Asia's largest Civil Aviation event ‘WINGS INDIA 2022’, start in Hyderabad

Tags: Economics/Business

Asia's largest Civil Aviation “WINGS INDIA” has started on 24 March 2022 at Begumpet airport in Hyderabad.  The  5th edition of the  event has been organised by the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation and FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industries) from 24 -27 March 2022.

• However the event will be officially inaugurated by the Union Minister of Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia on March 25,.

• The theme of the “WINGS INDIA” 2022 is :“India@75: New Horizon for Aviation Industry.”

• The event is organised every two years and this is the fifth edition of the  “WINGS INDIA”.

• The four-day event will present a platform for industry leaders, companies, and other stakeholders to interact, discuss business and explore other opportunities.

• India used to hold a single biennial air show in Bengaluru earlier, combining both the defence and civil aviation sectors. In 2008, it was decided that commercial aviation merits a separate exhibition, following which the Indian Civil Aviation Airshow was inaugurated at Begumpet Airport in Hyderabad.

• The show's name was changed to Wings India in 2017.

• The defence air show “Aero India“ is organised every two year at at the Yelahanka Air Force Station, Bengaluru Karnataka.