AERO INDIA 2019

About: 

• Background: Aero India is a biennial air show and aviation exhibition which began in 1996, and has emerged as the largest aerospace exhibition in Asia. 
  
  
• Venue: It is held in Bengaluru, India at the Yelahanka Air Force Station. 
  
  
• Organised by: The Defence Exhibition Organisation, Ministry of Defence. 
  
  
• Theme of Aero India 2019: “Runway for a billion opportunities.” 
  
  
• Objective: 
  • This five-day event will be a major trade exhibition for the aerospace and defence industries with public air shows. It attracts all major aerospace manufacturers around the globe given India’s armed forces looking at huge imports. 
    
    
  • Besides giving fillip to the domestic aviation industry it would further the cause of Make in India. 
    
    
  
  
  
• Civil Aviation Exhibition: 
  • So far, Aero India has been defence-oriented while a separate civil aviation exhibition is held in Hyderabad. 
    
    
  • But for the first time, the country’s ‘Civil Aviation Exhibition’ will be subsumed into the upcoming edition of ‘Aero India’ to be held from February 20 to 24, 2019.