The Working Group on Civil Aviation (D-8 WGCA) of D-8 has been established, by two Meetings of D-8 Director Generals of Civil Aviation in the 1st Meeting in Antalya, Turkey, June, 2007 and the 2nd Meeting in Isfahan, Iran, September, 2007.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation of the Republic of Indonesia hosted the third D-8 Working Group on Civil Aviation and Director Generals Meeting in Bali, Indonesia, on 17-18 June 2008.

The purpose to establish the cooperation within D-8 in civil aviation is to enable the member countries to cooperate and coordinate themselves on all matters related to civil aviation and its industry, including the private sector.

The 5th  WGCA Meeting has the following objectives:

The main objective the 5th  Meeting of D-8 WGCA is to invites delegates, both represented the interest of government and private sector, into a thought provoking discussions on the most contemporary issues, latest developments and trends and the most up-to-date thinking in the fast growing of the areas of civil aviation, such as: safety, security, air transportation, training, maintenance, airport infrastructure, leasing, investment, low-cost carrier, and etc. into a concrete D-8 cooperation program in civil aviation.

The 5th  Meeting of DGCA has also objectives to identify potencies, opportunities, challenges, and threats of D-8 in civil aviation cooperation, as well as to attempt to facilitate the meeting among the stakeholders, such as government/regulators, companies, investors, and financial institutions/banks.

The Meeting will be held on 8 – 9 June 2011, which will take place at The Dharmawangsa Hotel, Jl. Brawijaya Raya No. 26, Kebayoran Baru Jakarta 12160 Indonesia.