The Tamworth Regional Airport will host a second rally today, where industry bodies, personalities and politicians, including Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce, will hear from pilots, aircraft owners, aviation businesses and operators on the challenges they face.

Aviation Advertiser’s Ben Morgan has called this and a previous meeting in Tamworth to highlight the over-regulation of the industry, which he said was destroying charter, flight training and aviation maintenance industries in Australia, particularly in regional and remote areas.

Among those who will also be at the rally are Infrastructure and Transport Minister Darren Chester and Civil Aviation Safety Authority chairman of the board Jeff Boyd.

The rally is planned to get under way from 1pm with a free barbecue and drinks, before closed-door meetings between government and industry representatives, with a presentation and question-and-answer session from 2.30pm at the airport.