Under the patronage of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the Global Aviation Summit 2019, organized by the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA), kicked off at Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Riyadh today in the presence of 15 ministers of transport and 140 presidents and directors general of civil aviation authorities, high level government representatives, and experts in international and regional organizations . In his speech on behalf of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, Minister of Transport and Chairman of the Board of Directors of General Authority for Civil Aviation, Dr. Nabil bin Mohammed AlAmoudi welcomed and thanked the attendees for participating in the conference, which the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is proud to host and organize in cooperation with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). He added that the Royal patronage of this conference came from the belief of the importance of air transport industry at the global level, in addition to the confidence of our leadership that the success of this industry can be achieved only with close cooperation between the countries of the world and air transport industry bodies, primarily the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). --More 15:04 LOCAL TIME 12:04 GMT 0011 www.spa.gov.sa/1906590