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to implement an intelligent flight tracking system to increase safety and improve efficiency.

According to the airline’s CEO, Jacky Hathiramani, “The provision of safe, reliable world-class air transport services has always been our focus at Dana Air, and FLYHT’s AFIRS 228’s timely, secure, seamless end-to-end communications capability will surely boost the airline’s overall operational efficiency.” 

FLYHT will provide equipment and services to Dana Air over a five-year contract, and installations are anticipated to begin in the first quarter of 2013. FLYHT Aerospace Solutions Ltd. is one of the world’s leading providers of real-time data communications for the aerospace industry.

Dana Air is currently undergoing a process of recertification by the NCAA in preparation for recommencement of commercial operations, following the restoration of its Air Operators Certificate by the Federal Government after the June 3 aircraft accident in Lagos that claimed over 160 lives.