The helicopter market - France

The helicopters are propeller aircraft, used in both the civil and military aspects of aeronautics. The helicopter market can be broken down according to use: the defence , l’ business aviation s, the police forces , l’ gas industry  and oil and the medical evacuation to name the most important ones. After a difficult period between 2017 and 2019 (there was a 20% drop in deliveries of civil helicopters and a 13% drop in the overall market in 2017 and then in 2019 the market as a whole fell by 15%); the global helicopter market shows some promise. Indeed, after the beginning of 2020 marked by the highly publicized death of Kobe Bryant and the coronavirus crisis, which considerably slowed down the market, a recovery is expected in the near future, i.e. in 2021 or even 2022. The year 2020 should be a year of stability, before seeing the market take off again in the years to come. Franck Saudo, CEO of Safran Helicopter Engines, said "a scenario of gradual recovery" and thought "optimistic about the medium- and long-term outlook". [ La Tribune ] The French company Airbus Helicopters is the world's leading helicopter manufacturer, their range of civil and military helicopters is the widest in the world and represents nearly a third of the civil and parapublic helicopters in service worldwide. The market is seeing the emergence of partnerships between companies in order to have more weight in the sector: Airbus Helicopters-Avic, Bell-Augusta, etc. [ SME Pact ]