On Wednesday, July 28, 2021, the League of Airport and Aviation Correspondents (LAAC) held its 25th Annual Conference at Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos. The event was attended by over 250 virtual and physical participants drawn from the local and international airlines, ground handling firms, ministry of aviation, aviation agencies, travel agencies and other industry stakeholders. Below are sights of the annual meet.
*L-R: The president, Aviation Roundtable Safety Initiative (ART), Mr. Gbenga Olowo; general manager, Ethiopian Airline Nigeria, Mr. Shimeless Arange; organiser, Akwaaba African Travel Market, Mr. Ikechi Uko; chairman, Air Peace, Mr. Allen Onyema; managing director, Finchglow Travels, Mr. Bernard Bankole and managing director, Aglow, Mr. Tosin Ojuri, at the 25th LAAC Annual Conference and Awards of LAAC held in Lagos with the theme ‘Nigeria’s aviation industry: Management, policy & regulation.’*L-R: The chairman, senate committee on aviation, Mr. Smart Adeyemi, chairman, house committee on aviation, Mr. Nnolim Nnaji; chairman, League of Airport and Aviation Correspondents (LAAC), Mr. Segun Koiki; chairman, West Link Airlines, Capt. Ibrahim Mshelia; commissioner and chief executive officer of Accident Investigation Bureau Nigeria (AIB-N), Mr. Akin Olateru representing the minister of aviation, Mr. Hadi Sirika, at the conference.*L-R: The chairman, League of Airports and Aviation Correspondents (LAAC), Mr. Segun Koiki, chairman, West Link Airlines, Mr. Ibrahim Mshelia; Captain Ibrahim Mshelia; the commissioner and chief executive officer of Accident Investigation Bureau Nigeria (AIB-N), Mr. Akin Olateru.*L-R: The chairman, senate committee on aviation, Mr. Smart Adeyemi, Chairman, Lagos State commissioner for information and strategy, Mr. Gbenga Omotosho, representing the governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu; director general of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt. Musa Nuhu, at the conference.*L-R: The managing director and chief executive officer, Med-View Airline, Mr. Muneer Bankole, director general of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt. Musa Nuhu; managing director, Finchglow Travels, Mr. Bernard Bankole; commissioner and chief executive officer, Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB-N), Mr. Akin Olateru; Captain Alkali Modibbo, Rector, Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria, Capt. Alkali Modibbo at the event.
*The general manager, public affairs, Accident Investigation Bureau Nigeria (AIB-N), Mr. Tunji Oketunbi; aviation editor, Daily Times, Mr. Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo; former general manager, public affairs, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mr. Akin Olukunle and the managing director, The Mavis Company, Mr. Adeola Fadairo (all former LAAC chairmen) at the conference.
