Mark Huber is an aviation industry veteran who has worked in the flight training, aircraft sales, aircraft component, and airport development businesses. He has flight time in more than 50 different and diverse aircraft, including helicopters, aerobatic aircraft, vintage warbirds, jet fighters, business jets and turboprops, and transport-category aircraft. He has jumped out of several of these—on purpose—with a parachute. His defense and aviation journalism has been published in a variety of national and international periodicals.

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Continuing supply-chain disruptions proved a drag on first-half 2023 financial results for Airbus Helicopters, parent company Airbus said this week in its second-quarter financial result. Still, the rotorcraft manufacturer managed to post solid revenue gains year-over-year on the strength of its services business.
Compared to the same six-month period in 2022, revenues jumped 16 percent, to $3.54 billion. Adjusted earnings before interest and taxes increased to $303.5 million from $238.15 million. But while second-quarter revenues rose by 8 percent, to $1.77 billion, EBIT fell by 6 percent, to $130.7 million, from the year-ago period.
New net helicopter orders for the first half of this year&nbsp;fell by 20 percent year-over-year, to 131 aircraft, and the overall unit backlog declined by 6 percent, to 743. One bright spot included an order for 19 H160 intermediate twins during in the first half of the year.

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