AIX 2026

Crates are packed, bags are set, we are ready for AIX.
Our booth will be a celebration of elevating design with leather, focusing on Townsend’s specific skilled solutions for Aviation leather and our passion for sustainability.
TOWNSEND LEATHER TO EXHIBIT AT AIRCRAFT INTERIORS EXPO 2026 IN BUSINESS JET ZONE WITH PRODUCT OFFERING THAT SPANS ACROSS THE BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL AVIATION MARKETS
Townsend Leather is excited to be displaying at Aircraft Interiors Expo 2026 at Stand IE40, the first time the company will have a full-sized presence at this show. This location is in the new area focused on the technology, materials, and craftsmanship that shape the VVIP and Business Jet markets.
See our AIX sneek peak and first round excitment
As a manufacturer of high quality upholstery leather for seating and other interior components for decades, Townsend has long been positioned to address the needs of both markets and this show brings the opportunity to meet with customers in both sectors. With industry-low minimum order requirements, custom coloring capabilities, hundreds of embossing patterns and textures, and attention to customers’ specific needs and requirements, Townsend partners with its customers across markets to be a reliable supplier for this important interior product. Furthermore, Townsend also works hand in hand with interior designers to ensure their aesthetic vision is realized with each aircraft specified and provides a wide range of products and related capabilities. During this show, Townsend will be showing full hides appropriate for seating in both commercial and private interiors but also the newest quilted, perforated, digitally-printed, and other decorative and specialty leathers.
Sherry will be in our AIX booth, see her recent feature about the BizJet Interior industry
The Townsend Aviation Sales Team consisting of Sherry Cocker, Kevin Kucel, A.J. Kucel, Ronald Cathey, and Jean-Luc DeLouche will be on hand throughout the event, showing full hides of the most popular leathers for aviation, offering take-away samples, explaining Townsend’s comprehensive offerings and manufacturing capabilities, and taking larger sample requests to stock the libraries, workrooms, and showrooms of our aviation customers.
See our recent feature with EVA magazine, where passionate, educated, expert, Sarah Eckler talks sustainablity, production, and all things leather.