Air Passengers Association of India appoints Manoj Gursahani as Chairman for Maharashtra Region
Air Passengers Association of India (APAI) has appointed Manoj Gursahani as Chairman for the Maharashtra Region through consensus on June 26 in its national meeting in Mumbai.
After the appointment, Gursahani said, “My primary role will be to ensure that the visibility of APAI through use of various mediums, especially social media is amplified and the benefits of APAI to the consumer are communicated well.
He further added that APAI is the only body representing the interests of air passengers, safety, security, better comforts, seamless connectivity and grievance redressal are issues that will be addressed. We will also curate various awareness workshops to educate passenger rights and duties.
APAI is set to organise a National Conference on Regional Connectivity in the North Eastern Region in Delhi on July 27.
D Sudhakara Reddy, Founder and National President APAI and Sushil K Jiwarajka, National Vice President, APAI will open the conference where Jayant Sinha, Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation will give a special address. The conference will be inaugurated by Dr Jitendra Singh, Minister of State (I/C), Ministry of Development of the North Eastern Region, Government of India.
Gursahani added, “One of key focus areas of the regional connectivity scheme is to create a seamless movement of passengers to the North Eastern states. This will eventually help in cohesive growth of trade and commerce. We will use this conference as a platform to delve into on how this initiative will help passengers and the role to be played by APAI in the process.”
The conference will see panel discussions on topics like growing importance of regional connectivity on the aviation landscape of North-East states, challenges of implementation of RCS and emerging opportunities for tourism and cargo.
The sessions will have senior delegation of Air India, SpiceJet, IndiGo and Jet Airways as panelists. Rashmi Verma, Secretary-Tourism, Government of India will also be part of a panel discussion.
The APAI has regional offices in Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai and Nagpur as well as an Area Office at Madurai and Trivandrum.
