At a joint cabinet meeting of the Senate of Berlin and the government of the State of Brandenburg, the two states concluded a framework agreement for staging ILA Berlin from 2026 to 2030.
The signatories to the agreement were the senator for economics, energy and public enterprises, Franziska Giffey, the minister for economics, employment and energy, Jörg Steinbach, the CEO of Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg, Aletta von Massenbach, the CEO of Messe Berlin, Mario Tobias, and the member of the board of the German Aerospace Industries Association, Martin Kroell.
Since 1992, ILA has been held at Schönefeld Airport, and since 2012 at the Berlin-ExpoCenter-Airport site in the Schönefeld district of Selchow, on the grounds of Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER).
With the signing of the new ILA framework agreement for 2026 to 2030, the parties underlined the aerospace trade fair’s importance and secured the staging of ILA in Berlin/Brandenburg until 2030.
As Europe’s leading innovative trade fair for the aerospace industry, ILA showcases the future of aviation. Every two years it gathers figures from the international industry, politics, the armed forces, research and science at BER Airport for a dialogue on innovation, new technology and sustainability. On the Open Weekend it gives the wider public the opportunity of a first-hand experience of the latest aerospace trends.
Mario Tobias, CEO of Messe Berlin, commented: “Be it climate-neutral aviation, optimum equipment for the armed forces, or monitoring the environment and climate from space – in times such as these especially the topics at ILA are more pressing and important than ever. ILA is Europe's leading innovative trade fair for the aerospace industry and is the ideal platform for finding out about the latest industry topics, networking and for dialogue.“
