Events

New Delhi, 12th July, 2023: MRO Association of India is holding its annual event Aero MRO India A&D in New Delhi on November 21-22, 2023.The theme of this year’s event is “Preparing for the New Horizon.” The event is being held at a time when airlines in India are going to add 15 percent capacity or 100 to 110 aircraft per year and the aviation sector is looking at close to 1,200 aircraft by2027. On the military front too, there would be large-scale induction of aerial platforms of various kinds. This phenomenal induction is much welcomed by the Indian MRO Industry,which is preparing for new challenges and opportunities that will be thrown up in the coming days. MRO Association of India, formed on June 23, 2011, is in its twelfth year of its existence.Over more than a decade,it has endeavored to bring several policy changes in the field of the Indian MRO industry.Aero MRO India 2023 A&D,India’s Only MRO Forum, in its tenth edition, has started attracting many MRO players from home and overseas for participation in the event. Companies who have registered are AMP Aero LLC of the USA as the Title Sponsor, EagleCopters of the US and Callington India as Bronze Sponsors, Heatcon Composite Systems,UK, Liebherr Aerospace India, and AviOil are a few companies who would exhibit. Discussions are going on with several other companies at this time inviting them to participate in the event. “Aero MRO India 2023 A&D will be spread over the two days with Leaders from the Government, both Civil and Defence, MROs, OEMs, Airlines, Logistics, Lease Financing firms, Aviation Lawyers, MRO Infrastructure Consultants, Supply Chain firms, and many more will participate. “This year’s theme “Preparing for the New Horizon” is very apt for the Indian MRO Industry as well as for the international MRO companies as India will see phenomenal growth in civil aviation and military aviation,” said Pulak Sen, Founder & Secretary General of MRO Association of India. For more information, visit the following websites: https://www.amp-aero.com https://www.eaglecopters.com, https://www.callington.in, https://www.heatcon.com https://www.liebherr.com, https://www.avi-oil.com, https://www.mroassociation.in

Theme: The Gateway To Aerospace In Africa & The Middle East Date:  3-5 September 2024 Venue: El Alamain International Airport Media Partner: Aviation World Event Details: Egypt International Airshow will feature a wide range of activities and events, including static aircraft and flying displays, conference seminars and workshops. The exhibition floor will be packed with the newest products and services that are shaping the future of the aerospace industry. Egypt International Airshow is officially supported by the Ministry of Defence, Egypt Air Force, and the Ministry of Civil Aviation. The  3-day event will showcase the best of aviation, with a focus on the latest developments in the defence, space, and commercial aviation sectors. For more info, login to the official website: https://www.egypt-air-show.com/

Paris Air Show, 19.06.2023: The Israel Ministry of Defense’s national pavilion was inaugurated during a ceremony attended by Director of SIBAT, Brig. Gen. (Res.) Yair Kulas, Deputy Director General and Head of the Directorate of Production and Procurement, Zeev Landau, and heads of Israeli defense industries. Defense Minister Yoav Gallant stated at the inauguration ceremony, “Israel’s ability to face threats is determined by the dedicated individuals who tirelessly work to develop state-of-the-art technology. This ongoing and highly challenging battle of intellect mostly takes place behind the scenes. In recent years, this intellectual contest has been gaining momentum, and I can confidently affirm that Israel surpasses its adversaries in both defensive and offensive capabilities. Iran is closer than ever to gaining military-nuclear capabilities, and it is conducting a war of attrition against us by engaging in proxy terrorism. This clear strategy aims to destabilize not only the region but also the world. In response to Iran’s efforts, the Israeli defense establishment is working to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear power, utilizing all the resources at our disposal.” Director General of the Israel Ministry of Defense, Maj. Gen. (Res.) Eyal Zamir, said,“The global landscape is evolving rapidly, bringing forth various multidimensional threats and opportunities. Countries are allocating substantial resources, doubling and even tripling their defense budgets. Defense exports play a vital role in bolstering the economy. In line with the Defense Minister’s directive, defense exports will be a central focus in the Ministry of Defense’s multi-year plan. We will persist in taking action to streamline bureaucratic processes and increase investments in research and development. Our goal is to spearhead innovative capabilities in energy weapons, space technology and satellites, defense cyber capabilities, and AI technology for defense applications. During this exhibition, the Minister of Defense and I will engage in discussions with our counterparts including defense ministers, delegations, and leaders of prominent defense industries. Our objective is to fortify cooperation and broaden opportunities for collaboration.” Bezhalel (Butzi) Machlis, President and CEO of Elbit Systems, “The State of Israel has adopted a strategy of security independence, and the Israeli pavilion illustrates this well. It presents the extraordinary capacity of the Israeli industry, as well as the innovative and effective solutions that respond to the military and security needs of the State of Israel and, as a result, to the needs that are developing around the world. On behalf of the defense industries, I would like to thank and express my full appreciation to our colleagues from SIBAT (International Defense Cooperation Directorate in the Defense Ministry) MAFAT (Directorate of Defense Research and Development) and the personnel of the Foreign Ministry who are working day and night to promote Israeli defense exports. Their extensive activity constitutes an infrastructure for international growth and enables new breakthroughs and the expansion of all of our business activities. Together, we contribute to security, economy and employment in Israel”.

