B'lore to host civil aviation centenary

B D Narayankar

Press Trust of India

Bangalore, Sep 16: The regional centenary celebration of civil aviation in India will be held in the city on September 19 to project and plan the potential for growth in the sector.

The event would give a platform for chalking up plans for civil aviation players and organisations to develop regional airports into a business centres, former Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Chairman and Society of Aerospace Technologies and Industries (SIATI) President, C G Krishnadas Nair, told reporters here today.

Holding the mega event in Bangalore was appropriate as the city is called as the 'Aerospace Capital of India,' Nair said. As part of the regional centenary celebrations, a seminar on "Strategies for Growth in the current decade 2011-12" will also be organised, he said.

Nair said India has recovered from the worldwide economic slowdown and recorded a growth of 15 per cent in the civil aviation sector since then, "which is the highest in the world".

"Passenger traffic at Bangalore International Airport (BIA) is almost 12-13 million. In next 10 years it will be double ... so there is scope for second runway and expansion along with commercial activities there," he added.

Expert presentations and panel discussions on civil aviation in India and Karnataka, infrastructure development, networking of regional airports with metro airports and views by private airlines would also be included in the seminar, Nair said. The mega event would be inaugurated by Civil Aviation Minister Vayalar Ravi, he said.

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