Bengaluru set to host over 500 companies

About 500 companies, both Indian and foreign, are expected to participate in the 12th edition of ‘Aero India 2019’ to be held at Air Force Station, Yelahanka, Bengaluru, from 20 to 24 February 2019.

Registration for media personnel to visit the exhibition has been opened from 20 November 2018.

The registration closes on 31 December 2018 and is to be done online on the Aero India 2019 website. There is no fee for media registration, however foreign journalists who wish to cover the event would require to be in possession of a valid ‘J visa’.

The website https://aeroindia.gov.in has the requisite button for registration of media personnel and would require a valid media identity card number and a photograph of less than 500 Kb.

Over 1,200 Indian and foreign journalists are expected to attend the exhibition.

This five-day event will combine a major trade exhibition of the aerospace and defence industries with public air shows.

Besides global leaders and big investors in aerospace industry, the show will also see participation by think-tanks from across the world.

Aero India will provide a unique opportunity for exchange of information, ideas and new developments in the aviation industry.

Besides giving a fillip to the domestic aviation industry, it would further the cause of ‘Make in India’, said a Public Information Bureau release on 20 Nov 2018. fiinews.com