Jointly hosted by Future Travel Experience (FTE) and the Airline Passenger Experience Association (APEX), APEX FTE Asia Expo is Asia’s leading free-to-attend innovation and passenger experience event for the aviation industry. Taking place on 11-12 November 2025, the event will focus on innovation, technology, digital transformation, retail strategies, and commercial growth in the rapidly evolving aviation sector in the APAC region.
Building on the incredible success of our 2024 event with 2,000+ registrations from 60+ countries, APEX FTE Asia Expo 2025 promises to be our most impactful edition yet. The event will bring together airports, airlines, vendors, startups, OEMs, government agencies, and other key industry stakeholders for two days of unrivaled insights and networking.
In the Expo Hall, the industry’s most forward-thinking product and service providers from Asia and beyond will showcase their latest solutions designed to elevate the performance of airlines, airports, and their partners. The Premium Conference and free-to-attend sessions will provide attendees with a chance to learn from global pioneers and thought leaders, while additional highlights include access to the co-located Onboard Hospitality Forum Asia, a dedicated Startup Zone, and a vibrant social and networking agenda.
As the region gears up for unprecedented growth, APEX FTE Asia Expo will serve as the definitive platform for stakeholders to explore new technologies, embrace innovation, and foster collaboration to improve efficiency, operations, customer experience, revenues, and sustainability.
The Onboard Hospitality Forum Asia is now a popular and established feature within APEX FTE Asia Expo. Driven by leading onboard services magazine, Onboard Hospitality, the forum combines targeted inflight hospitality, peer to peer networking, and conference sessions with a chance to meet leading suppliers of catering, wellbeing, design and innovation. Held within a dedicated zone, the free-to-attend Forum is specifically designed to support buyers of inflight passenger comfort and catering. The 2025 edition will include educational sessions as well as a dedicated exhibition zone for leading inflight wellness and catering companies to showcase their latest products and services.
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We believe startups have a vital role to play in reimagining the future of air travel, which is why we are passionate about discovering the best of the best and providing a platform for them to spread the word about their pioneering products and services. Working in collaboration with the FTE Digital, Innovation & Startup Hub, APEX FTE Asia Expo 2025 will include a dedicated Startup Zone. This will provide a platform to many of the most exciting startups from across the region and beyond whose solutions can help improve customer experience and business performance for airlines, airports and their partners.
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Delegate and exhibitor testimonials
“There is so much taking place in the Premium Conference and on the Expo Stage that I wish I could be in two places at once. In the exhibition, it’s great to see the improvements in technology and what’s new in the market. It’s also an opportunity to meet with my customers, clients and suppliers here in one location in Singapore. The attendees are right in the markets that we are interested in. I look forward to coming back next year.”
“The event is very good and very beneficial to airlines. The conference speakers have been real experts sharing their insights. Meanwhile, in the exhibition there are many IT and service infrastructure providers, so it’s very beneficial for new ideas.”
“It has been amazing. Connectivity and personalisation are two of our key objectives for 2023 and we’re seeing so much of it here at the expo, which has been so great for us. We’re really grateful that we had the privilege to come here. We’ve already decided to attend next year.”
“APEX FTE Asia Expo has been fantastic – it has been incredibly stimulating, with lots of great ideas, interesting people and fantastic talks, so there’s really a lot to take home and think about. The exhibition has had some fantastic suppliers and a lot of companies I didn’t know before. I’m already looking forward to coming back next year.”
“It is always a pleasure to exhibit at FTE APEX Asia Expo. We always find a good mix of customers, partners and companies from the entire travel ecosystem here, so all in all we are very satisfied. The quality of attendees is super top-notch – all of the decision-makers from airports, airlines and government agencies are here. It has been an amazing event and we will definitely come back again next year.”
“It has been a great audience at FTE APEX Asia Expo, with a lot of visitors from different dimensions in the aviation business, especially airports and airlines from many countries. The conferences have made the event even more fruitful. We will definitely be back again next year.”
“We have had a really good experience at FTE APEX Asia Expo this year. It is great to connect with airlines in the region and have conversations with our customers and prospective customers. It has also been really nice to share ideas on the conference stages and listen to ideas that the airlines have about how we can work together to make the industry better. The networking, as always, has been fantastic – it is great to have the opportunity to connect with people in a more social setting.”
“FTE APEX Asia Expo is a very high-quality event. Many of the airports we wanted to approach came to our booth and we had very productive discussions. We were also pleased to have some unexpected prospects come to our booth and show interest in our product. The networking opportunities are very valuable experiences to mingle with colleagues in the industry, both existing clients and future prospects. We look forward to attending FTE APEX Asia Expo again in the future.”
Travel & Accommodation
Marina Bay Sands Expo & Convention Centre, Singapore, 11-12 November 2025
Singapore is a highly appealing and accessible destination and a reference site for customer experience excellence. In addition, the iconic Marina Bay Sands offers world-class event facilities, ultimate luxury and breathtaking views across the city.
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Awards
Recognising the most customer-centric airports and airlines across Asia and Oceania
APEX FTE Asia Expo will host regional awards ceremonies led by both Future Travel Experience (FTE) and the Airline Passenger Experience Association (APEX).
Networking
Event app and attendee engagement platform
Driving new collaborations to support industry progress is at the heart of the event, and our intelligent event app is designed to help enable this.
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APEX FTE Asia Expo 2025 is Asia’s biggest free to attend passenger experience and business performance expo for the aviation industry. It provides an unrivalled platform for the industry’s most innovative product, service and solution providers from across Asia and beyond to showcase their latest products and concepts designed to help airlines and airports improve end-to-end customer experiences, reduce costs, increase revenues, and enhance sustainability and operational efficiency.
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