Aviation industry

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The aviation industry includes all production facilities that are involved in aircraft construction . These are mainly the aircraft manufacturers and their suppliers. In the aviation industry, a distinction is also made between civil and military applications. The challenges for innovation and research are aimed at environmental sustainability, improving passenger comfort, increasing transport performance and efficiency for future aircraft.

Aviation industry in Germany

With protagonists and companies such as Huth , Müller , Rumpler , Fokker , Junkers , Aviatik and others, an efficient German aviation industry developed from 1909 until the end of the First World War , the continued development of which was hampered by the Treaty of Versailles after 1918. The Luftwaffe of the Wehrmacht , which was only officially founded on March 1, 1935 , had previously been built up in secret for years. Their rearmament was in full swing in 1935. At the beginning of 1933, only just under 4,000 men worked in all German aircraft factories; In 1938 there were 204,100 (details and sources here ).

After the Second World War , large-scale industrial aircraft production began in 1956 with the Dornier Do 27 . The turnover of the German aviation industry was able to record a steady increase and in 2007 amounted to 18.75 billion euros. The civil sub-sector accounted for 13 billion euros and the military sector for 5.75 billion euros. At the same time, the direct number of employees rose to 77,440 in 2007, and additional jobs can be found in the general administration. The research and development share in the aviation industry was almost 17 percent of sales in 2007. The federal government has been supporting the aviation industry with the aviation research program since 1995. For the period 2007–2013, expenditure of EUR 590 million was planned for 2007.

The German aviation industry is strongly regionally concentrated in metropolitan areas. The focus is on the Hamburg area, where every third employee in the German aviation industry works, as well as Augsburg, Bremen and Munich. The regions of Frankfurt and Berlin / Brandenburg can also be said to be of relevance for the aviation industry (despite the clear gap). There are also many suppliers of carbon components in Augsburg . Research and development has been carried out at the site at the University of Augsburg and in the Augsburg Innovation Park for some time.

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Company in Austria

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particularities

The development of the US dollar plays a major role in the international field of activity, as sales are carried out using this currency. According to a survey by the BDLI, companies with more than 250 employees have lost more than 5 percent of their operating business with every cent of the deterioration in the US dollar. This is particularly critical in the development of the dollar in recent years.

Other sectors also benefit from the research developments in the aviation industry. Experience in aerodynamics and lightweight construction is also incorporated into vehicle construction and high-speed railways.

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The largest trade fairs in the aviation industry are the Paris Air Show and the Farnborough International Airshow , which alternate annually. The most important German aerospace fair is the International Aerospace Exhibition in Berlin.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ cf. BDLI eV (Ed.), BDLI Annual Report 2007, Berlin, p. 70.
  2. ↑ cf. BDLI eV (Ed.): BDLI Annual Report 2007 , Berlin, pp. 11,16
  3. ↑ Aviation Industry . Hamburg Invest, accessed on February 25, 2018 .

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