India Aviation 2008 to be held in Hyderabad in October

New Delhi: Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) have joined hands to host India Aviation 2008, an international exhibition and conference on civil aviation, which will be held from October 15 – 18 in Hyderabad. The event will be hosted at the Hyderabad Airport. The city was chosen as the venue in view of the booming IT sector and the availability of rooms in Hyderabad. This is the first ever international aviation conference being held in India.
To give civil aviation industry in India a common platform, the organisers have decided to hold this event every two years. FICCI has specially formed a steering committee for this show, which will organise and execute the event.
The event will comprise of an exhibition, conference, flying displays, customer demonstration flights, static displays, CEO’s Forum and media conferences. Commenting on the exhibition, Sharma said, “We are hoping that more than 200 exhibitors will participate in the show.” Around 50 companies like Boeing, German, UK, Canadian and Australian pavilion have already been finalised.
The theme for the conference to be held during the event is ‘Indian Aviation: Scaling New Heights.’
07/04/08 Arti Saggi/TravelBizMonitor

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