Details released for AVEX 2010 in Egypt

Show organiser, naseba, said today that the four-day event will be held under the patronage of Egypt’s Minister of Civil Aviation, Ahmed Shafik.

The growing Africa and Middle East aviation platform will feature an indoor and outdoor exhibition, international airports pavilion, aircraft showcase park and static displays, the AVEX Awards 2010 ceremony and aerobatic flying displays.  It will also feature the African Aviation Unity Summit which aims to unite African aviation businesses.

Chairman of the Egyptian Holding Company for Airports and Air Navigation’s Ibrahim Ahmed Manaa said: “We have been working with AVEX since its inception and we are pleased to be partnering with the air show for its fourth run. We are confident the air show will outperform its previous successes, taking the aviation industry to a new level. The Africa and Middle East region is certainly proving itself to be a lucrative market in aviation and I believe AVEX will further boost the region’s massive expansion.”

According to naseba, the first two days of this year’s air show have been set aside as business days with the last two days being open to the public.

Nicholas Watson, AVEX Airshow Director said: “The international aviation sector was hit hard during the global slowdown. The sustainability of the Africa and the Middle East aviation industry - mainly due to infrastructure investments by local governments, growth in business aviation in the Middle East and the expansion of low-cost airlines across Africa – has put the region’s aviation sector in the spotlight with more and more people than ever before showing an interest in the MENA region.”