Helicopter Market Expected To Remain Tight for Remainder of 2023 | Aviation International News

Tight Helicopter Market In Hover

Pent-up demand erupts as supply chain problems continue in the helicopter market.

Med Rescue Agusta AW139 helicopter in flight with crew at open side door — The scarcest airframe in the helicopter market remains the multi-role Leonardo AW139 intermediate twin, according to most market watchers. (Photo: Leonardo)

By Mark Huber • Contributor

April 3, 2023

Manufacturers, financiers, and leading rotorcraft analysts expect the market for both new and used civil helicopters to remain tight for the remainder of 2023, squeezed by a triumvirate of pressures including inventory, inflation, and continuing supply-chain challenges.

While the civil market has mostly returned to pre-Covid normal in terms of overall new helicopter sales and/or flight hours, price increases have placed additional pressure on the already constrained preowned market. Meaningful forecasting in this environment, clouded by continuing economic uncertainty, is difficult, so much so that, for the first time in recent memory, Honeywell did not issue its turbine helicopter sales forecast at this year’s Helicopter Association International Heli-Expo.

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