14th June 2023, Cairo: The highly anticipated Egypt Airshow is set to take place in May 2024, as officially announced during a press conference on 8th June 2023. The event is officially supported by the Ministry of Defence, the Egyptian Air Force, and the Ministry of Civil Aviation.The event is set to take place at El Alamein New International Airport, in one of Egypt’s most prominent new tourist cities, and will showcase cutting-edge advancements in defence, space and commercial aviation. The four-day event will include a range of features including a world class exhibition with space for VIP hospitality chalets and hospitality, a high-level conference, a fully-hosted VIP delegation programme in addition to a static park and flying displays featuring the latest aircraft. The theme of the air show is “The Gateway to Aerospace in Africa & The Middle East”. The event expects participation from more than 250 exhibitors, alongside a display of 50 aircraft on the static park. Over 100 distinguished VIPs are set to attend, engaging in a tailored delegation program that includes personalised meetings with exhibitors. Esteemed delegations are anticipated to attend from Air Forces, Civil Aviation Authorities, and Space Agencies, further enhancing the international significance of the event. The Airshow will be organised by Arabian World Events with the full support of the Ministry of Defence, the Egyptian Air Force, and the Ministry of Civil Aviation. Thomas Gaunt, CEO of Arabian World Events stated: “The event will serve as a place for international Air Forces, Civil Aviation Authorities, Space Agencies, Airlines and other VIP delegations to meet with the entire aerospace value chain, many of whom have already committed to their participation in the show. “As an events organiser, we understand that the success of shows such as this are achieved due to the unprecedented support of Egypt’s executive and military leaderships. We appreciate their dedication and look forward to a strong relationship working with the leadership on Egypt Airshow.” The panel at the official launch press conference included: Air Marshal Mahmoud Fouad Abdel-Gawad (Commander of the Air Force), Mohamed Abbas Helmy (Minister of Civil Aviation), Major General Bakr, Muhammad Al-Bayoumi (Chief of the Signal Department in the Armed Forces), Prof. Sherif Mohamed Sedky (CEO of Egyptian Space Agency) and Thomas Gaunt (CEO – Arabian World Events).

Date: 6th-8th Dec 2023 Venue: IGI Airport City: New Delhi Organised By: 4M Events & Adone Events Hosted By: GMR Media Partner: Aviation World Who Exhibits: Aircraft Manufacturer • OEM • Trip Support • Completion & Services • Advance Air Mobility / eVTOL • FBO • MRO • Operator • Charter • Airport Equipment • Flight Training School Event Overview: AIR EXPO provide the perfect platform for companies to showcase their products, services, and capabilities to a targeted audience of aviation industry professionals. With attendees ranging from aircraft operators to manufacturers, financiers to service providers, our events offer unparalleled opportunities to connect with decision makers and industry influencers. Whether you’re a small start-up looking to make a big impression, or a large corporation looking to solidify your position in the industry, our events can help you achieve your goals. https://www.airexpo.in

