Helicopter Industry Eyes Market Reawakening

Leonardo’s AW189

Sales of larger super-medium rotorcraft such as Leonardo’s AW189 could soon increase as the oversupply of oil and gas helicopters tightens.

Credit: Netherlands Coastguard
After years of stagnation in the commercial helicopter market, the industry is seeing the first signals of a reawakening. Deliveries and orders are up, and there are signs that the oil and gas market, stifled for years by oversupply, is on the verge of a bounce back, leading to potentially lucrative...

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