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Aviation Safety Round Table Initiative in the press since 2012: 5 stories. Each one opens on the publisher's site.

Nigerian Flight Deck · 12 September 2017 · News report

Olowo, others explain how Nigeria achieved zero accident year

At Akwaaba's Aviation Day, Olowo credited Nigeria's accident-free run to foreign audits, IOSA, pilot training, safety management systems, bigger maintenance budgets and newer fleets; AIB's Tunji Oketunbi tied gains to post-2005/2006 reforms.

Nigerian Flight Deck · 16 August 2017 · News report

Gabriel Olowo to speak at 2017 Akwaaba Travel Market

Announcement that ART/ASRTI president Olowo would keynote Akwaaba Travel Market's Aviation Day in Lagos on why Africa recorded no commercial jet accidents in 2016.

Nigerian Flight Deck · 20 June 2017 · Press release

ART commends Presidency's move to improve aviation

The think tank welcomed presidential ease-of-business executive orders, especially removal of extra check-in 'dash tables', and asked agencies and unions to stop blocking airline counters over debts, upgrade navigation communications and enforce the AIP.

Olumide Ohunayo · Gabriel Olowo

The Sun (via NAN) · 27 April 2017 · News report

Aviation Round Table mourns Borishade

ART mourned former aviation minister Babasola Borishade, crediting his short tenure with the Civil Aviation Bill, restored Nigeria–US flights and a strong ICAO audit score, and urged politicians to set and meet delivery deadlines.

Gbenga (Gabriel) Olowo

The Sun · 9 April 2017 · Interview

Dearth of forex killing aviation sector -Gabriel Olowo, President, Aviation Roundtable

Sunday Sun Q&A in which Olowo doubted AMCON could rescue Arik and Aero, blamed most airline failures on policy and forex scarcity, criticised the ministry and called for a consolidated flag carrier.