Rotorcraft
Airbus Helicopters Orders Rise, Deliveries Flat for 2023
Airbus delivered 346 helicopters in 2023
Airbus Super Puma
Airbus expects orders to pick up for the Super Puma now that it has a new enhanced main gearbox.

Airbus Helicopters delivered 346 helicopters and logged 393 net orders (410 gross) in 2023, up from 344 deliveries and 362 net orders in 2022. Orders came from 179 customers in 47 countries, giving it an estimated 54 percent share of the civil and parapublic market, according to the company. For the year, orders increased by nearly 10 percent compared with 2022.

CEO Bruno Even called the results “a testament to the versatility of our products on both the civil and military market[s].” However, Even also pointed out that while deliveries represented a “slight increase” from 2022, they were still 20 percent below pre-Covid 2019 levels.