Airbus posts higher helicopter deliveries, orders in 2024

Airbus Helicopters posted 4% higher deliveries last year, with 361 aircraft released to customers in the strongest industrial performance since 2017 as the world's largest commercial supplier continued a gradual recovery from the pandemic. The rotary wing division of planemaker Airbus said in a business update that it had won 455 gross orders, or a net total of 450 after cancellations, up 15% from the previous year and marking the highest net order haul since 2012. Airbus said it had won a 57% share of the civil and parapublic market, which includes emergency services, in 2024.