TIACA Will Hold the First Event in Central Asia
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Miami, February 26, 2024
The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) announced that the Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Kazakhstan together with the Civil Aviation Committee and the Aviation Administration of Kazakhstan (AAK), will host and co-organize the first association event in Central Asia, which will take place June 19-21 in Astana. The event will be themed Silk Road in the Sky – Kazakhstan Air Cargo Hub. The conference will continue TIACAs focus on topics that matter to the industry and connect attendees with new ideas to develop and build upon.
Kazakhstan is a thriving and growing economic influencer in Central Asia, possessing oil reserves as well as minerals and metals. It also has considerable agricultural potential, for both livestock and grain production as well as apples, walnuts, and other crops.
Attracting significant foreign investment in recent years as it seeks to develop its non-oil sector of its economy, focusing on the automotive industry, pharmaceuticals, processed metal products, mechanical engineering, as well as light industry, construction, and information and communications.
“We are excited to support economic growth and promote a flourishing and expanded logistics industry by working with the AAK to organize a first-class conference, which will bring together over 300 decision makers from the local community and across the globe to network, showcase their expertise and solutions, as well as to learn and debate pressing issues affecting the Central Asian region.” Steven Polmans, TIACA Chair. I
“We are thrilled to have been chosen by TIACA to host their first event in central Asia. As a strong supporter of international collaboration and exchange, we are honored to welcome the global air cargo community to join us in Astana”, says Catalin Radu, Director General of Aviation Administration of Kazakhstan.
“Kazakhstan is perfectly located as a gateway between east and west and TIACA looks forward to introducing the global air cargo community to the opportunities that exist in this part of the world. Innovation, network connectivity and customer focused solutions are critical for ongoing and sustainable success. The Central Asian event will shine a spotlight and accelerate these crucial enablers of success.” adds Glyn Hughes, TIACA Director General
For further information please contact:
Rachael Negron
press@tiaca.org
+1 786 265 7011
Notes to editors:
TIACA is The International Air Cargo Association, based in Miami, Florida. TIACA is the unique international not-for-profit association representing and uniting all parts of the air cargo industry: shippers, forwarders, ground handlers, airports, airlines, manufacturers, IT providers. TIACA members are traditional players and new entrants, small, medium, and large companies with regional and global reach.
TIACA’s vision is a safe, profitable and united air cargo industry that embraces modern technologies and practices to sustainably and fairly serve trade and social development worldwide.
TIACA’s mission is to support, lead and unite the industry to achieve that vision; promote and encourage business, social, and technological innovation; protect the interests of its members with one voice on common interests; disseminate and enhance knowledge amongst members and the air cargo industry.
For more details visit www.tiaca.org. For regular updates, follow www.twitter.com/tiacaorg.
Aviation Administration of Kazakhstan is an organization in charge of technical control and oversight over the safety and security of civil aviation.
In accordance with international best practices, the Company implements tasks to ensure flight safety in a systematic manner. Since its inception, JSC “Aviation Administration of Kazakhstan” has worked with international experts to transition to the European model of safety regulation, attracting top-tier foreign specialists and establishing close cooperation with the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).
For more details visit www.caa.gov.kz
The Civil Aviation Committee of the Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Kazakhstan is an agency of the Ministry of Transport of the Republic of Kazakhstan, performing regulatory, implementation and control functions, as well as participating in the strategic functions of the Ministry in the field of civil aviation.
The Ministry of Transport is a state body of the Republic of Kazakhstan, exercising leadership in the fields of railway, automobile, inland waterway transport; merchant shipping; in the use of the airspace of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the activities of civil and experimental aviation; natural monopolies in the field of air navigation services and airports; socially significant markets in the field of airport services; highways.