AAI celebrates 28 th Annual Day capped with colourful cultural Programme- ‘Gati”

Airports Authority of India (AAI), the mainstay of Civil Aviation in the Country celebrated its 28 th Annual Day on 1 st April, 2023 at Siri Fort Auditorium, New Delhi with full grandeur. General (Dr.) Vijay Kumar Singh (Retd.), Hon’ble Minister of State for Civil Aviation; Shri Rajiv Bansal, Secretary, MoCA; Shri Sanjeev Kumar, Chairman, AAI, Board Members, AAI and senior officials were present on this momentous occasion. During his official address, HMoS congratulated all AAI employees and highlighted the exemplary contribution of AAI Employees in serving the nation during COVID pandemic. Chairman, AAI talked about the significant contribution of AAI in developing airports in tier-2 & tier-3 cities and enhancing the existing infrastructure of airports. The celebration kick started with Ganesh Vandana by Zenith Dance Group followed by many other wonderful performances by the group. After this, the stage was open for the Musical extravaganza by Sachet Parampara and Group. Popular music composer duo performed their famous compositions which regaled the audience present. On the eve of 28 th Annual Day, awards were given away to AAI Airports & Teams by Shri Sanjeev Kumar, Chairman, AAI. The Gold Medalist Chess Team which won Gold Medal in Chess (Men & Women) at 42 nd National Team Chess Championship - 2023 for Men & 20 th National Team Chess Championship for Women-2023 under the aegis of All India Chess Federation, was honored by Chairman, AAI. Tiruchirappalli International Airport was honored for bagging the Best Airport awarded by ACI under 2 million passengers in Asia Pacific region. Three other airports; Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport, Varanasi; Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Airport, Indore and Goa International Airport were felicitated for achieving 1 st , 2 nd & 3 rd Rank in ACI-ASQ survey 2022 among AAI airport. Customer Satisfaction Index awards were also presented to Maharana Pratap Airport, Udaipur (1 st Rank); Ranchi Airport (2 nd Rank); Bhopal & Jammu Airport (3 rd Rank).