Hamburg Aviation

Cluster description

Role
Description of your aviation region

More than 40,000 personnel make Hamburg the world’s 3rd largest civil aviation site and leading cabin competence center.

Vision/ Missons

Hamburg Aviation connects business, science, and politics to foster innovation, develop skills, share knowledge, and improve the economy while addressing gaps and exploring new opportunities.

Year of creation

2011

Region

Hamburg, Germany

Facts & Figures of regional aerospace
Number of companies

172

Number of research institutes

19

Numbers of public authorities

1

Cluster Management
Organizational form

Association

Financing

Membership fees, subsidies, projects

Main Actors
Main industry actors
  • Airbus
  • Lufthansa Technik
  • Hamburg Airport
  • Diehl 
Main research institutes
  • ZAL - Center for Applied Aeonautical Reseaech
  • DLR - German Aerospace Center 

Cluster Competence and Strategy

Product worlds
  • Aircraft & Aircraft Systems
  • Cabin & Cabin Systems
  • Transportation Systems
  • Technical Support (MRO)
  • Aviation-related IT & Communications 
Cluster management services for members
  • Networking
  • Setting up collaboration between members
  • Access to public support (regional/national programmes etc.)
  • Internationalization support
  • Direct advisory services
  • PR measures
Best practice of International collaborations of cluster management
  • Home of the European Aerospace Cluster Partnership (EACP)
  • Exchange with Aéro Montréal
  • Largest industry sites in Germany & Canada launch joint research in quieter aircraft cabins & fireproof composite fibre components
  • Hamburg Aviation, Aerospace Valley, Niedersachsen Aviation & Eskisehir Aviation Cluster: Delegation trip to Tokyo & Nagoya 

Contact Information Cluster Management

International relations
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