AERO South Africa will host its sixth edition in 10 - 12 June 2026 at Lanseria International Airport, where it will remain the ultimate general aviation platform. Organised by Messe Frankfurt South Africa in partnership with Fairnamic GmbH, the joint venture of Messe Frankfurt and Messe Friedrichshafen, AERO South Africa continues to gather momentum.
AERO South Africa is organised by Messe Frankfurt South Africa in partnership with fairnamic GmbH – the new joint venture of Messe Frankfurt and Messe Friedrichshafen who organise Europe’s largest General Aviation Show – AERO Friedrichshafen. Launched in 2019, AERO South Africa is set to become the hub for General Aviation in Southern Africa offering visitors a unforgetable experience and demo flights for aircraft OEMs and distributors, allowing for a first-hand experience to the serious prospective buyer during the purchase process. This not only allows our exhibitors to demonstrate their products but also makes it more convenient for people to attend the event from around the country. AERO South Africa showcases a spectrum of products and services that feature the latest innovations, developments, and regulations in the General Aviation industry.
The 2025 event welcomed over 2996 visitors with 65 exhibiting companies. AERO South Africa featured a 3-day programme with leading industry experts as well as visitor Fly-Ins, demo flights and a well received Youth Development programme.
"AERO SA is a great business oriented event. We get very good value from exhibiting at the show."
"This expo is great for our local economy and I would like to see us harness that."
"I believe having only trade visitors on Thursday and Friday ensured we had better quality / Calibre of visitors. The AERO SA team were vey accomodating and very professional".
Everything was perfect for me and I got the most important info that I did not have regarding applying for my maintenance license with CAA".
"Well done to the organizers. Stunning event and friendly staff. I commend you in the handling of the fly-in Exhibitors, parking and general ease of movement between exhibits".
About the organisers
Messe Frankfurt: Business model for global business
Messe Frankfurt is one of the world’s leading trade fair, congress and event organisers with their own exhibition grounds. For some 800 years, we have been bringing people together at our events, both in Frankfurt and throughout the world. Whether with our trade fairs, congresses or other events, with digital or analogue services – everything we do has always been focused on interaction between people. This is something that we have perfected throughout our long history.
With approximately 2,200 employees at 28 locations, we work virtually around the clock and around the globe to further the interests of our customers. Despite the very difficult conditions in 2021, some 1.4 million visitors (2019: 5.1 million) and more than 30,000 (2019: 99.246) exhibiting companies put their trust in the efficiency of our international network the quality of our events and the digital expertise of Messe Frankfurt.
Messe Frankfurt brings together future trends with new technologies, people with markets, and supply with demand. Where different perspectives and industry sectors come together, we create scope for new collaborations, projects and business models.
Messe Frankfurt South Africa
We are the proud organiser of the following events: South African Festival of Motoring, Automechanika Johannesburg, AERO South Africa, Solar Power Africa, allfashion sourcing and Hobby-X.
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