AERO 2010: In the words of exhibitors
Christian Majunke, Director of Development, Remos Aircraft
“This year’s AERO fully met our expectations. We succeeded in making some direct sales and expect good post-trade show business. Overall, the visitors here were highly informed and sophisticated.”
Siegfried Lanitz, Managing Director, Lanitz Prena
“We received a crowd of high-quality visitors at our booth, and are very satisfied with AERO 2010.”
Matthias Betsch, Managing Director, Flight Design
“As a manufacturer, being here in Friedrichshafen every year is very worthwhile. The location is good, and I think AERO will succeed in establishing itself as an annual trade show. We also noticed that the portion of visitors from abroad has grown considerably.”
Werner Siebert, Siebert Luftfahrtbedarf
“AERO 2010 has been better than we expected, following the change to an annual cycle. On the whole, we’ve been happy with the quality and volume of visitors to our booth.”
Karen Stemme, Sales, S10 Stemme
“AERO 2010 has been a very important and successful show for us in terms of sales. We’re confident, as well, that post-show business will be strong. AERO has solidly established itself, and attracts an international audience, which is really key for us.”
Wolfgang Adam, Sales Director, RAS Rheinland Air Service and HondaJet Central Europe
“We’re exhibiting HondaJet here for the first time, and have been very happy with how business has unfolded. AERO has exceeded our expectations.”
Klaus Meier, Managing Director, IlmDoc – Technical Documentation at the Alround joint booth
“Compared to last year, the number of visitors is somewhat down, but the quality is definitely up. We’ve established many new contacts, and we’re confident that this will mean new business for us.”
Ernesto Rodriguez, Sales Manager Europe and Africa, Lycoming Engines
“At AERO, we have contact with both dealers and customers. The visitors are from all over Europe, and this year we’ve had a lot of contacts from Eastern Europe. This was great, since it’s a new market for us.”
Kristof Nagl, Commercial Director, Airborne Technologies
“We’re here with our new Tecnam MMA aircraft, and feedback has been extremely positive. On Saturday, we managed to make our first sale, in addition to several concrete offers. We even received inquiries from Indonesia and Africa.”
Vladimir Kaikhlin, Managing Director, Red Aircraft Engine Developments
“This is our first time exhibiting at AERO. We’re presenting our newly developed diesel engine in advance of market launch. Our objective here was to reach potential end-customers and get their reaction to the product. The feedback has been very positive, and our participation has definitely been worthwhile.”
Marina Zárate López, Communications Department Assistant, EASA – European Aviation Safety Agency
“General Aviation is one of our main areas of interest, so this is why we’re at AERO. We’re here to exchange information with visitors and to inform them about what we do. Particularly during the first two days, we were able to engage trade visitors in discussions. For us, AERO has been a success.”
Calin Gologan, Managing Director, PC-Aero
“The field of General Aviation is experiencing a strong movement toward electrically powered aircraft. It’s a real trend. The response at AERO 2010 to our ELEKTRA ONE electric aircraft has been big, and for us, it has confirmed that we’re on the right path with our ‘Green Village Airfield’ concept. Reducing noise pollution, CO2 emissions and hourly operating costs: These are our strengths. And we’ve been able to communicate them at AERO 2010. That’s why it’s been an excellent platform for us. Thank you, and kudos to the organizers!”
Clemens Bollinger, Spokesman, PowerFLARM
“With its latest edition, AERO has once again successfully performed its role as Europe’s definitive premiere stage for important innovations and new products in the field of aviation. Our new collision warning system received enormous interest from thousands of visitors, both with and without pilot licenses.”
Hans-Otto Buxbaum, Deutsche Vermögensberatung (German Investment Counseling)
“I’m extremely pleased with our first AERO appearance. We couldn’t have found a more technically knowledgeable audience anywhere else. And we’re already looking forward to AERO 2011.”
Hans Weiss, Managing Director, Flughafen Friedrichshafen
“Our airport is an important AERO partner. After all, our runway facilitates 60 movements an hour. To give you an idea of our top performance, Frankfurt’s airport manages 83 movements with two runways. During AERO, we log between 300 and 400 aircraft a day. This demands a measure of creative thinking and a very high degree of organization on the part of our pathfinders. Altogether, we have twelve air traffic controllers and three assistants on duty, working in three shifts.”
