Flying For All

The two-day Global Aviation Summit in Mumbai saw participation by 13 ministers and 800 delegates from 80 countries.

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A first-of-its-kind event, Global Aviation Summit 2019, commenced with the participation of 13 transport and civil aviation ministers, 36 civil aviation authorities, 800 delegates, more than 35 exhibitors from over 80 countries across the world. The inaugural session was graced by Devendra Fadnavis, chief minister of Maharashtra; Suresh Prabhu, minister of civil aviation and commerce and industry, GoI; Dr Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu, president of the council ICAO; Jayant Sinha, MoS, ministry of civil aviation; R N Choubey, secretary, minister of civil aviation and Sandip Somany, president, FICCI.

The inaugural session, which was held here in Mumbai, primarily focused on the summit’s main theme of ‘Flying for all’ which touts to make air travel affordable for citizen of every class in this country. The summit, which is historical in opening a dialogue on several verticals like importance of drones, affordable air travel, use of sustainable fuels in future, infrastructural development in a compact two-day event, seeks to pave the way for greater growth in the aviation sector through better policy-framing.