Sixth Marrakech Airshow gets ready for take-off

The Marrakech Airshow has established itself as the meeting place for the world's civil and military aviation industry for the African continent. The entire international community and many official delegations of the highest level will be making the trip, including Russian, Chinese, North American and European to experience the concept of the African Aerospace Platform (AAP) which underpins the event.

In recent years, the entire international aviation community has shown an increasing interest in Africa. African continent states concerned with economic development are aware of the need to develop their means of communication and as a result, air transport and satellite transmissions have become important vectors in the growth of the global radius of action.

With the ever-evolving co-localisation of the world aerospace industry, Morocco has been experiencing an exponential growth in this sector over the last 10 years, mainly due to the low-cost production strategy demands by the major aircraft manufacturers.

Morocco has successfully positioned itself as a strategic maintenance platform for the African continent by increasing the quality of its services. In the framework of the trans-African cooperation, Morocco, animated by a desire to develop its relations with other the African states, invites about fifty official delegations on this major event.

Coupled with Marrakech Airshow 2018, a symposium on security and defence with the African Air Force Chiefs of Staff will be organised by the US Air Force Command in Europe and Africa with the support of Royal Air Forces, from 22-23 October.

More than a hundred heads of defence and high-ranking air force personnel from African countries will take part in this annual conference, organised around the reflection on regional and national security problems, the development of bilateral exchanges and the promotion of multilateral cooperation.

During this annual conference, African delegations will participate in round table discussions during which they will have specific exchanges and will examine aspects related to the training of skills and the technological and logistical strengthening of the air forces of their respective countries.

Marrakech Airshow 2018 offers an opportunity for aerospace operators to share their short, medium and long-term vision of the AAP’s development, making it favourable to international industrialists concerned with establishing a bridgehead into Morocco and onto further African markets.

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