US-India aviation cooperation programme launched

New Delhi, June 22 (UNI) The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) signed an agreement with the Civil Aviation Ministry today in Washington to launch a programme for the modernisation of India's civil aviation sector.

Under the US-India aviation cooperation programme, US and Indian public sector agencies will partner with the US industry to identify and support India's civil aviation sector modernisation, including air service quality, airport efficiency, flight security and air space management, a US Embassy press release here said.

The agreement also seeks to promote enhanced safety, operational efficiency and system capacity in the Indian aviation sector as well as facilitate and coordinate aviation industry's training and technical ties between the two countries, it added.

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