AAI, Goa Airport welcomes G20 India Delegates

NEW DELHI- AAI’s Goa Airport welcomed the G20 India delegates arriving from different countries across the globe to attend the 3rd Development Working Group (DWG) meeting. The airport was decorated with beautiful rangoli and banners. 

The third meeting of G20 Development Working Group is being convened from 8 - 11 May 2023 in the vibrant state of Goa. Over 80 delegates from G20 Members and various international and regional organizations will be attending this meeting.

ABOUT G20

The Group of Twenty (G20) is the premier forum for international economic cooperation. It plays an important role in shaping and strengthening global architecture and governance on all major international economic issues.

India holds the Presidency of the G20 from 1 December 2022 to 30 November 2023.

The G20 was founded in 1999 after the Asian financial crisis as a forum for the Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors to discuss global economic and financial issues.

The G20 was upgraded to the level of Heads of State/Government in the wake of the global economic and financial crisis of 2007, and, in 2009, was designated the “premier forum for international economic cooperation”.

The G20 Summit is held annually, under the leadership of a rotating Presidency. The G20 initially focused largely on broad macroeconomic issues, but it has since expanded its agenda to inter-alia include trade, sustainable development, health, agriculture, energy, environment, climate change, and anti-corruption.

GOA Airport-

Goa Airport code is GOI. Goa Airport's name is Goa International Airport. Goa International Airport also known as the Dabolim airport, is the sole airport in the state of Goa, located in the city of Dabolim in Goa, India. It operates as a civil enclave in a military airbase named INS Hansa. It is 4 km from the nearest city Vasco da Gama, 23 km from Margao, and about 30 km from the state capital Panjim.

The airport handled over 6.8 million passengers handling roughly 131 aircraft movements a day. Due to capacity constrains at the terminal and air traffic congestion due to strong military and naval presence, the second airport at Mopa was proposed and is already in the early stage of construction with scheduled completion in 2020.