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revenue - part 3
figure 7 UK aerospace industry sales by product group
- Aircraft equipment rose by 60 per cent from £4.1bn to £6.56bn, showing the biggest single sector increase.
- Aircraft engines also enjoyed a successful year with a 39.8 per cent increase in sales to £6.83bn.
- Missiles sales increased by two thirds to £1.5bn.
- Space had its second consecutive year of growth, increasing to £603 million, up 38 per cent on last year.
- Aircraft systems and frames decreased by 6.3 per cent to £7.19bn from last year.
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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 significant growth, in particular
figure 9 UK aerospace industry maintenance turnover by company 1996 - 2005
- Maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) sales increased by 6.0 per cent to £6.45bn. This year, for the first time, SBAC was able to separate maintenance companies, service providers (such as consultancies or facilities management) and aerospace manufacturers.
- Aerospace manufacturers' MRO increased by 9.3 per cent in 2005 to £4.3bn.
- Service providers and maintenance specialists decreased by -14.4 per cent to £1.74bn continuing the trend of aerospace maintenance being undertaken by the original equipment manufacturer.
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- revenue - part 1
- revenue - part 2
- message from the SBAC President
- sustainable aviation
- orders
- financial
- research and development - part 1
- research and development - part 2
- employment - part 1
- employment - part 2
- SMEs - part 1
- SMEs - part 2
- international trade
- global trends
- aerospace cross holdings
- regional
- notes and clarification


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