AVIATION and Media Summit organizer Air Arabia announced Sunday that over 100 editors and media representatives from across the Arab world will gather at the third edition of the summit, which will be held on June 25-27, 2013 in Salalah, Oman.



Themed “Aviation and Tourism: Enabler of Economic Growth,” Arab Aviation and Media Summit 2013 is aimed at exchanging constructive dialogue between two key stakeholders - industry business leaders and the media fraternity, and put spotlight on key challenges currently faced by the sector.



Organized by Air Arabia in partnership with Oman’s Ministry of Tourism, Airbus, CNBC Arabia and CFM, the two-day event will be inaugurated by Salem Nasser Said A; Aufi, CEO of Oman Public Authority for Civil Aviation, and Undersecretary Maitha bint Saif bin Majid Al-Mahrouqi, Ministry of Tourism, Oman.



Mahrouqi will also lead a high profile panel of speakers discussing and debating the challenges and opportunities faced by the industry in the wider Arab world. She will be joined by Ahmed Issa Sulaiman Al-Zadjali, Director of Aviation Regulation and Standards & Change Management Office, Public Authority of Civil Aviation, Oman; Wayne Pearce, Chief Executive Officer, Oman Air; Adel Ali, Group, Chief Executive Officer, Air Arabia; Andrew Gordon, Director Strategic Marketing and Analysis Market Forecast, Airbus; Micheal Herrero, Area Manager Gulf, IATA; Antoine Medawar, Vice President, Amadeus; Awadh Al Ketbi, Regional Representative, ICCA Middle East & President of Al Ketbi Consulting; Subhodeep Pal, Head of Operations and Innovations, Simpliflying; and Alan Devereux, Managing Director, CaveChalk social media.



Conceptualised and launched by Air Arabia in 2011, the Arab Aviation and Media Summit is the only aviation industry conference dedicated for media representatives in the Arab region. — SG