Date:25-26 July, 2023 City: Bangkok, Thailand Organised By: Innowinn Event Overview: By inviting civil aviation authorities, airlines, airport operators/owners, OEMs, MROs, aviation training schools, aircraft leasing companies, parts suppliers, equipment manufacturers, solution providers, investors, consultants and associations, CASEA 2023 hopes to build an ideal platform for industry communication and promote aviation development in the challenging times. This event will give insight about the state of the South East Asia aviation industry, share regional and global trends, and showcase innovations and best practices to full recovery of the air travel industry. https://www.civilaviationsea.com/

2nd May 2023, New Delhi: Foundation For Aviation and Sustainable Tourism (FAST) conducted its annual seminar in New Delhi with the theme “India’s G-20 Presidency: A Golden Opportunity for India Tourism”. The seminar was addressed by MoS for Tourism, Shri Shripad Yesso Naik through video link. He highlighted the importance of the seminar in the context of ongoing G20 presiding which is an premier forum for international economic cooperation. He also mentioned the important role of G20 in shaping and strengthening global architecture and governance on all major international economic issues. The objective of GTIS is to attract global investment into the Indian tourism and hospitality sector along with investments in tourism infrastructure, technology, skill development, startups and more. The Minister said, “G-20 will help in raising awareness about tourism potential at the global level.” India has been active in G-20 meetings and has taken a leadership role in several areas, such as promoting inclusive growth, increasing investment in infrastructure, and strengthening financial regulation. The inaugural address by the minister paved the path for productive and fruitful deliberations at the seminar. Shri Arvind Singh, IAS, Secretary, Tourism was the Guest of Honour, gave the way forward that the government is following to fully harness this opportunity. He mentioned that tourism traffic is back and up and infrastructure such as High Speed Modern Trains clubbed with Quality Highways along with airports and air routes under RCS have immensely contributed to it. He conveyed the intent of the PM in going ahead in Mission Mode for tourism in an effective manner. He also shared the rich video content getting viral on the social media there by highlighting tourism and he dwelled upon the insight of the upcoming programs and activities of the Ministry in this regard. The seminar has sensitized the environment with full of positivity for the upcoming events under the banner of G-20 in general and particularly the upcoming Investor Summit in May, 2023; besides providing the marketing tourism promotion and networking opportunities. FAST Seminar was steered by two former Secretary, Tourism, former Chairman, AAI and the former Governor of Tripura & Chhattisgarh, Lt. Gen. KM Seth, PVSM, AVSM(Retd.) and President of FAST. They together brought out meaningful outcome through the deliberations in two dedicated Business Sessions. Session-1 was Chaired by Mr. MP Bezbaruah, IAS, former Secretary Tourism and Session-2 was Chaired by Mr. Vinod Zutshi, IAS, former Secretary Tourism. During deliberations it transpired that to make the best use of the G20’s presidency for travel and tourism, India can initiate interactions with G20 nations at the four key levels, i.e. (i) Govt to Government. (G2G), (ii) Government to business (G2B), (iii) Business to business, (B2B) and (iv) People to people. (P2P) It was mandated that such deliberations shall be captured in the form of a Post Seminar Report (PSR). The PSR may be forwarded to the Government and concerned departments and stakeholders for necessary action at their level.

