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Airbus Touts 2016 Helicopter Achievements

Wednesday, February 1st, 2017

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Airbus Helicopters boasted about its 2016 achievements including the delivery of five percent more rotorcraft over 2015 and strengthening its civil and parapublic sales while maintaining its military market place, the company said Jan. 27.The company delivered 418 helicopters in 2016 while their rotorcraft logged gross orders for 388 helicopters in 2016. This is a stable performance compared to 383 gross orders in 2015.Airbus highlighted the 2016 bookings included 188 orders for light-single engine helicopters, 163 orders for the H135/H145…

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