Aircraft Interiors Expo reflects industry recovery
There were gray clouds overhead during most of the Aircraft Interiors Expo 2011, held April 5 to 8 in Hamburg, Germany, but there were silver linings insid

There were gray clouds overhead during most of the Aircraft Interiors Expo 2011, held April 5 to 8 in Hamburg, Germany, but there were silver linings inside the exhibit halls as 7,900 visitors descended on the annual show, comfortably eclipsing last year’s total of 7,300.

Some 500 exhibitors from 31 countries, representing some 30 interiors categories from design studios to in-flight entertainment to seating, filled to near-overflowing the 337,000 sq ft available at the sprawling Hamburg Messe Center.