Aero Asset's newly released "Heli Market Trends 2024 Annual Report: Single-Engine" details stable retail sales of turbine single-engine helicopters last year but rising supply. Compared with 2023, average transaction prices rose 4% year over year (YOY) and average days on market inched up 2%.

According to Aero Asset, the Airbus Helicopters AS350B3/B3e/H125 was the most liquid model in the turbine-single helicopter preowned market last year, 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 preowned helicopters in this segment 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, surging 30% from the same period a year earlier. 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, followed by Latin America and Europe.

According to Aero Asset, “Europe saw a 26% increase in single-engine helicopter supply for sale, culminating at the end of fourth-quarter 2024 to 35% of the global stock. Supply for sale in remaining regions: APAC (25%, up 90% YOY), North America (23%, up 36%), Latin America (10%, down 25%), and rest of the world (7%, up 22%).”