WA Aero Expo 2008

Aero Expo date is 13 - 15 June 2008

John Sheehan, Secretary General of IAOPA, meets the Chief of the Hellenic Air Force (HAF) General Staff Mr. Ioannis Yagos

  • Tatoi Airport will host the events of the 24th IAOPA World Assembly, Athens 2008

With a recent decision of the Ministry of National Defense and the Hellenic Air Force, ΑΟΡΑ Hellas will be able to use Tatoi Airport for ten days (6-16 June 2008) in order to host the events of the 24th IAOPA World Assembly. More specifically:

  1. All Greek and foreign aircrafts visiting Athens to attend the World Assembly events will be granted free access to Tatoi airport as well as unlimited overnight stays during the World Assembly (6-16 June 2008). The events that will take place at Tatoi airport are as follows:
  2. The 1st Greek AERO Exhibition for Business and General Aviation with international exhibitors.
  3. Air Show (demo Flights) with the participation of civil and military aircraft
  4. Initiation flights sponsored by Air BP
  5. Seminars for pilots with key note speakers including Phil Boyer, Hellenic Air Force representatives, Air Safety Foundation experts as well as several international instructors.
  6. Free access to the Hellenic Air Force Museum and the M. Kyriakou museum
  7. Other happenings to be announced

The abovementioned events have been made possible thanks to the organizational support of the HAF, the contributions of Sponsors and the active involvement of the entire Aviation family.

On 18 September 2007 John Sheehan, Secretary General of IAOPA, visited Athens for two days where he met with the World Assembly Athens 2008 Organizing Committee and visited the venues where the events will take place.

His visit culminated with a visit at the Ministry of National Defense -a few hours only before the new government took office- where he met with Air Force Lieutenant General Yagos, Chief of the HAF General Staff. The two men exchanged views with regard to the 2008 events, putting Tatoi airport at the disposal of the World Assembly, the involvement of HAF in the organization as well as to the potential for world wide promotion of the Athens World Assembly. They also discussed other General Aviation issues and HAF’s contributing to their solution. John Sheehan said he could not praise HAF’s decision and support too much and said this is a fabulous contribution to General Aviation in general and to ΙΑΟΡΑ in particular.

During the conclusion of his visit, John Sheehan thanked Ms Marina Zompanaki, the president of the Organizing Committee, for the progress achieved until today and expressed confidence for the success of the Conference and the events of the 24th IAOPA World Assembly.

Dear friends,

The Board of ΑΟΡΑ Hellas decided to pursue the organization of the 24th IAOPA World Assembly 2008 because we are confident that the successful hosting of this important event constitutes a unique opportunity to promote Greek Aviation and its history, to advertise our airports and at the same time educate Greek society about the benefits of aviation tourism for our country’s economy.

With aviation greetings,

Yiouli Kalafati