The Union Minister for Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, Shri Suresh Prabhu inaugurated the 2 day Global Aviation Summit (GAS) 2019 with a theme:‘Flying for all-especially the next 6 Billion’.It is being organized by Ministry of Civil Aviation in association with Airport Authority of India (AAI) and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) in Mumbai.

Key Points:
• Devendra Fadnavis, Chief Minister of Maharashtra,Dr Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu, President of the Council ICAO, Jayant Sinha, MoS, Ministry of Civil Aviation, were present in the inaugural session of the summit.
• The Vision 2040 foraviation sector and the Air Cargo Policy was launched during the summit.
• Civil Aviation secretary R N Choubey informed that India would be adding 1,000 aircraft over the next 7-8 years and one billion trips in the next 15 years.
• The domestic aviation market in India has been growing at 20 percent annually for the last four years and this growth has been the highest in the world.
• Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis announced that the Navi Mumbai international airport (NMIA) will be ready by the middle of 2020 and is expected to contribute 1% to the country’s GDP.
• The event will also examine the future of drones, sustainable growth of aviation, cargo and logistics in the aviation industry and all the factors behind building great aviation business.
• Around 13 transport and civil aviation ministers, 36 civil aviation authorities, 800 delegates, more than 35 exhibitors from over 80 countries across the world are participating in the summit.