Lagos Aviation Academy Announces Plan To Commence Online Courses

Lagos Aviation Academy (LAA), Nigeria’s top Aviation, Travel and Tourism school is pleased to announce that it would start offering self-study courses before midyear 2020.

On commencing the new session this year, the General Manager, Chinasa Mbene disclosed that this development is aimed at making study easier for its students who might not be physically available to take the courses.

“With a mission to impart relevant knowledge through innovative training solutions designed to
progressively build leaders and inspire excellence, Lagos Aviation Academy is set to introduce
online courses. To drive this, we are in partnerships with recognized aviation bodies, using
relevant technology. We have also developed a curriculum to make the learning process
seamless for our students,” Chinasa says.

Also noting that there is a need to prepare the upcoming generation to take over from the aging
experts in the next ten to fifteen years, Chinasa mentioned that the academy would focus on the
younger generation and incoming workforce to ensure continuity and improvement of
professionalism in the Nigerian Aviation industry.

“In the next 10 to 15 years, we are going to see many skilled professionals in the aviation
industry age and retire from their jobs. To ensure the transfer of knowledge to the next
generation and to also ensure that there is continuity, we are actively focused on training the
next generation. In line with this vision, we recently awarded scholarships to two students who
wanted to pursue a career in the aviation industry,” Chinasa says.

“This year, we would be focusing on enlightening the younger generation on the numerous
career paths in the industry. Lagos Aviation Academy looks forward to demystifying the general
ideology that the only jobs in the industry are the pilots and cabin crew officers,” she adds.
In a related manner, Lagos Aviation Academy currently offers a 39% discount on the Basic
Ticketing and Reservation course to National Youth Service Corp members. The Academy
Director, who is also the President of the National Association of Nigerian Travel Agencies
(NANTA) says, the essence of this is to engage the NYSC members during and after their
service.

“Having realized that at the end of their service year most Corp Members still have to seat at
home for a while before they get employed somewhere, we decided to create this opportunity to
keep Corp members engaged.”
Lagos Aviation Academy is in partnerships with top Travel Management Companies (TMC’s)
and Airlines in Nigeria and has facilitated the employment of some of its best students in these
companies. This is one of the many contributions the school has made towards improving the
downstream sector in the Nigerian aviation industry.