Rotorcraft
Helicopter Fleet in China Grows Unabated
Easing regulations and further opening of the airspace is helping helicopter sales grow by an average of 20 percent per year in China.

Speaking at the “Helicopter Operations” seminar today at ABACE 2014, Bell Helicopter China managing director Chris Jaran said the helicopter fleet in China has grown by an average of 20 percent annually from 2009 through 2014, to 465 aircraft from 227. The Chinese rotorcraft fleet is 35 percent piston-powered and 65 percent turbine, he noted.

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