Mumbai to host South Asia Aviation Finance Conference

The city of Mumbai will soon play host to the second South Asia Aviation Finance Conference, which will be held from February 4 to 6, 2007 at InterContinental the Grand Hotel. Organised by UK-based Everest Events, its main sponsor is global aviation solution provider, Veling. Express TravelWorld will be the event's exclusive media partner. The aviation market in South Asia has been moving ahead at a phenomenal pace in the past few years with the opening of skies and rapid economic growth. New players have entered and collectively the airlines have placed orders for hundreds of new aircraft. This event will discuss airline and market development, maintenance issues, asset management, legal and cultural aspects, airport infrastructure and manufacturer issues.

Participants will include CEOs, MDs and CFOs from various Indian and South Asian airlines, finance institutions, banks, investors, leasing companies, pilot training academies, aviation regulatory authority, aircraft manufacturers including Boeing, Airbus, Bombardier and ATR, insurance companies, legal experts, aviation fuel suppliers and airport personnel. The panel of speakers at the event includes eminent speakers like Dr Vijay Mallya (chairman and MD of Kingfisher Airlines), Saroj Datta (EVP of Jet Airways), Dr Vishwapati Trivedi (CMD of Indian), Tejpreet S Chopra (president and CEO of GE Commercial Finance India), Alok Sharma (president of Air Sahara), Capt Gopinath (MD of Air Deccan), Jeh Wadia (MD of GoAir), Kiran Rao (SVP, marketing and president for Airbus India), Dinesh Keskar (SVP Sales, Boeing) and Nirvan Veerasamy (MD at Veling).

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