Processing installation for aircraft structural components, having a processing station which comprises a positioning apparatus for receiving and moving an aircraft structural component (3a, b), and a manipulator having a tool, preferably a riveting machine, wherein the manipulator is designed to move the tool, wherein a working region of the processing station is defined by that region in which the aircraft structural component (3a, b) received by the positioning apparatus can be processed by the tool, and wherein the positioning apparatus comprises two positioning towers (9a, b) having a, preferably rectangular, component carrier, in particular a clamping frame, which is arranged between the positioning towers (9a, b) and intended for receiving the aircraft structural component (3a, b), wherein the processing installation comprises a loading region spaced apart from the working region and intended for loading and/or unloading the aircraft structural component (3a, b), and wherein the processing installation comprises a movement apparatus which is designed to move, in particular completely, an aircraft structural component (3a, b), which is received by the positioning apparatus, between the working region and the loading region, wherein the loading region is arranged in a direction - Y direction - so as to be offset with respect to the working region, which Y direction is oriented substantially orthogonally to the direction - X direction - running between the positioning towers (9a, b), wherein the movement apparatus comprises a first tower rail and a second tower rail which are designed to move the positioning towers (9a, b) in the Y direction between the working region and the loading region, wherein the processing installation comprises a loading apparatus (20a, b) which is designed to move the aircraft structural component (3a, b) from the positioning apparatus to a parking place (21a, b) and/or is designed to move the aircraft structural component (3a, b) from the parking place (21a, b) to the positioning apparatus, and wherein the parking place (21a, b) is arranged in the loading region, and the loading region has a further parking place, wherein the parking place and the further parking place are offset with respect to one another in the Y direction and are arranged between the first tower rail and the second tower rail. wherein the processing installation comprises a loading region spaced apart from the working region and intended for loading and/or unloading the aircraft structural component (3a, b), and wherein the processing installation comprises a movement apparatus which is designed to move, in particular completely, an aircraft structural component (3a, b), which is received by the positioning apparatus, between the working region and the loading region, wherein the loading region is arranged in a direction - Y direction - so as to be offset with respect to the working region, which Y direction is oriented substantially orthogonally to the direction - X direction - running between the positioning towers (9a, b), wherein the movement apparatus comprises a first tower rail and a second tower rail which are designed to move the positioning towers (9a, b) in the Y direction between the working region and the loading region, wherein the processing installation comprises a loading apparatus (20a, b) which is designed to move the aircraft structural component (3a, b) from the positioning apparatus to a parking place (21a, b) and/or is designed to move the aircraft structural component (3a, b) from the parking place (21a, b) to the positioning apparatus, and wherein the parking place (21a, b) is arranged in the loading region, and the loading region has a further parking place, wherein the parking place and the further parking place are offset with respect to one another in the Y direction and are arranged between the first tower rail and the second tower rail.