Aero Asset's newly released Heli Market Trends 2024 Annual Report: Single-Engine detailed stable retail sales of turbine single-engine helicopters last year but rising supply. Compared with 2023, year-over-year (YOY) 2024 average transaction prices rose 4% and average days on market climbed 2%.
The Airbus Helicopters AS350B3/B3e/H125 was the most liquid preowned market in 2024, Aero Asset said, followed by the Bell 407/GX/P/I. The least liquid was the Airbus EC130B4/H130T2, which has an absorption rate of 1.5 years. Average absorption rate for single-engine helicopters climbed to 12 months “at current trade levels.”
Single-engine helicopter supply for sale reached a four-year peak in the fourth quarter of 2024, 30% higher YOY. North America and Asia-Pacific had the strongest transaction volumes, although North America was the leader with two-thirds of all transactions in 2024. Asia-Pacific was second and Europe fourth.
According to Aero Asset, “Europe saw a 26% increase in single-engine helicopter supply for sale, culminating at the end of Q4 2024 to 35% of the global stock. Supply for sale in remaining regions: APAC (25%, +90%), North America (23%, +36%), Latin America (10%, -25%), and rest of the world (7%, +22%).”