ABSTRACT
This chapter shows that the suppliers in aviation: the firms and companies that deliver products and services in aviation with the purpose of earning profits. It discusses the fundamentals of business administration in aviation. The aviation supply side is a difficult sector to manage and work in as managing and operating aviation companies is complex and unforgiving of mistakes, and involves job insecurities for the workers. Ownership of aviation suppliers can differ throughout the world. The strategic consideration for governments can be for innovative technology development, but can also be for industry politics, with an emphasis on labor employment. Developing and manufacturing products require many people working in a huge organization, and supporting products require a global organization for staying close to the end user of the products. Airlines also employ many people across many departments, resulting in complex organizations.
