✈️ Exclusive Benefits for Readers
Verified codes to save on your next trip.
The company Airbus Helicopters obtains solid sales results in 2023 by achieving 393 orders during the past year of its different helicopters.
On 2023, Airbus Helicopters registered 410 gross orders (grandchildren: 393), highlighting a steady market recovery with strong performance this year for helicopters light twin and medium twin. The orders came from 179 customers of 47 countries. The Company delivered 346 helicopters in 2023, which represents a preliminary quota of the 54% of the civil and parapublic market.
Airbus Helicopters achieves positive 2023
«The Airbus Helicopters order book in 2023, with an increase that borders on 10% in units compared to 2022, highlights its stable growth despite the current global context of inflation and geopolitical instability», declared Bruno Even, CEO de Airbus Helicopters. “It is also a testament to the versatility of our products in both the civil and military markets and I would like to thank our customers for continuing to trust Airbus Helicopters with their critical missions.”, added.
2023 It was a year of many firsts, with the first flight of the DisruptiveLab demonstrator, which incorporates a new aerodynamic architecture aimed at reducing fuel consumption, and the first flight of the NH90 Sea Tiger, the latest generation anti-submarine warfare helicopter for the German Navy. The Company also welcomed a new member of the Airbus family when the Spanish Navy received its first helicopters H135.
«Defense and security are one of Airbus Helicopters' strategic priorities and we continue to innovate and develop to increase the mission capabilities of our customers.. The signing by the German armed forces of the largest contract for the H145M with a maximum of 82 light attack helicopters at the end of 2023 this confirms it. Regarding the development, The H175M successfully performed flight demonstrations in the extreme heat and altitude conditions of the Saudi Arabian desert, while the VSR700 demonstrated its performance during sea trials from a multi-mission frigate of the French Navy. We also continue to expand our UAS portfolio with the acquisition of Aerovel, "which will allow us to offer our customers additional mission capabilities with manned and unmanned teams.", continued Even.
Global support contracts and the HCare offering continued to prove popular in 2023, both between civil and military clients. 140 new helicopters were covered by "hourly" contracts, bringing the total to 2.760 helicopters.
Innovation and sustainability continue to be a priority for the Company, which continues to invest in demonstrators aimed at advancing its decarbonization roadmap and improving aviation safety. The FlightLab of Airbus Helicopters successfully tested an electric flight control system that allowed the three conventional controls to be replaced by a single control, a pioneering initiative in the helicopter sector. After these successful FBW flight tests, Airbus Helicopters, in collaboration with Airbus UpNext, was able to test advanced autonomous functions to simplify mission preparation and management, reduce the workload of the helicopter pilot and further increase safety.
"In the same way that the DisruptiveLab will be used to test the hybridization of single-engine helicopters, We inaugurated the PioneerLab with the aim of testing the hybridization of twin-engine aircraft and introducing bio-based materials. We also started assembling CityAirbus NextGen in Donauwörth and finished the year by powering it up.. We also increased 10% using SAF for our own development test flights, training, deliveries and ferry flights in Marignane and Donauwörth, and we will continue to extend it to our other centers in 2024 », Even continued..
✈️ Exclusive Benefits for Readers
Search here for hotels ALL over the world at the best price.
