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| . For the aviation industry to grow strong, to succeed another pandemic, scenario planning, adoption of future-wise strategic management, competency-based human capital, data analysis, risk analysis, partnership-based organisation and agile organisation culture,are needed in this era, no organization could stand alone without the supports of the others. These were the views of Pierre Coutu,President of Aviation Strategic International expressed at a one day workshop organized by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority in conjuction with the Aviation Strategic International Institute and the Egis titled: Global Megastrands and Impact on Aviation. He posited that aviation was facing one of the strigent period in the world as a result of outbreak of the covid-19 pandemic. According to him, players in the sector as a matter of necessity needed to bring out the businesses in the industry to be ready for the future and called on aviation practitioners to develop some areas to ensure compliance with global practices. “Climate change, global economic power shift, demographic changes, new technology and global connectedness as some of the current global megatrends that may define the future of the industry”, he said. He told participants that “Players in the global aviation industry have decried the infrastructure gaps in most of the African aviation countries, that the embrace of technology by the continent’s governments will help to address the challenges.” In his remarks Capt. Musa Nuhu, the Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) opined that the Nigerian aviation industry was faced with challenges pre-Covid-19 era. Capt.Nuhu,continuing with his speech disclosed that the outbreak of the pandemic had brought to the knowledge of the public the challenges inherent in the sector. Urgently He observed that the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic had created the need to accelerate growth in the industry globally and ensure the needed changes. Nuhu explained that it had become paramount for players in the industry to develop strategies that would lead to development. He emphasized that unlike in some CAAs on the continent, NCAA does not receive subvention from the Federal Government, stating that 80 per cent of its revenues are from the Ticket Sales Charge (TSC). ,In his paper ‘Planning for a Turbulent Future,’Jean-Marc Trottier explained that African aviation industry was not immune to climate climate. “There are more networks and communications, which seek to connect the world than in the past. This leads to things happening so fast in the world According to IBM 2016 Study, 90 per cent of data in the world had been created in the previous two years alone.” “Scientists say frequencies of pandemic might increase in the future. Covid-19 pandemic was not the first pandemic ever. Aviation organisations need to plan to reduce such impacts in the sector in the future.” Trottier, explained that the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic would make investors and lenders to view aviation investments through a different lens. He pointed out that technology was an ongoing issue, which a lot of the airlines had keyed into, but noted that for the agencies, such changes would be a bit difficult because of regulations. “We can’t go back to the way the aviation industry was being run before the advent of Covid-19 pandemic. Covid-19 has given us the opportunity to reset the sector,” |
