As you start catching up with everything back in the office — or move on to the next big event on your calendar — here’s a full roundup of what you need to know from the Aircraft Interiors Expo.
Read our hallmark in-depth, independent aviation journalism at the heart of the passenger experience, listen to the podcasts, and glean the critical industry intelligence you need at an inflection point of a major industry crisis.
Check out our pre-show briefings and podcast episode, helping set the scene ahead of AIX
Just as relevant after the show: our Business Readout briefings for Business subscribers, with key intel from major industry players ahead of the show:
- Recaro talks order wins, the business class market gap it needs to fill, and newly important seat certification criteria
- Diehl talks strategy, retrofits, demand, sustainability and its take on the seat market
Listen online now to the pre-AIX special episode of our strategy podcast, 40,000 Feet, covering advice for getting around the show, Hamburg itself — and the questions, both urgent and important, that we’re asking at the show.
Catch up on our daily updates from the show, bringing you what’s hot in the halls — plus our wrapup podcast
We know you need intel you can use during this incredibly busy week — and it’s just as useful as a series of daily highlights reels after AIX.
- Preview highlights from Monday: industry intelligence even before the show opens
- Tuesday highlights: what impressed on the show floor on day 1 of AIX
- Wednesday highlights: the big take-homes from AIX so far
- Thursday highlights: rounding up AIX plus our annual trip across the road to WTCE
As we all reflect on the most intense and exciting week in the passenger experience year, we bring you a bumper extra-length episode of our signature 40,000 Feet industry insider podcast — listen online now.
Recorded from Hamburg on the last evening of AIX 2026, delve into our on-the-spot analysis from the dozens of stands we visited over the week, combined with our takeaways from the even greater number of discussions we had across the industry — and the major trends coming out of the show.
Don’t miss all the episodes of The Chain for critical supply chain context
In the most comprehensive set of discussions across the industry at a critical time for the aviation supply chain, The Chain sits down with seven seasoned industry executives ahead of AIX — with more to come, recorded live at the show.
From designers to component manufacturers, materials specialists to integrators and airline decision-makers, we examine the state of play — and how the supply chain can improve.
- Episode 1: airline perspectives on the interiors supply chain, with David Kondo
- Episode 2: surfaces and materials in the interiors supply chain, with Insperial’s Alexis Gabillon
- Episode 3: how the aircraft interiors supply chain and industrial designers can work better, with tangerine's Weiwei He
- Episode 4: thermoplastics supply chain fundamentals with SIMONA Boltaron's Chris Corona
- Episode 5: the warp and weft of the airline textiles supply chain, with Botany Weaving’s David Lawson
- Episode 6: scaling up the seat supply chain and facing another industry crisis, with Ben McGuire, Marcus Williams and Adam Challenor from Mirus Aircraft Seating
- Episode 7: Diehl Aviation’s CEO talks standardisation and customisation within the supply chain, with Jörg Schuler
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After the show: more strategic analysis of the biggest week in the passenger experience
We’re continuing our analysis of what everything from AIX, including our live-recorded podcast episodes, in-depth interviews, critical industry intelligence, exclusive Business Readouts, and more.
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