UAE Business: Italy Pavilion holds ‘The Flying Society’ event at Expo 2020 – Gulf Digital News

UAE Business: Italy Pavilion holds ‘The Flying Society’ event at Expo 2020 – Gulf Digital News

Organised by the Italy-headquartered global aerospace and defence company Leonardo, the Italy Pavilion hosted the “The Flying Society” event yesterday (January 25) at Expo 2020 Dubai.



Leonardo welcomed Sheikha Mozah bint Marwan Al Maktoum, the first member of the royal family to fly as a qualified commercial pilot for Emirates Airlines and the first woman to be appointed as First Lieutenant Pilot of Dubai Police.



Introduced by Valerio Cioffi, Leonardo’s General Manager, the speakers shared their experiences and visions and included Dr. Nicoletta Iacobacci, global technologies and ethics advisor, Gen. Luigi Casali, Chief of staff of the Italian Air Education and Training Command, and Roberto Garavaglia, SVP helicopters strategy and innovation at Leonardo.



“Expo 2020 Dubai confirms the attention of UAE to new technologies, with a focus on those related to aviation. I believe that the three key themes of this Expo – ‘Opportunity, Sustainability, Mobility’ – perfectly encompass the promises and challenges of aviation that we want to highlight in today’s event,” explained Valerio Cioffi, Leonardo General Manager.



“Leonardo – and Italy – have been part of the history of flight from the beginning, aiming, throughout the decades, at maintaining its technological edge.