Stakeholders in the Nigerian aviation industry are set to chart a way to tackle challenges confronting the sector.
They will be focusing on the theme ‘Aviation Survivability amidst a Challenging Macro-Economic Environment’ at the 28th edition of the Annual Conference of the League of Airport and Aviation Correspondents.
This was contained in a press statement signed by the Chairman of the Conference Planning Committee, Chinedu Eze, on Tuesday.
The crucial deliberation meeting slated for Friday, July 26, 2024, will be held in Lagos.
According to Eze, this year’s conference was informed by the challenging state of the country’s economy, which has amplified the already existing constraints to the growth and development of Nigeria’s aviation industry in the 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.
Eze further noted that aviation and allied business organisations had equally taken advantage of sponsorship opportunities presented by the event to sell their products and services.
He said, “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.
“There shall be both physical and virtual participation in the conference to enable participation of stakeholders from across the world.”
By Olasunkanmi Akinlotan
