Rotorcraft
New Rotorcraft 2015
The civil market continues to slow, but OEMs look to the future.

AIN February 2015 New Rotorcraft

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In early January oil traded below $50 per barrel for the first time since 2009 and the U.S. dollar was wiping the floor with most of the competitive currencies around the globe. Just one month earlier, most industry analysts were putting a brave face on all of this relative to its impact on the world civil helicopter market, while the OEMs themselves remained sanguine or speechless or a little of both. The euphoria surrounding the new helicopter market a year ago has degraded to nervous optimism amidst the discovery of coughing canaries in the coal mine. The party might not be over, but the attendees are nursing their cocktails and speaking more softly. And nobody is dancing.


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