The Aviation Master Plan has been described as a paradigm shift in the formulation of aviation policies by Saleh Dunoma, managing director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, at the just concluded seminar organised by the League of Airport and Aviation Correspondents, LAAC, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja.

Dunoma stated that, “never before have aviation policies in the country made such immediate impact on the airport landscape and the economy than we are witnessing today.” He also acknowledged and applauded the vital contributions that LAAC had made, over the years, in the development of the country’s aviation industry through robust and fruitful deliberations and the communication of ideas and facts about developments in the industry, using their various media.

According to him, “There is no doubt that most policies in the country’s aviation industry, over the years, have been influenced, directly or otherwise, by observations, contributions or resolutions made at the LAAC seminar by experts invited to brainstorm on ways of moving the industry forward.”

Dunoma who was represented by Oluwafemi Ogunode, FAAN’s director of Maintenance and Engineering, added that the theme for this year’s LAAC seminar, did not only align with the thinking of the Federal Government on the aviation industry today, but also provided a friendly atmosphere for the fertilization of ideas needed to complement the Transformation Agenda of President Goodluck Jonathan in the aviation sector.

Earlier, Chukwuemeka Iwelumo, chairman of LAAC, in welcoming participants to the event, applauded the efforts of Stella Oduah, former minister of Aviation, in transforming the sector. He, however, said that more efforts needed to be made so that the country could take her rightful place in the industry globally.