Dana Air rewards winners in essay competition, strengthens ‘kids fly’ program

Dana airline announced that some new initiatives have also been added to strengthen and excites members of its kids fly program

Dana Air has rewarded students with free tickets for their brilliant performance at the 11th edition of the National Travel Essay Competition and Air Transport Youth Empowerment Summit, which was held at the Nigerian Civil Aviation (NCAA) Headquarters Annex, Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.

The airline also announced that some new initiatives have also been added to strengthen and excites members of its kids fly program

Kingsley Ezenwa, Dana Air spokesman, said that the students wrote on the theme ‘The Role of Biometrics and Mobile Technology on Future Air Travel,’ adding that the National Travel Essay Competition and Youth Empowerment Summit is designed to create greater awareness for the air transport sector and raise future aviation professionals.

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While commending and congratulating the winners, Ezenwa said that the airline has been supporting similar events and the organizers of the National Essay Competition since it started in 2009 as part of its numerous corporate social responsibility (CSR)

He added that Dana Air has also strengthened its kids fly program with some new initiatives to excite its kids fly program members and frequent flyers.

“Flying with us either as a Child or adult means alot to us and we really appreciate and reward such loyalty and this is why we have created massive rewards for members of Dana Miles and some exciting initiatives for our kids fly program.”

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha is the Aviation Correspondent at BusinessDay Media Limited, publishers of BusinessDay Newspapers. She is also the Deputy Editor, BusinessDay Weekender Magazine, the Saturday Weekend edition of BusinessDay. She holds a BSC in Mass Communication from the prestigious University of Nigeria, Nsukka and a Masters degree in Marketing at the University of Lagos. As the lead writer on the aviation desk, Ifeoma is responsible and in charge of the three weekly aviation and travel pages in BusinessDay and BDSunday. She also overseas and edits all pages of BusinessDay Saturday Weekender. She has written various investigative, features and news stories in aviation and business related issues and has been severally nominated for award in the category of Aviation Writer of the Year by the Nigeria Media Nite-Out awards; one of the Nigeria’s most prestigious media awards ceremonies. Ifeoma is a one-time winner of the prestigious Nigeria Media Merit Award under the 'Aviation Writer of the Year' Category. She is the 2025 Eloy Award winner under the Print Media Journalist category. She has undergone several journalism trainings by various prestigious organisations. Ifeoma is also a fellow of the Female Reporters Leadership Fellowship of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism.