United Nigeria Airlines has welcomed Adedayo Olawuyi to its team as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), reinforcing its commitment to strengthening commercial operations and driving sustainable growth and expansion.

Olawuyi brings over 18 years of extensive experience in the aviation industry, with a strong track record in commercial strategy, network and schedule planning, revenue management, and business development.

Prior to joining United Nigeria Airlines, he served as Chief Commercial Officer at Uganda Airlines. He also held senior leadership positions at Africa World Airlines (AWA), Ghana, including Head of Commercial, and served as Head, Business Intelligence & Strategy at EAN Aviation Limited.

Earlier in his career, he held multiple roles at Air Nigeria (formerly Virgin Nigeria Airways), spanning commercial planning, network analysis, and ground operations.

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Olawuyi holds an Executive Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Air Transport Management from Cranfield University, United Kingdom, and a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Mathematics from the University of Ibadan.

He has also completed several professional development programmes with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and other global aviation institutions.

United Nigeria Airlines said it is confident that his experience and leadership will enhance its commercial performance and support the achievement of our strategic growth objectives.

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha is the Aviation Correspondent at BusinessDay Media Limited, publishers of BusinessDay Newspapers. She is also the Deputy Editor, BusinessDay Weekender Magazine, the Saturday Weekend edition of BusinessDay. She holds a BSC in Mass Communication from the prestigious University of Nigeria, Nsukka and a Masters degree in Marketing at the University of Lagos. As the lead writer on the aviation desk, Ifeoma is responsible and in charge of the three weekly aviation and travel pages in BusinessDay and BDSunday. She also overseas and edits all pages of BusinessDay Saturday Weekender. She has written various investigative, features and news stories in aviation and business related issues and has been severally nominated for award in the category of Aviation Writer of the Year by the Nigeria Media Nite-Out awards; one of the Nigeria’s most prestigious media awards ceremonies. Ifeoma is a one-time winner of the prestigious Nigeria Media Merit Award under the 'Aviation Writer of the Year' Category. She is the 2025 Eloy Award winner under the Print Media Journalist category. She has undergone several journalism trainings by various prestigious organisations. Ifeoma is also a fellow of the Female Reporters Leadership Fellowship of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism.

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