AIME organizers cite digital readiness and AI as key topics in Dubai
This is a special feature from the AIME Dubai 2025 issue of PAX Tech, on page 24.
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AIME takes place at the Dubai World Trade Centre
Aircraft Interiors Middle East (AIME) and MRO Middle East (MRO ME) return to the Dubai World Trade Center, UAE, on February 10 to 11, 2025, with an action-packed two-day agenda.
Topics of focus at the event will include capacity challenges, digital readiness, SAF and AI. As the largest cabin interiors gathering in the MEASA region, MRO ME and AIME 2025 attract more than 7,500 attendees, 670 airline and lessor buyers and more than 250 exhibitors, Helen Curl, Vice President of Events at Informa Markets, tells PAX Tech.
Helen Curl, Vice President of Events at Informa Markets
Among the notable exhibitors returning to the expo floor this month are AMAC Aerospace, AmSafe Aviation, Aviointeriors, Gerflor, Geven, Isovolta, KID-SYSTEME and SCHROTH. First-time exhibitors at this edition include Boxmark Leather, Bucher Leicthbau, Contempo Carpets, Gelbyson and Stukerjurgen Aerospace.
Sustainability and supply chains
The focus of the sessions at this year’s event will be sustainability, tech advancements and supply chain solutions. The Go Live! Theater sessions, held throughout the agenda, will cover topics including next-gen cabin concepts, strategies for personalized passenger experience and the optimization of cabin retrofitting.
“The global aviation sector is buoyant, with passenger demand reaching an all-time high, leading to increased efforts for aircraft and modernization programs,” says Curl. “As a result, we’re expecting year-on-year growth in attendees and contracts being signed live at the show this year.”
Creating connections
In addition to being a destination for forward-thinking discussions and showcasing the latest cabin interior innovations, organizers highlight the range of networking opportunities available to attendees, airline buyers and exhibitors at the AIME pavilion.
Attendees can book meetings with key decision makers from Middle East airlines in the available networking lounges via the event app (MRO Middle East & AIME) which is available for download on the App Store and Google Play.
Features of the app include browsing the attendees, agendas, exhibitors and products, sending live chat messages and booking meetings ahead of time, scheduling sessions in a personal agenda and accessing an interactive floorplan of the expo.
In addition, the Buyer Program facilitates direct meetings between exhibitors and buyers from airlines and lessors. Last year, this program successfully arranged more than 500 onsite meetings with exhibitors and 50 approved buyers from across the region, driving meaningful connections and business opportunities.
