AERO INDIA

Dec. 8, 2018

Government of India announced that 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.

About:

  • The biennial Aero India began in 1996, and has emerged as the largest aerospace exhibition in Asia.

  • It attracts all major aerospace manufacturers around the globe given India’s large armed forces looking at major modernisation and huge imports. Aero India 2017 saw the participation of 213 companies from 22 countries and 234 Indian companies.

  • Yelahanka Air Force station in Bengaluru has hosted all the 11 editions so far.

  • So far, Aero India has been defence-oriented while a separate civil aviation exhibition is held in Hyderabad. But in the upcoming 12th edition of ‘Aero India’ at Bengaluru to be held from February 20 to 24, 2019, Aero India and aviation expo will be merged.

  • The tag line of Aero India 2019 is “Runway for a billion opportunities.” The logo is inspired by the indigenous light combat aircraft Tejas.

Source : The Hindu

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