22nd April 2023, New Delhi: The 2nd International Conference on Emerging Trends in Aviation MRO Industry [EAMRO 2023] was successfully organized by Aviakul Group of Companies on 22 April 2023 at Indian Aviation Academy with an aim to discuss the emerging trends such as Convergence of Civil & Defence in MRO, Digitization of MRO, Challenges in implementing new age solutions etc., This attracted a significant amount of Aviation Professionals from Indian Armed Forces, Civil Aviation, Directorate General of Civil Aviation,Regulatory Authorities, MRO Professionals, Aircraft Technicians, Aspirants, Students etc., Lt. Gen. Ajay Kumar Suri, Director General & Colonel Commandant, Army Aviation presided the opening Ceremony as Chief Guest and initiated the conference. He also actively participated in the Panel Discussion on Convergence of Civil & Defence Applications in MRO Industry where we explicitly invited Private Manufacturers & Stakeholders to take active part in cross vertical MRO applications. The Opening Ceremony also witnessed key addresses from Air Marshal Sukhchain Singh, Former Air Officer in Charge Maintenance, Indian Air Force,R. P. Kashyap, Director Operations, Directorate General of Civil Aviation & Indian Aviation Academy and the organizing Chairman of the conference Vaibhav Varun, Managing Director, Aviakul Group of Companies. Dr. Sudhir Kumar Mishra, Former Director General, Defence Research Organization delivered his opening remarks virtually. The day begun with an interesting and intriguing panel discussion on Convergence of Civil & Defence Applications in MRO Industry [EAMRO 2023]. Panelists included Air Marshal Sukhchain Singh, Rear Admiral Mukul Asthana, Lt. Gen. Dharam Vir Kalra, Anirrban Batacharrya, Mangalam Pandey with Col. K. V. Kuber, Director – Aerospace & Defence, Ernst & Young leading the Panel as Moderator. Lt. Gen. Ajay Kumar Suri participated in the panel as a Special Invitee. The Panel discussed several issues & bottlenecks in achieving the said convergence and how all the stakeholders can work together in making India a Global MRO Hub in the nearest possible future. Followed by Panel Discussion, Dr. Harpreet A de Singh, Executive Director, Air India Limited, delivered a Keynote Lecture in Women in Aviation. She boldly questioned the existing practices in society which is preventing Women to take up Aviation related career options and highlighted how Indian Women Pilots’ Association is working closely with the parents of girl children to change this societal mindset and encourage women to take up Aviation. Today, digital transformation is not an option but a necessity, which provides a way through which any disruption or future uncertainties could be navigated. Resonating with these thoughts, a Panel Discussion on Digital MRO: Are we ready? took place with enthusiastic participation from Ashwani Sharma, Arun Kumar Bansal, Mangalam Pandey, Prashanth Gupta and Saurav Gupta. Key points including but not limited to the need for skill training at the grass root level has been discussed. With Indian Airline Carriers increasing their Aircraft fleet, whether MROs in India can cope up to the challenge in the next five years? Answering this with precise strategy, Pulak Sen delivered an enthralling Keynote Lecture setting a vision MRO 2030: Indian Roadmap. Manoj Kumar Paidisetty, representing the civil aviation regulatory authority, addressed the gathering on the importance of Safety and the challenges involved in solving them. A Panel Discussion on Challenges in implementing New Age MRO solutions resonated well with the audience as the panelists were able to connect with them on a day-to-day problem being faced. Panelists included Ajay Kumar, Maniraj Rajagopalan, Gp. Capt. Sanjay Shah, Vinod Kumar Shukla, Vijay Kumar Jha actively interacted with the audience making the final session of the day, THE most interesting session of the day. Vaibhav Varun gave the concluded remarks with R. P. Kashyap unveiling the banner for the next edition of Global Sustainable Aviation Conclave – Chapter 2 in October 2023 in New Delhi. The event was attended by 300+ participants in Physical mode, comprising of Industry Experts, Indian Armed Forces, Defence veterans, Diplomats, Bureaucrats, Aviation Professionals, Aviation Enthusiasts, Friends from Media, Cinema Industry, Faculty and Students from Science and Technology background. This conference was well received among the participants making this event a Success.

