Airbus Industries, a France-based aircraft maker, will be delivering two A320 aircraft to Air India and Indigo Airlines during 'India Aviation 2010' a five-day conference and exhibition of international aviation, scheduled to open on March 3 at Begumpet airport here.
The event, which is being organised by ministry of civil aviation and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), is scheduled to be inaugurated by civil aviation minister Praful Patel.
According to FICCI Regional Director (Trade Fairs), Lt Col Vivek Kodikal, the company chose to deliver the two aircraft during the event. He said that the Boing -777 (the longest Boeing with a seating capacity of 358) series aircraft, Beachcraft, Bombardier aircraft will be displayed during the show.
Aviation biggies like GE Aviation, Bell, Textron, Gulfstream, and Hawker will also participate. AN-148, a passenger aircraft from Antavov/UAC, Russia, will be displayed in the exhibition for the first time in India.
As many as 200 companies from Aviation industry will participate and more than 500 international delegates will participate in various conferences, Kodikal told mediapersons. While France is the partner country and the USA is focus country, there will be country pavilions from Canada, Czech Republic, Russia, Germany and Netherlands, Kodikal said. The city police said they are making elaborate security arrangements for the event.
"As many as 1,500 police personnel are drawn from various wings of the department to oversee the security arrangements, deputy commissioner of police (North Zone) T Murali Krishna said.
The entire venue will be closely monitored with 30 closed circuit TVs installed at various points in addition to 30 being installed by FICCI. The police said apart from regular police force, dog
squads, anti-sabotage squads will also be on standby.
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