Riyadh: Under the patronage of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) is scheduled to organise the third edition of the Future Aviation Forum 2024 (FAF 2024) between May 20 and 22 in Riyadh. The FAF 2024, which will attract more than 5,000 international experts from the aviation industry, leaders of international airlines, and officials from aviation authorities in participating countries, will discuss global aviation issues, air transportation, the development of environmental sustainability in the civil aviation sector, enabling advanced air transport, and enhancing global connectivity, Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. The forum will focus on boosting the efforts to achieve the national strategic objectives of aviation, which aim to transform the Kingdom into a leading logistics centre in the Middle East and provide an attractive investment environment in this vital sector. It will also bring together the elite of heads o f states, CEOs of international airlines, manufacturers, airport executives, and industry leaders to shape the future of international air transport. The second edition of the forum witnessed the participation of 60 countries, the signing of 52 agreements and memoranda of understanding, the holding of 116 bilateral meetings, and the launch of several important policies and strategies for the civil aviation sector. In addition, many partnerships between the public and private sectors were signed. Source: Bahrain News Agency