♦ Asia’s largest civil aviation event, Wings India 2026 programme, commenced at Begumpet Airport, Hyderabad, on 28 January 2026. Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the programme via video conferencing. Highlighting infrastructure expansion, the Prime Minister said that the number of airports in the country has increased from 70 in 2014 to over 160 at present, while more than 100 aerodromes have been activated. He said the UDAN scheme has played a key role in strengthening regional connectivity, enabling around 1.5 crore passengers to travel on routes that did not exist earlier.

♦ The theme of Wings India 2026 is Indian Aviation: Paving the Future – From Design to Deployment, Manufacturing to Maintenance, Inclusivity to Innovation and Safety to Sustainability.

♦ The event features an elaborate and world-class international exhibition, static aircraft displays and aerobatic flying shows, a high-level global aviation conference, CEO roundtables, B2B and B2G meetings, an Aviation Job Fair and a Student Innovation Competition. Ministerial-level and official foreign delegations from 20 countries, including Cambodia, Ghana, Russia, Seychelles, Trinidad and Tobago, Singapore, Algeria, the Dominican Republic, Iran, the Maldives, Mongolia, Mozambique, Oman, Qatar, the European Union, the UK, France, Germany, and the USA, attended Wings India 2026.

♦ The event aims to be the most comprehensive aviation platform for policymakers, global CEOs, investors, innovators, airlines, airports, technology providers, training institutions and startups.