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 . <EOS>