Aeronautics

5 reasons to set up your business

in Le Havre and its surrounding area

Le Havre-Octeville airport

Maintenance activities market

Drone innovation centre

Innovation ecosystem

An industrial territory

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Le Havre-Octeville, a 200-hectare airport facing the sea

  • A runway 2,300 m long and 40 m wide
  • Open 24/7 (on request)
  • 28,600 m² of parking space
  • Open to public air traffic (category C), with SSLIA 7 (firefighter) level
  • Activities related to public services (customs, civil security, maritime pilots), leisure (flying schools, helicopters, microlights, parachuting, etc.) and passenger transport (business aviation, charters)
  • Capacity to accommodate large aircraft for special events (D-Day anniversaries, Patrouille de France, etc.)
  • On-site services: free 160-space car park, restaurant, room hire

A CAPTIVE MARKET FOR MAINTENANCE ACTIVITIES

  • Over 85,000 movements per year in Normandy
  • A central location in relation to five airports and 19 regional aerodromes
  • Approximately 80 aircraft based at Normandy aerodromes
  • High demand from Le Havre-Octeville airport users for maintenance and repair services
  • A strategic location for helicopter services to the six offshore wind farms in the Channel sea, as well as the EPR2 nuclear power plant construction site in Penly (less than 100 km away)

A CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR DRONES

  • Le Havre-Octeville Drone Hub: nearly €2 million invested by Le Havre Seine Métropole to develop a 575 m² business incubator dedicated to professional drones
  • Headquarters of the Normandy Drone Innovation Centre (CIDN): regional skills hub for pooling equipment, resources and services, including a 1-hectare site authorised for drone flight testing
  • Initial and continuing training and turnkey professional training
  • Numerous experiments to come: surveillance of sensitive airspace in the Le Havre Industrial and Port Zone, inspection of offshore wind turbines by drone, inventory in logistics warehouses, medical transport of medicines,
    swarm flight during fires, surveillance of agricultural land, etc.

AN ECOSYSTEM FOCUSED ON INNOVATION

  • A labour pool of 350,000 inhabitants
  • 14% of jobs in industry (national average: 10.3%)
  • 20% of regional added value generated by industry
  • A skilled workforce thanks to professional courses and training programmes accredited by Normandie Aerospace
  • Vocational baccalaureate in aeronautics with a focus on structures and pilot’s licence (Lavoisier and Jeanne d’Arc secondary schools)
  • Diversified expertise for local service providers: electrical engineering, industrial painting, maintenance, metallurgy, composite materials, etc.
  • Potential links with related activities: automotive, precision engineering, energy, etc.

Le Havre, a land of industry

  • 7,000 researchers in Normandy, mainly in the private sector, and 8 public research organisations
  • Third largest aeronautics region in France
  • Normandie Aerospace, a centre of excellence whose members include SMEs and groups such as Airbus Defence & Space, Revima, Safran, Thales and Zodiac Aerospace
  • Global centres of excellence in nozzles, composites and virtual reality at Safran Nacelles’ headquarters in Le Havre
  • Design offices specialising in aeronautics
  • Robotics: establishment of the Proxinnov cluster in Le Havre, Technology Resource Centre
  • Alternative fuels: Engie’s KerEauZen project in the Industrial and Port Zone, experimentation with hydrogen-powered drones

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Aurélie GAFFET, Industry and digital Business developer, Le Havre Seine Developpement (c) Anne Langlois

Aurelie GAffet

Industry and Digital Business developer 

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