Jon Excell

Careers in the civil aerospace sector

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Civil aerospace offers engineers a myriad of opportunities in a rapidly growing sector of UK industry. George Coupe reports 

If there is a part of the UK engineering landscape where the sun is shining with unequivocal brightness, with not a cloud in the sky, it is the civil aerospace sector; while defence is under squeeze, businesses in the passenger jet and helicopter markets are gearing up for a boom.

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‘There is no doubt this is a very exciting time for the UK civil aerospace sector, as global demand is increasing,’ said Paul Everitt, chief executive of the aerospace trade organisation ADS. The Global Aerospace Outlook 2013 report says 27,000 new large civil airliners and 40,000 rotor aircraft will be required by 2030; much of that demand will driven by high-growth markets such as China, India and Brazil over the next 10 years.

The new market will be worth $3.7tn. ‘The UK has a 17 per cent share of the market,’ said Everitt ‘If we prepare ourselves well, that share will increase.’

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