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figure 1 UK aerospace industry sales and employment 1980 - 2006

  • Sales increased by 5.5 per cent in real terms in 2006 to £19.82 bn, driven mainly by increases in the civil sector
  • Aerospace employment remained at 2005 level and was 124,234.

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figure 2 UK aerospace industry real growth of sales civil and defence 1980 ? 2006

  • Since 1980, the civil sector has been the engine of growth and this year it continued the trend with an 8 per cent increase, above the long term trend rates of 2.5 per cent per annum.
  • Defence sector grew 2 per cent in real terms 2006

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figure 3 UK aerospace industry sales by activity 1980 - 2006

  • In 2006 civil sales increased to £10.27 bn.
  • Defence sales were £9.55 bn.

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figure 4 UK, EU and USA aerospace industries sales to their own governments 1980 ? 2006

  • Sales to the UK government decreased by 5 per cent to £3.62 bn.
  • the UK aerospace industry (UKAI) remains less dependent on sales to their national government at 18 per cent compared to USA at 51 per cent and the EU average of 26 per cent (2005 figure).

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figure 5 UK aerospace industry growth from 2005 to 2006

  • Sales increased by 5.5 per cent in real terms in 2006 to £19.82bn, however different areas had different patterns;
    - Civil domestic sales increased by 13.8 per cent while defence domestic remain at almost the same level.
    - Export sales grew by around 6 per cent both for civil and defence markets.

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figure 6 UK aerospace industry sales by type and region

  • The figure below shows the relative contribution of the civil and military markets to the UKAI. 63 per cent of sales were exported, continuing the long term trend of dependence on exports.

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figure 8 UK aerospace industry sales by customer*

  • The global aerospace industry is relatively unusual in having only a few possible end users of whom almost all are either airlines or governments.
  • Sales to all destinations showed growth, apart sales to the UK government. The growth of sales was mainly driven by sales to the UK industry (18 per cent increase) and by sales to the USA (15 per cent increase).

*Sales to Government: This includes national authorities like government, ministries, public research institutes, national space agency.

 


 
source: SBAC

figure 9 UK aerospace industry maintenance turnover by company 1996 - 2006

  • Maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) sales increased by 7.9 per cent to £6.13bn.
  • Aerospace manufacturers' MRO increased by 11 per cent in 2006 to £3.90 bn.
  • Service providers and maintenance specialists increased by 2.9 per cent to £2.23bn.

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source: SBAC