Airbus Helicopters booked 455 gross (net: 450) orders in 2024, highlighting steady market growth with a strong performance this year for its light, light twin-engine and heavy helicopters. The orders came from 182 customers in 42 countries. The company delivered 361 helicopters in 2024, resulting in a preliminary 57% share of the civil and parapublic market.
“Airbus Helicopters’ order intake in 2024, with an almost 10 percent increase in units for the second consecutive year, underlines its stable growth in a complex global environment,” said Bruno Even, CEO of Airbus Helicopters. “I would like to thank our customers for continuing to place their trust in Airbus Helicopters in 2024,” he added.
The Super Puma programme has performed strongly in both the civil and military markets, with 58 orders from the German Bundespolizei, the Japanese Coast Guard, the Dutch Ministry of Defence and the Romanian Ministry of National Defence. 2024 saw the launch of a comprehensive upgrade, known as Block 1, for the NH90, as well as the start of flight tests for the Standard 2 configuration for the French Special Forces and the delivery of the first Standard 3 configuration to the Spanish Air Force. The H145 and H145M programme welcomed many new defence and security customers, such as the Brunei Air Force, the Belgian Ministry of Defence, the Indonesian Air Force, the Bahrain Police Aviation Command, as well as the Irish Ministry of Defence.
“Defense and security are a strategic priority at Airbus Helicopters. We are proud to our customers with helicopters that enable them to protect and serve their nations, as we saw in 2024 with the U.S. National Guard’s Lakota ing relief efforts after Hurricane Helene and the H135 and NH90 in the flooding in Valencia, Spain. We continue to innovate and expand the mission capabilities we offer – we have integrated the Flexrotor into our UAS portfolio, demonstrated manned-unmanned teaming capabilities with the VSR700 and an H130, and are laying the foundation for the European Next Generation Rotorcraft through dedicated concept studies,” continued Even.
2024 saw the first flight of the Racer and the unique composite helicopter suring its 407 km/h target in just seven flights, alongside the maiden flight of the CityAirbus NextGen in Donauwörth. In the civil and parapublic market, the H175 completed its de-icing flight test campaign in Canada and Norway ahead of certification this year and the H160 continued its progressive entry into service around the world with more than 30 helicopters now in service.
The company has also increased its use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for its own development test flights and training flights in Marignane, Albacete and Donauwörth to nearly 20%, and added the use of SAF at its facility in Oxford, UK.
Airbus’ full-year 2024 financial results will be released on February 20, 2025.
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