Top Caribbean Aviation Conference Heads to Bahamas

By: Caribbean Journal Staff - May 22nd, 2018

By the Caribbean Journal staff

The Caribbean’s leading aviation conference is back again, this time in The Bahamas.

The Caribbean Aviation Meetup, a high-level conference on regional aviation issues, will be held at the Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island June 12-14.

The event, hosted by the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism and Aviation, focuses on solutions to Caribbean airlift problems, from improving competitiveness through air connectivity to ways to improve the conditions for local carriers.

The conference, which is the brainchild of Cdr. Bud Slabbaert, will include 30 presentations by speakers from 13 different countries and territories.

For more info, contact cdrbud@gmail.com.

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