Asia’s premier airport exhibition and conference is returning to Singapore after a four-year hiatus with the 7th edition of inter-Airport Southeast Asia IASEA.

The event, which has already sold out its exhibition space, will take place from 1 to 3 March at the Marina Bay Sands, featuring some of the world’s leading airport suppliers from 29 countries.

It promises to showcase transformative airport equipment, technology, design, and services that are crucial in helping build, operate, and maintain smarter and more efficient airports in line with air travel demand.

“The Asia Pacific region includes some of the world’s busiest airports and the highest number of known airport construction projects. Set against the backdrop of Singapore’s status as the global air hub, we felt that inter airport Southeast Asia returns at an opportune time for us to showcase some of the best German’s innovation,” said Christoph Oftring, vice president from German airport technology and equipment alliance GATE.

Professionals in the airport, airlines, regulatory bodies, aviation authorities and other airport-related industry leaders are invited to get unlimited access to airport solutions and discover new sustainable offerings.

One of the sessions will put the spotlight on China’s Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX)–considered the world’s largest airport project–which is estimated to have a construction budget of US$11.5 billion.

Organisers said the conference will offer participants an overall outlook of the APAC aviation industry, addressing necessary challenges, underlining opportunities, and revealing exclusive statistics, data and trends from leading analysts and consultants. The last IASEA event was held in 2019 at Singapore Expo.

Some of the exhibitors for IASEA 2023 include ADB Safegate, Avionics Airfield Lighting, Bliss-Fox by Panus, CW Aero Services, Groupe ADP, Honeywell International, ITW GSE, JBT AeroTech, TLD Asia Limited and Weihai Guangtai Airport Equipment.