The first edition of the India Russia Space Dialogue 2023 was organized by Russian House New Delhi and Aviakul Private Limited on April 15 with the aim to revisit the historic milestones in the cooperation journey of the two nations, identify key moments, analyse the learnings from this bilateral cooperation and chart out the future roadmap of collaboration on various avenues in this current geopolitical scenario. The event specifically looked back at the milestone human spaceflights of Yuri Gagarin, the first man to go in space on April 12, 1961 as well as that of Wg. Cmdr Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian to go in space on April 3, 1984. Ekaterina Malysheva, the granddaughter of the Russian cosmonaut, Yuri Malysheva who went into space with Wing Cmdr. Rakesh Sharma as the spacecraft’s commander shared her memories, insights and valuable anecdotes from Yuri Malysheva’s life. She shared unseen images of her grandfather and the workings of the Russian space agency. Through the images she familiarized the attendees and specially the students about the cosmonaut training process. In his keynote address, Dr. N. Suddheer Kumar, Director, Capacity Building & Public Outreach (CBPO), ISRO virtually presented a brief overview of the Indo -Russian collaboration since the beginning. He mentioned Vikram Sarabhai’s contribution in the Indian space program as well as the partnership between ISRO and ROSCOSMOS in launching of various satellites, Navic, cooperation for Gaganyaan, cryogenic technology stage, etc. Indo Russian Cooperation has been marked by a close and strategic partnership across all spectrums of relationship and when the world is reeling with many challenges across the globe like pandemic, geopolitical tensions, economic slowdown and so on, rapid technological innovations and developments in space sector has become critical more than ever. Right from launching Aryabhata, India’s first unmanned satellite in 1975, to Wg Cmdr Rakesh Sharma, first Indian to travel to space in 1984, the cooperation between the two nations has seen many pinnacles. Several decades down the line, today, both the countries harbour common ambitions to journey deeper into space through many projects like Ganaganyaan, Marsoplane – the mission to explore mars and so on. Certainly, the 75 years of Indo-Russian cooperation provides many valuable lessons that are important to further explore the unexplored areas of Indo-Russian Space partnership and unearth the endless possibilities of Outer space. The Fireside chat on the topic of 75 Years of India-Russia Space Cooperation highlighted the importance of friendship in current geopolitical situations, encouraged the Private Sector coming into the space domain, how it will expand the scope of the space sector as well as the space economy in particular. The panelists also stressed upon using outer space for people purposes as space belongs to all. Aviakul Pvt Ltd also signed an MoU with the delegation from Moscow Aviation Institute to strengthen space education in the country. In her Keynote lecture on ‘ women in aviation’ Executive Director of air India, President of IWPA, member of Indian aeronautical society Dr. Harpreet A De Singh highlighted how determination can lead women to touch the sky, she spoke about Kalpana Chawla, Sunita Williams, Sirisha Bandla, Dr. Tessy Thomas and many more inspirational women. Dr. Singh enlightened students about various fields and job roles women can take in the space sector. This was followed by a panel discussion on space for commercial opportunities. Panelists encouraged more people and the private sector to participate in the space domain as in future everything is going to be dependent on the space domain. General A. K. Bhatt, Director General, Indian Space Association, highlighted the everyday used services and product applications like GPS, Weather updates, ATM machines, water purifications, etc. Panelists also acknowledged the budget constraints and how countries’ cooperation can lead the way to 2030. The next panel discussion enlightened towards creating ecosystems that can guide and nurture young minds to create a skilled workforce. The panelists spoke about the various domains of space, the hard work, and persistence needed coupled with curiosity, and imagination. They also touched upon the available resources that the students can explore to fuel their interest in space. The discussion also mentioned about the research process and the kind that is going on in space. It also highlighted that a single space mission requires a large team of workers with distinct variety of skills and competencies to work and therefore space is a domain comprising all range of industries and professions ranging from information, telecommunication, broadcasting, trade and manufacturing of space assets, professional and business services like R&D, technical services, engineering, geophysical surveying and so on. Looking at the earth from a far you realize it is too small for conflict and just big enough for cooperation, as remarked by Yuri Gagarin. Another statement by Wg Cmdr Rakesh Sharma underlined, “Anyone who goes to space tries to look at his own country first, but soon it appears that there is no boundary between the countries and the entire world is one family where our destinies are integrated.” The dialogue that ended with a reminder to work together, to collaborate for further leaps of humans.