Airbus Helicopters maintains market lead in 2016

Airbus Helicopters delivered 418 rotorcraft in 2016 (+5% compared with 2015) and reported marginally higher orders (388 vs 383), against a challenging market backdrop. Despite what CEO Guillaume Faury described as “probably the most difficult year of the last decade”, the company strengthened its lead on the civil and parapublic helicopter market, with a 47% market share, while maintaining its position on the military market.