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Aviation Africa summit and exhibition 2018 to be hosted by Egypt

June 23, 2017

By Wallace Mawire Aviation Africa, exhibition and summit covering the full aviation and aerospace spectrum across the African continent, is to hold its third edition in Cairo on April 17 to 18, 2018, under the auspices of the Egyptian Ministry of Civil Aviation, according to Alison Weller, spokesperson. According to Weller, the expo will be held under the theme ‘Building blocks for North African revival’ and the two-day summit will focus on the key drivers to grow business and opportunities across North Africa. Alongside the summit will be an exhibition area featuring more than 50 exhibitors. His Excellency Sherif Fathi Attia the Minister of Civil Aviation of Egypt said he welcomed the decision to bring the event to Cairo.“We are working with the event organiser to shape the agenda for the Summit,” he said. “There are key issues affecting Africa in general, North Africa in particular in subjects like aviation security, infrastructure needs and regional cooperation. The Egyptian government is lending its full support to the event and will be inviting our neighbours and friends across North Africa to be part of this important event.” EgyptAir is to be the host airline of the event. Chairman and CEO of the Egypt Air Holding Group, Safwat Musallam said, “This event gives an opportunity for all of our businesses to come together with suppliers, customers and competitors under one roof. We are very positive about the future but agree it is important that we can share ideas and get new ideas too.” Mark Brown chief executive of show organiser Times Aerospace, said that they were pleased to have MoUs from all of Egypt’s airlines including charter, cargo and low cost carriers. He said that these will all have top executives taking part in the event and meeting with exhibitors. “We are expecting delegations from other African governments and their civil aviation authorities and of course other airlines, business aviation operators and from companies across the Middle East and Africa,” Brown said.

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