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Presseinformation The Global Show
Press release for General Aviation
Communiqué de presse April 18 – 21, 2018
Informazione stampa Friedrichshafen, Germany
23/04/2018
Global Show for Aviation AERO comes to a close on
Saturday - 31,100 industry visitors from around the world
over four days - Pilots well represented
Air show presents itself as
highly innovative
Friedrichshafen - Flight is passion and fascination
but also innovation: General aviation was once again
the focus at the AERO 2018, especially electric
aircraft. At the e-flight-expo, experts presented the
latest state of the art technology, aircraft that sail
through the skies almost without a sound. After four
days, the 26th global show for general aviation came
to a close at the fairgrounds in Friedrichshafen on
Saturday, April 21 2018, with an exceptionally
positive result. This good result was thanks to
31,100 industry visitors (2016: 30 800) from Europe,
Asia, Oceania and the rest of the world, as well as
630 exhibitors from 38 countries. Messe
Friedrichshafen CEO Klaus Wellmann said: "The
AERO is probably the world’s most important
business meeting for general aviation, many product
premieres take place here.” AERO project leader
Roland Bosch, who was able to talk to a lot of
exhibitors during the show’s four days, reported that
the mood was decidedly optimistic.
This year, a special focus at the AERO has been on new
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Messe Friedrichshafen GmbH Abteilung Kommunikation Sitz der Gesellschaft: Friedrichshafen
Postfach 2080, 88010 Friedrichshafen Wolfgang Köhle Amtsgericht Ulm, HRB 631179
Neue Messe 1, 88046 Friedrichshafen Telefon: +49 7541 708-307 Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender:
GERMANY Telefax: +49 7541 708-331 Oberbürgermeister Andreas Brand
www.messe-friedrichshafen.de E-Mail: presse@messe-fn.de Geschäftsführer: Klaus WellmannPresseinformation The Global Show
Press release for General Aviation
Communiqué de presse April 18 – 21, 2018
Informazione stampa Friedrichshafen, Germany
topics that have been very well received by the industry.
The newly created area dedicated to flight simulators was
met with strong visitor interest. In light of these large
crowds, experts are sure that the Flight Simulation Area
offers great potential. Another area that made its premiere
was the Helicopter Hangar, where experts on the "worker
bee” of aviation come together. Helicopters are known as
the worker bee because they perform important services in
rescue and work operations, in construction projects in
difficult terrain and in aerial observation. The use of civilian
drones is also a subject of extensive and controversial
discussion in the aviation industry, and with many new
exhibitors in attendance, was given a broad platform at the
AERO in Friedrichshafen in the West Foyer.
New products were the focus of both the industry and the
media at Friedrichshafen. Visitors to the AERO are
exceptionally well qualified (60 percent are pilots), with
about 60 percent coming from abroad, and they bring this
expert knowledge and strong interest in flight to the show.
This is especially important for exhibitors, who present a
broad spectrum of vehicles at the show, ranging from
ultralights weighing 120 kg (265 lbs.) to business jets.
The AERO Friedrichshafen is the international business
meeting for general aviation. Ultralights, powered aircraft
and business planes are there, as are ultralight helicopters,
gyrocopters and many suppliers of pilot equipment as well
as cockpit and on-board systems. In the ultralight area in
particular, the new 600 kg class was met with strong
interest. This an area in which manufacturers expect
significant revenue growth in the future. The be a pilot
campaign also made a noticeable impact; in the view of the
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Messe Friedrichshafen GmbH Abteilung Kommunikation Sitz der Gesellschaft: Friedrichshafen
Postfach 2080, 88010 Friedrichshafen Wolfgang Köhle Amtsgericht Ulm, HRB 631179
Neue Messe 1, 88046 Friedrichshafen Telefon: +49 7541 708-307 Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender:
GERMANY Telefax: +49 7541 708-331 Oberbürgermeister Andreas Brand
www.messe-friedrichshafen.de E-Mail: presse@messe-fn.de Geschäftsführer: Klaus WellmannPresseinformation The Global Show
Press release for General Aviation
Communiqué de presse April 18 – 21, 2018
Informazione stampa Friedrichshafen, Germany
Messe Friedrichshafen team, the efforts to recruit a new
generation of pilots with special offerings like drone demos
and the simulators area bore fruit.
Comments by a celebrity visitor
Smudo, Vocalist of the band Die Fantastischen Vier:
"I have been coming to the AERO regularly since I started
flying, almost every year. Today I am only here for a short
time, I have a television appearance in Cologne tonight.
