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There were 4,130 civil turbine helicopters operating in the Asia-Pacific region as of December 31, 2023. This total number had grown by four when compared to 4,126 at the end of 2022, with the growth of merely 0.1% being the lowest we have seen in the 10-year period since our records began. Overall, the region has seen 2.6% year-on-year compound growth since 2014, adding 843 new helicopters. Our historical data suggests that COVID-19 had a very limited impact on the Asia-Pacific helicopter market, during 2023 there was a decrease in the number of both new deliveries and pre-owned additions compared to the previous year. There was however an increase in the number of deductions by 29 units, of which 53 out of the 178 removed helicopters were either retired or stored.
Overall, excluding intra-Asia-Pacific transactions, there were 360 changes in Asia-Pacific during 2023, a slight decrease from 364 in 2022. These changes included 62 new helicopter deliveries, 120 pre-owned additions and 178 deducted helicopters.
Airbus (1,708), Bell (1,187) and Leonardo (462) remained the top three OEMs with the largest market shares in the region with 41%, 29% and 11%, respectively. Of the top five OEMs only Bell and Sikorsky saw a net increase in their Asia-Pacific fleets in 2023, adding four and five aircraft, respectively. When it came to deductions, Airbus saw the most with nine helicopters leaving the fleet, whilst the fleets of Leonardo and MD Helicopter declined by six and four aircraft, respectively. Russian Helicopter was the best performer in terms of net additions, by adding six aircraft in 2023.
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