16th Global Humanitarian Aviation Conference kicks off
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Doha, Qatar: The 16th Global Humanitarian Aviation Conference Exhibition yesterday opened in Doha under the slogan, Journey of Hope. The GHAC i...
Doha, Qatar: The 16th Global Humanitarian Aviation Conference & Exhibition yesterday opened in Doha under the slogan, “Journey of Hope.”
The GHAC is patronised by the Minister of Transport H E Jassim Saif Ahmed Al Sulaiti and organised by the UN World Food Program in association with organisations concerned with humanitarian aviation.
The opening ceremony was attended by the Chairman of Qatar Tourism H E Saad bin Ali Al Kharji, high-profile aviation industry and air transportation officials from Qatar, several Arab and foreign civil aviation authority chiefs, representatives from the International Civil Aviation Organisation and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency, air operators, aircraft manufacturers, and aviation service providers.
In his opening speech, Al Sulaiti highlighted Qatar’s support for global and UN humanitarian agencies amid economic challenges and funding gap that face the efforts of development in the least developed and neediest countries.