That is only possible with a plane. I meet a lot of people
here, including fellow pilots. Over time, I have also gotten
to know a lot of people in the field of flying. I will always
keep coming back. I was in love with flying from an early
age. Flying is not a millionaires’ hobby. It is not that hard,
it’s not magic. Some people save up for a sports car when
they get older. A friend of mine recently said: an airplane is
much better and cheaper than an expensive sports car, you
just can’t drive it to the ice cream parlor.”
Comments by Exhibitors
Dr. Nicolas von Mende, CEO of Atlas Air Service AG: "The
growth we expect in our industry has been reflected in the
positive response from visitors.” Trevor Pegrum, Sales &
Marketing Manager, Garmin: "For Garmin, the AERO is a
huge success, like always, especially this year, as we have
some completely new products with us for the first time. As
the largest and for us the most important aviation show in
Europe, it holds a very prominent position for Garmin and
brings us together every year with established customers
as well as interested visitors to our stand and at the
seminars. But one thing above all connects the visitors to
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Messe Friedrichshafen GmbH Abteilung Kommunikation Sitz der Gesellschaft: Friedrichshafen
Postfach 2080, 88010 Friedrichshafen Wolfgang Köhle Amtsgericht Ulm, HRB 631179
Neue Messe 1, 88046 Friedrichshafen Telefon: +49 7541 708-307 Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender:
GERMANY Telefax: +49 7541 708-331 Oberbürgermeister Andreas Brand
www.messe-friedrichshafen.de E-Mail: presse@messe-fn.de Geschäftsführer: Klaus WellmannPresseinformation The Global Show
Press release for General Aviation
Communiqué de presse April 18 – 21, 2018
Informazione stampa Friedrichshafen, Germany
the AERO and our staff: the passion for flight. That is why
we really value the AERO and will of course be back next
year.” Frank Liemandt, Spokesman of the German
Helicopter Association (Deutscher Hubschrauber Verband):
"For the first time, we as the helicopter industry were
offered our own hall including a daily conference program
thanks to the wonderful support from the Messe
Friedrichshafen team. It was a complete success; we were
able to promote the worker bee of aviation. The daily
operations of helicopters are essential to the common good,
whether it be in rescue operations, police work or in the
very large field that work flights represent.” Horst Lieb,
Managing Partner, Comco Ikarus: "As far as the visitor side
is concerned, the AERO was good again this year, in our
view. How effective our appearance here at the show
actually was is something that will become apparent later.
Because the AERO is practically a home game for us
(Comco Ikarus is based in Mengen), our customers expect
us to have a presence here in Friedrichshafen. But at the
same time, we also add more new customers every year.
This year’s AERO is very important for the topic of
ultralights and provides a good platform. I really hope that
the weight topic gets some direction and that people know
what is coming.”
Social Wall and media response
The response in the domestic and international industry
and mass media was also strong - a total of 527 media
representatives from 31 countries visited the AERO in
Friedrichshafen - and the situation was similar in the social
networks like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. In particular
the social wall in the West Foyer attracted a lot of attention
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Messe Friedrichshafen GmbH Abteilung Kommunikation Sitz der Gesellschaft: Friedrichshafen
Postfach 2080, 88010 Friedrichshafen Wolfgang Köhle Amtsgericht Ulm, HRB 631179
Neue Messe 1, 88046 Friedrichshafen Telefon: +49 7541 708-307 Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender:
GERMANY Telefax: +49 7541 708-331 Oberbürgermeister Andreas Brand
www.messe-friedrichshafen.de E-Mail: presse@messe-fn.de Geschäftsführer: Klaus WellmannPresseinformation The Global Show
Press release for General Aviation
Communiqué de presse April 18 – 21, 2018
Informazione stampa Friedrichshafen, Germany
and inspired active engagement by visitors. The AERO
generated about 900 hastags on Instagram and Twitter,
about 900 images from the show were shared on the social
wall and mobile platforms and overall the number of
exhibitors on Instagram increased.
The AERO 2019
The next AERO will take place from April 10 - 13, 2019 at
the exhibition grounds in Friedrichshafen. More information
is available at www.aero-expo.com.
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Messe Friedrichshafen GmbH Abteilung Kommunikation Sitz der Gesellschaft: Friedrichshafen
Postfach 2080, 88010 Friedrichshafen Wolfgang Köhle Amtsgericht Ulm, HRB 631179
Neue Messe 1, 88046 Friedrichshafen Telefon: +49 7541 708-307 Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender:
GERMANY Telefax: +49 7541 708-331 Oberbürgermeister Andreas Brand
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