EU and India agree to strengthen cooperation in civil navigation
At the occasion of a successful joint EU-India Aviation Summit held in New Delhi, Vice-President Jacques Barrot and India`s Minister for Civil Aviation Mr. Praful Patel signed a “Joint Declaration” that will lay the foundation for closer cooperation between the EU and India in a range of areas of civil aviation.
At the EU-India Aviation Summit, Vice-President Barrot also invited India to become associated in major EU technological programmes such as GALILEO, the satellite navigation programme, and SESAR, the air traffic management project.
The EU-India Aviation Summit was highly successful in bringing together more than 300 leading representatives of the Indian and the European Union aviation sectors representing public authorities, airlines, airports, aerospace industries and service providers. The summit provided a very effective platform for identifying priority areas and ways forward in closer EU-India aviation co-operation for the future.
[via traveldailynews.com]
