Rotorcraft
Forecast predicts boom time for manufacturers
The latest market projection for the civil helicopter market: red-hot.

The latest market projection for the civil helicopter market: red-hot. For the OEMs, it means big delivery backlogs, which translates to waiting times of up to four or five years for customers. While the demand for medevac and offshore support rotorcraft is accelerating, the popularity of executive helicopters is also on the rise as urban surface traffic grows ever worse.

Forecast International released its new civilian helicopter market forecast for single-engine and light twin helicopters earlier this fall. The Newtown, Conn.-based research firm predicts that manufacturers will produce 14,200 helicopters in the category with a market value of $30.46 billion in the 10-year period between 2007 and 2016. This forecast is more optimistic than Honeywell’s, which predicts sales of 8,000 new turbine helicopters over the next decade.

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