Eurocopter proves virtue of patience in Mideast
Eurocopter (Stand C220) expects the long-anticipated growth in demand for civil helicopters in the Middle East to materialize now and it believes the marke

Eurocopter (Stand C220) expects the long-anticipated growth in demand for civil helicopters in the Middle East to materialize now and it believes the market’s emergence will have been worth the wait. According to regional marketing manager Xavier Hay, the helomaker expects to sell at least 20 civil rotorcraft per year in this part of the world. The European manufacturer currently has 650 aircraft–about 80 percent of them military–flying in the region.

“Until recent years, military and police sales were predominant,” Hay told AIN, but new market niches are opening–aerial surveys and emergency medical services, for example.

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