WHO SAID WHAT*
“Two areas where we are working to our best capabilities – the first being drone technology, and the other being drone regulatory framework beyond visual line of sight”
R.N. Choubey, Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation, India
“Civil Aviation is important to Afghanistan as we are a land locked country. We envision that civil aviation will play an important role in the new silk route scheme.”
Dr Mohammad Qasim Wafayezada, Deputy Minister for Policy and Planning, Afghanistan Civil Aviation Authority, Afghanistan
“With twice as more tourists as the population in Georgia and only 3 international airports, there’s a need to expand considering the rising number of tourists”
Akaki Saghirashvili, Deputy Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development, Georgia
“ICAO has a lot of measures to tackle CO2 emissions in terms of operations, on ground handling & others. But CORSIA continues to be the most promising.”
Marina Köster, Deputy Director General for Civil Aviation, Federal Ministry for Transport and Digital Infrastructure, Germany
“CSIA Mumbai is the most efficiently managed airport in India. We’ve started building an airport for new Mumbai which is likely to be operational by early 2020. More new airports will be build in Pune, Shirdi, & Nagpur.”
Devendra Fadnavis, Chief Minister of Maharashtra, India
“Japanese civil aviation bureau have accumulated expertise in tackling damages from natural disasters, which will be beneficial for other countries”
Kenji Hiramatsu, Ambassador of Japan to India
“Kuwait since 2006 has adopted open sky policies and looks at aviation as an important sector for our growth”
Salman Sabah Al – Salem Al – Hmoud Al – Sabah, President of Civil Aviation, Kuwait
“I believe Global Aviation Summit 2019 could be a great opportunity for commitments for the future, in safety and security. We hope to provide efficient transport and infrastructure.”
Santisouk Simmalavong Vice Minister, Ministry Public Works and Transport, LAOS
“Air transport liberalization can help Myanmar’s economy and hence we have been pursuing to achieve this for both passenger and cargo services”
U Kyaw Myo, Deputy Minister of Transport and Communication, Myanmar
“Aviation sector in Nepal has remarkably grown in a past few years which makes it the right time for th world to invest in Nepal. I’m grateful for the support extended by the Government of India.”
Rabindra Prasad Adhikari, Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Nepal
“We are the gateway to EU & a hub for Central & Eastern Europe. LOT Polish airlines will now enhance our connectivity with India with direct Warsaw - New Delhi flight, starting September 17th.”
Mikolaj Wild, First Deputy Minister of Infrastructure, Poland
“The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia attaches great importance to the security and safety in order to provide the highest standards of air safety, at global and regional levels”
Abdulhakim bin Muhammad Al Tamimi, President, General Authority of Civil Aviation, Saudi Arabia
“We can’t keep doing things the way we’ve been doing them. If passenger traffic will double, we can’t double the infrastructure. We need to use it better.”
Angela Gittens, Director General, Airports Council International, Canada
“We need to understand that Air Traffic Management suffers in terms of investment like an invisible part of the industry. With digitisation & aviation technology, this is an exciting time for Air Traffic Management.”
Jeff Poole, Director General, CANSO, Netherlands
“The theme FlyingForAll reminds us of the impact air transport has on our lives. It brings loved ones together for celebrating milestones, opens door to new experiences and connects the world.”
Dr Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu, President, ICAO Council, Canada
“How do we maintain the airports of today? How do we balance the needs of the airport and the community? How do you partner with private investment? Use all of this to create the airport you want.”
Winsome Lenfert, Deputy Associate Administrator, FAA
“There’s a lot of learning in commercial aircrafts from the defense. We are working towards a future where we’ll be using AI resulting in lower fares and less time in the air.”
Dinesh Keskar, Senior Vice President – Sales, Asia Pacific & India, Boeing Commercial Airplanes
“We’re looking at millions of drones coming into regulation in the future, and we need an autonomous framework to manage that”
Anil V. Nanduri, Vice President, New Technology Group & General Manager, Unmanned Aviation Systems, Intel Corporation
“We’ve seen tremendous strides through partnerships with regulators around the world”
Jon R Damush, Director, Boeing Next
“India remains a country of changing opportunities”
Adam Young, Marketing Director, Asia Pacific at Embraer
“The company is proud of its strong and long standing presence in India”
Palash Roy Chowdhury, Managing Director-India, Pratt & Whitney
“The skills and the highly trained workforce in India makes us continue to invest here. There’s a passion for aviation as a result of this amazing talent.”
Justin Mills, Vice President, Rolls Royce
“It’s a very exciting time for the aviation industry in India”
Akbar Al Baker, Group Chief Executive, Qatar Airways
“We seek to achieve an ease in speed of travel, maximise the use of technology, focus on capacity expansion, and manage congestion for security purpose”
Rajesh Ranjan, Director General, CISF
*Above is a glimpse of the statements made by the dignitaries