AVI-SUMMIT-APP

Mobile app for global aviation summit launched
    New Delhi, Dec 19 (PTI) The civil aviation ministry
along with the Airports Authority of India (AAI) Wednesday
launched an official mobile app for the global aviation summit
to be held in Mumbai next month.
    The app named 'GAS 2019,' which is available on both
play store and iOS, enables users to interact with the
co-delegates and speakers besides providing a platform for
networking through personal and group chats, an official
release issued by a private publicity firm said.
    Significantly, both the ministry and AAI have their
own publicity departments as well.
    The two-day summit which will take place from January
15, is expected to be attended by a host of dignitaries from
India and abroad, it said.
    Besides the transport and civil aviation ministers
from Laos, Thailand, Bangladesh, Nepal and Jamaica, senior
airline and airports executives from India and abroad are also
expected to participate in the global summit, which will be
first-of-its-kind in India, as per the release.
    Also the Directorate Generals of Civil Aviation
(DGCAs) from 22 countries along with President of the
International Civil Aviation Organization, Director-General,
the International Air Transport Association, Director-General,
the Airports Council International, Director-General of Civil
Air Navigation Services Organization (CANSO) will also be
participating in the Summit in Mumbai, it added.
    The summit is being hosted by the civil aviation
ministry along with the AAI and industry lobby Ficci. PTI IAS
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