Air Peace, one of Nigeria’s leading airlines, has taken a significant step toward fortifying its safety culture and operational excellence through a collaboration with The Boeing Company and Cranfield University.
This initiative, part of the Boeing Global Learning Institute (BGLI), brought together top executives and leadership teams from Air Peace for a five-day intensive training programme in Lagos.
Titled Advanced Leadership in Safety Excellence, the training blended theoretical insightsd with practical applications to empower participants with advanced safety leadership skills.
The initiative aims to transform Air Peace’s safety culture and strengthen its operational processes, positioning the airline as a benchmark for safety and innovation in Africa’s aviation industry.
According to Harry Magui, Senior Organisational Consultant and Programme Manager at BGLI, the training aligns with Boeing’s commitment to enhancing aviation leadership across its partners. “The Boeing company has long recognised the importance of supporting continuous learning of our aviation partners. To that end, the Boeing Global Learning Institute designs and delivers numerous learning programmes to both emerging and established leaders of our partners. These efforts aim to develop leadership, business, and technical skills so that our partners can improve their business processes, increase operational efficiency and enable leaders to strengthen their teams to ultimately grow their business,” Magui said.
He commended Air Peace’s dedication to making safety a precondition rather than just a priority.
Cranfield University, known for its expertise in aerospace and organisational resilience, provided technical and managerial insights tailored to Air Peace’s unique challenges. Prof. Graham Braithwaite, Head of Aerospace at Cranfield University, highlighted the real-world impact of the programme. “This collaboration ensured the training directly addressed the challenges Air Peace faces, culminating in capstone projects that will have a lasting impact,” he stated.
Dr. Fabian Steinmann, a lecturer at Cranfield University, echoed this sentiment, emphasising the dynamic nature of the aviation industry. “Safety is at the heart of everything we do at Cranfield so the privilege we have is that we travelled around the world, picked up the good practices, learned more about the culture and the operation in various countries so we’re here to facilitate that exchange with Nigeria and Air Peace to see how we share some of the good practices and lessons learned from all around the world and translate them into their operation,” he said.
Air Peace’s Safety Manager, Captain Godfrey Ogbogu, described the programme as timely and critical. “This class is quite essential and we’re lucky to have our resource persons impact knowledge on us. It is a well-structured training and especially for Air Peace because of where we are now and where we hope to go in the future. The whole essence of this class is to reinforce what we know before and be exposed to other avenues of learning. The aviation industry is ever-changing and dynamic, and Air Peace has to be abreast of such developments,” he remarked.
The training’s second phase provided hands-on sessions with Cranfield and Boeing experts, equipping participants with tools and strategies to implement safety improvements within their teams. Additionally, two follow-up review sessions will ensure continuous development of leadership skills and project accountability.
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