Aviation is of outstanding importance for Germany as a business location. The companies in the aviation industry offer employment for hundreds of thousands of employees with a wide variety of professional qualifications. However, the actual importance of air transport goes far beyond the jobs in aviation: on the one hand, air transport makes a major contribution to people’s individual mobility and thus promotes international understanding and cultural exchange. On the other hand, aviation connects German companies with important supplier and sales markets all over the world. Air cargo plays an important role in this – especially in trade with countries outside Europe.
Airlines, airports and air traffic control are attractive employers for hundreds of thousands of men and women. They provide secure employment in Germany – far beyond the borders of our own industry.
Air transport connects Germany as a business location with international markets: air freight transport links the German economy to global flows of goods, and business travel enables companies to maintain contacts with customers and suppliers.
Over long distances, there is no faster mode of transport than the airplane. For this reason, relief goods are mainly transported by air to conflict and disaster areas.