Matt Thurber, editor-in-chief at AIN Media Group, has been flying since 1975 and writing about aviation since 1978 and now has the best job in the world, running editorial operations for Aviation International News, Business Jet Traveler, and FutureFlight.aero. In addition to working as an A&amp;P mechanic on everything from Piper Cubs to turboprops, Matt taught flying at his father’s flight school in Plymouth, Mass., in the early 1980s, flew for an aircraft owner/pilot, and for two summer seasons hunted swordfish near the George’s Banks off the East Coast from a Piper Super Cub. An ATP certificated fixed-wing pilot and CFII and commercial helicopter pilot, Matt is type-rated in the Citation 500 and Gulfstream V/550. Based in the Pacific Northwest, Matt and his team cover the entire aviation scene including business aircraft, helicopters, avionics, safety, manufacturing, charter, fractionals, technology, air transport, advanced air mobility, defense, and other subjects of interest to AIN, BJT, and FutureFlight readers.

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Aero Asset's newly released "Heli Market Trends 2024 Annual Report: Single-Engine" details stable retail sales of turbine single-engine helicopters last year but rising supply. Compared with 2023, average transaction prices rose 4% year over year (YOY) and average days on market inched up 2%.
According to Aero Asset, the Airbus Helicopters AS350B3/B3e/H125 was the most liquid model in the turbine-single helicopter preowned market last year, followed by the Bell 407/GX/P/I. The least liquid was the Airbus EC130B4/H130T2, which has an absorption rate of 1.5 years. Average absorption rate for preowned helicopters in this segment climbed to 12 months “at current trade levels.”
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Single-engine helicopter supply for sale reached a four-year peak in the fourth quarter of 2024, surging 30% from the same period a year earlier. North America and Asia-Pacific had the strongest transaction volumes, although North America was the leader with two-thirds of all transactions in 2024. Asia-Pacific was second, followed by Latin America and Europe.
According to Aero Asset, “Europe saw a 26% increase in single-engine helicopter supply for sale, culminating at the end of fourth-quarter 2024 to 35% of the global stock. Supply for sale in remaining regions: APAC (25%, up 90% YOY), North America (23%, up 36%), Latin America (10%, down 25%), and rest of the world (7%, up 22%).”

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