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News Edition: April 2024

Short Introduction

Since 1993, Robert Breitbach Consulting has been a retained executive search firm with a focus on the aerospace and aviation industries.

With offices in Germany, Spain, Portugal, and Estonia, we specialize on assisting German, European and American companies in the search and selection of their executives and specialists.

About 70% of the search projects contain the keywords: "Pilot, CEO, Managing Director, Country Manager, Business Development Manager or Expansions Manager". In addition, we have been able to fill many positions in the areas of sales, plant, and production management. Not to forget many significant engineering positions.

We are pleased that you take the time to visit our "News" page. Here we would like to inform you - updated monthly - about selected topics from this industry.

From the Almanac

The term Aerospace Industry describes the engagement of companies in the research, development, and manufacture of flight vehicles.

A Boeing 747 has more than 6 million parts.

In 2021, the United States contributed 89 billion US Dollars in aerospace exports.

The aerospace market is clearly a growing part of the global economy.

Airbus Industries is Europe's largest aerospace and defense company.

Clyde Cessna started manufacturing planes in Wichita, Kansas in 1916.

Currently, India is the third largest and the fastest growing aviation market in the world.

Economic Outlook

Profitability and cash flows will remain robust in global aerospace & defence.

The airline industry is expected to reach profits of 50bn USD in 2024.

Increasingly extreme weather patterns will continue to create challenges for airlines.

What's On The News?

• AviationHumor reveals how the WW2 Corsair got its nickname...


• For aero-mag.com, Mike Richardson reports about Bahrain International Airshow unveiling a new look for the future of aerospace.


• Airbus features Euclid on their website, the space telescope aiming to unlock the secrets of the Universe.


• On aero-mag.com, Ed Hill introduces Made Smarter's Net Zero whitepaper for aerospace manufacturing SMEs.


• Mark Huber goes back in time for ainonline.com and praises the Dassault Falcon 20.

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