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According to the forecasts of the association clúster Hegan, the turnover of the partners in 2011 —in all his plants— will close with an upper growth to 10%

The development of new models of aeroplanes promotes the aeronautical and space sector Basque

Editorial Interempresas09/01/2012

9 January 2012

The aeronautical and space sector Basque left backwards the stagnation of the turnover of the 2010 and began to register the symptoms of a recovery. To the closing of the past exercise 2011 could give place to an increase of the sales around 12% in all the plants of the world of the entities associated to Hegan and to 10% in his aeronautical employment. In the plants of Euskadi, centres in which it concentrates the value added of the companies, the estimate to the closing 2011 is of the half of these increases.

For the year 2012 and following expect important increases of the cadence of production in the aeronautical programs of the constructors of aircraft in which they participate the partners of the clúster Hegan that, like consequence of the commitments —agreements— purchased already, will multiply the turnover of the total of the plants by 1,8 in five years. And in concrete, for the year 2012 foresee similar or upper increases to the commented for 2011.

The perspectives of big demand commercial aeroplanes (aeroplanes of more than 100 passengers) for the next 20 years show that it will bend the current fleet of aircraft, according to the data of Airbus, happening of the 15.000 aircraft at present in service to 31.500 in 2030, what will suppose the incorporation of 27.800 new aeroplanes, of which 10.500 will be necessary to replace the aeroplanes that are remaining old and result less efficient. These forecasts are more optimistic of which the European manufacturer did in 2010 to 20 years seen.

Regarding regional aeroplanes (aeroplanes of 50 to 100 passengers), the forecasts to 20 years also are of growth, multiplying by 1,8 the current fleet and happening of 6.305 aircraft to 11.355 in this period.

For the year 2012 expect important increases of the cadence of production in the aeronautical programs of Boeing and Airbus, in which they participate the partners of the clúster Hegan. Photo: Airbus.

Already for the year 2012 expect important increases of the cadence of production in the aeronautical programs of Boeing and Airbus, in which they participate the partners of the clúster Hegan. The European manufacturer will happen to manufacture 34 to 40 aeroplanes to the month in 2012 and studies new extensions, whereas the North American manufacturer will happen of the 31,5 monthly aeroplanes of 2011 to 35 monthly aeroplanes the present year. An example of this despegue is the planned evolution for the B787 Dreamliner, that will bend the number of units produced in this period. In 2011 they manufactured 29 aeroplanes B787 and for 2012 is foreseen the setting of 55 units, as well as 87 units in 2013 and 113 units in 2014, in successive phases of increase of the production.

Emergent businesses for the next ten years

Regarding the half term, the aerospace sector Basque looks with diverse interest emergent opportunities for the next ten years, new segments between which find the aeroplanes of business (business jet) and aeroplanes of only corridor. Like this, the sector is carrying out a bet coordinated to tackle the manufacture of aeroplanes of businesses, a little exploded segment up to now by the Basque companies, and with important perspectives of growth, so much in aeroestructuras as in engines. According to the perspectives of market, the demand of aeroplanes of business will elevate from the 6.500 annual units of the period 2000-2009 to the 10.500 units until 2019 and new growths until 2029.

Regarding the aeroplanes of only corridor, aircraft of fuselaje narrow of until 250 passengers, the perspectives contemplate deliveries by a total of 17.870 aircraft of this type in the next twenty years, 69% of the total in units and 40% in value for all the period. In this frame, appear the new devices To320 Neo of Airbus, with numerous improvements and new motorisation, and the 737 MAX of Boeing, equally with new engines more efficient, that could go in in service in 2016 and 2017, respectively. These new models will suppose the exit to the market of numerous packages of work that could suppose predictably big magnitudes of activity for the sector in Euskadi.

Therefore, the increase in the aerial traffic, the good forecasts and the entrance in production of the retarded programs will promote the growth of the sales of the companies in the sector to world-wide level. From the association clúster Hegan, thinks that “the aeronautical and space industry Basque follows struggling for keeping his competitiveness and confronts to stimulating challenges derived of the globalisation, in front of which the Basque sector has to develop and keep his competitive advantage of sustainable form, through the improvement in the efficiency and efficiency in each one of the integral links of the chain of value of the product”.

The B787 Dreamliner will bend the number of units produced until 2014: if in 2011 they manufactured 29 aeroplanes B787, for 2012 foresees the setting of 55 units, 87 units in 2013 and 113 units in 2014.

And to attain this ambitious challenge needs access to finance, key to develop the aeronautical industry in any country or region of the world. For the companies of the sector —that have kept a percentage of autofinanciación of 85% of his investment in R&D— is fundamental to have the institutional backrest in the finance of the entrance and development of the aeronautical programs. For this, results indispensable to combine instruments of support to the R&D, with financial assistance to participate in the programs so much to regional level like head office and European. In spite of the budgetary restrictions, does necessary keep the current strategic lines to fund these programs that are usual between the European competitors. And fund the technological developments (the ‘D+D') without which the aeronautical companies would not reach the level of competitiveness demanded in the aeronautical and space programs to world-wide level.

Finally, Hegan wishes to remember that to world-wide level, the aeronautical sector also has favourable data in terms of creation of employment, with between 3 and 4 indirect employments or induced by each place of direct work.