Aviation-Development-Loan

Companies that have a permanent establishment or branch in Germany are eligible to apply.

Proportional financing of development costs in the civil, commercial aviation industry

• Alternative, climate-neutral drive systems,
• Reduction of primary energy requirements and use of resources,
• Reduction of production times and costs with the priority of closed material cycle systems
• Innovation areas e.g. noise reduction, digitization or development of industrial core competencies Eligible for funding are, for example:
• Weight reduction,
• Avoidance of environmentally harmful substances,
• Cabin design,
• Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO),
• Increasing the performance or noise reduction of drives,
• Development of commercially usable prototypes and pilot projects if: a) commercial end products and b) production would be too expensive for demonstration and evaluation purposes alone

• Legal basis for state aid: General Block Exemption Regulation of the EU Commission (AGVO)
• Interest-bearing loans, partially conditionally repayable
• Amount: maximum 55% of the eligible costs incurred in Germany for the development project
• Conditionally repayable loan amount of more than EUR 15 million => obligation to notify the EU Commission under state aid law Choice between three options:
• exclusively unconditionally repayable loan (max. 55%),
• exclusively conditionally repayable loan (max. 25%),
• a combination of the two types of loan mentioned (max. 30 + 25%)