India, US to expand cooperation in civil aviation

India and the US will sign a memorandum of understanding Monday to expand bilateral cooperation in civil aviation that will build on the existing open skies pact between the two countries.
According to officials in the Ministry of Civil Aviation here, the MoU is a part of the US-India Aviation Cooperation Programme (ACP) that would help the aviation sector in both the countries to come closer on the issues of technical assistance, job training and personnel exchange programmes.
The initiatives on these issues have come forth after the historic civil aviation pact signed between India and US in April this year under the open skies policy of the Indian government.
US government organisations participating in the ACP with India include the US Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the US Export-Import Bank and the Foreign and Commercial Service of the US Department of Commerce and the US Trade and Development Agency.
12/11/06 India eNews.com

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