USTDA bullish on India's aviation sector

Washington: The US Trade and Development Agency is bullish on the exponential growth of the aviation sector in India [ Images ], despite the global economic downturn.
Acting Director of the Agency, Leocadia I Zak, noted that "this summit follows on the heels of a very important visit by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh [ Images ] to Washington," during which both Dr Singh and President Obama [ Images ] had "emphasized the importance of economic cooperation between our peoples not only as a means to speed economic recovery but also, in Prime Minister Singh's words, to promote 'a deeper and better understanding between our countries.'
"Perhaps one of the best examples of economic cooperation and also people-to-people cooperation is the US-India Aviation Cooperation Program that was launched at the First Summit in 2007," she said, and explained that it "provides a forum for dialogue and a mechanism by which the members can highlight specific areas of bilateral technical cooperation, including appropriate training programs and technical activities."
Zak said that the ACP's programs had begun in early 2008 with an innovative Air Traffic Management training program funded by USTDA "that focused on improved high-density air traffic operations at several Indian airports. The program was year-long and featured both Indian and US exercises."
10/12/09 Aziz Haniffa/Rediff

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Categories: Foreign Dec 2009, Indian Aviation- In General Dec 2009