JetNet Watches Slow But Steady Industry Recovery

Aviation market intelligence firm JetNet is celebrating “25 years of delivering professional aircraft research services” at Heli-Expo and offering a look at numbers from 2012 suggesting a “slow but steady recovery” for the helicopter industry.

The Utica, N.Y.-based firm’s staff of more than 40 research specialists makes real-time updates to what JetNet describes as “the most comprehensive database of its kind.” At the close of 2012, the company reported 28,287 helicopters in service, 18,911 turbines and 9,376 pistons. Of that total, it listed 1,730 helicopters actively offered for sale, or about 6.1 percent of the fleet. The firm currently tracks 134 separate helicopter models in 184 countries.