Modest Growth Forecast for U.S. Civil Helicopter Sector
The oil and gas producing segment is growing rapidly, but that growth will spell only modest gains for the civil helicopter sector in the U.S., which should account for a third of global demand.
The oil and gas producing segment is growing rapidly, but that growth will spell only modest gains for the civil helicopter sector in the U.S., which should account for a third of global demand.

While the worldwide deepwater offshore energy boom fuels an increase in civil helicopter sales, that will translate into only modest sales gains within the U.S. market, research consulting firm Frost & Sullivan (F&S) predicts. In a recently released study, F&S predicts U.S. civil helicopter purchases will rise to $1.07 billion by 2020 from $890 million in 2012, accounting for approximately one-third of worldwide demand.

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