Dana Air and Ibom Air have signed a codeshare agreement. The first between two airlines in Nigeria.
The codeshare agreement tagged: Dana-Ibom Alliance was signed at the Victor Attah International Airport, Uyo, Corporate Headquarters of Ibom Air.
This pioneering agreement in the Nigerian domestic market will, amongst other benefits, enable the two airlines to cooperate to airlift passengers and give them immediate service in the event of an unforeseen problem on the part of any of the two airlines.
Speaking at the event, the Chief Executive Officer, CEO, of Ibom Air, George Uriesi said that the benefits of the alliance include increased capacity and frequencies into a shared destination as well as providing options for the travelling public.
Uriesi said: “With the initiation of this business alliance, both airlines have embraced a key global best practice. At Ibom Air, our business model and unwavering commitment remain schedule reliable, on-time departures and excellent service. Hence we are constantly on the lookout for better and more effective ways to serve our customers.”
“It took finding the right partner with the same mindset as yours. The same philosophy committed to providing the basics to the customers, schedule reliability, on-time performance and excellent service essentially the philosophies that tie the two airlines, and I am happy to say Dana.
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“We are very hopeful that this is the beginning of a new and better way of doing business in our country and we are looking at a very fruitful alliance that hopefully other airlines will join in with us or start something. We are very happy about this.
Responding, Accountable Manager/ Chief Operating Officer, COO, Dana Air, Obi Mbanuzo said: “This discussion started about a year ago and we are happy to be here today, formalising it. This is the first of its kind for domestic airlines in Nigeria and a huge step in the right direction for both Dana Air and Ibom Air.”
”Just as George said, these are two airlines that have the same philosophy, the same mindset the customer at the centre of everything. So that is one thing that aligns us, it is all for the benefit of the customers. We have work to do, we have to reeducate ourselves, even the airports that we use we also have to reeducate but I’m sure as time goes on, it would get better,” he added.