• July 26 @ Providence Hotel, GRA Ikeja

Sade Williams/Business a.m.

Nigeria’s aviation sector survivability has been placed at the top of the agenda for experts’ discussion at the 2024 annual conference of the League of Airport and Aviation Correspondents (LAAC) scheduled to hold on Friday, July 26 at Providence Hotel, GRA, Ikeja, Lagos.

Billed as the 28th edition, LAAC is aiming to chart a way forward for the sector and has themed this conference as “AVIATION SURVIVABILITY AMIDST A CHALLENGING MACRO-ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT”, chosen on the back of the challenging state of the country’s economy which has amplified the already existing constraints to growth and development of Nigeria’s aviation industry in form of poor access to forex, weakening currency, high fuel costs, maintenance costs, poor airports infrastructure, regulatory constraints, growing manpower demands, technology upgrade, passenger comfort, among other issues that require urgent attention of industry stakeholders.

LAAC said the conference presents an opportunity for the organisation to highlight its activities as it is expected to attract over 200 aviation industry professionals cutting across the aviation agencies, security agencies, international and domestic airlines operating in Nigeria, aviation support services, including travel service providers and tour operators.

The League is Nigeria’s aviation media umbrella body saddled with the responsibility of ensuring effective media coverage and practice in the aviation industry, and the LAAC Annual Seminar has over the years made an unquantifiable impact on Nigeria’s aviation sector by throwing up policy, management and operational issues for public discourse. This has resulted in tremendously significant evidential changes in Nigeria’s aviation sector.

Aviation and allied business organisations have equally taken advantage of sponsorship opportunities presented by this event to sell their products and services. This 2024 edition presents yet another opportunity.

“This year’s conference is peculiar because it will focus on the industry’s survival and sustenance which constitutes a major subject of discussion in a time like this,” said Chinedu Eze, chairman, LAAC Conference Planning Committee.

There shall be both physical and virtual participation in the conference to enable participation of stakeholders from across the world.