A breakdown of the global in-service fleets across the civil and military helicopter markets, together with historic fleet and delivery trends.

Civil helicopter fleet growth: 2000-2020

Civil helicopter fleet growth

Source: FlightGlobal analysis of Cirium data

Civil helicopter deliveries: 2000-2020

Civil helicopter deliveries

Source: FlightGlobal analysis of Cirium data

Civil helicopter in-service fleet by type

RankAircraft familyTurbineShare
1 Airbus Helicopters H125 3,663 14%
2 Bell 206 3,233 12%
3 Mil Mi-8/-17/171 2,072 8%
4 Bell 407 1,373 5%
5 Airbus Helicopters H135 1,171 4%
6 Bell 212/412 1,150 4%
7 MD Helicopters MD500 1,010 4%
8 Leonardo AW109         950 4%
9 Leonardo AW139 925 3%
10 Robinson R66 848 3%
  Other 10,071 38%
  Total 26,466  
Source: Cirium fleets data (June 2020)  

Civil helicopter in-service fleet by region

RegionFleetShare
North America 8,669 33%
Europe 7,722 28%
Latin America                                            3,107 12%
Africa 1,317 5%
Middle East 687 2%
Asia-Pacific 4,964 20%
Total 26,466  
Source: Cirium fleets data June 2020

Civil helicopter in-service fleet by country

RankCountryTurbineShare
1 United States 7,014 27%
2 Russia 2,225 8%
3 Canada 1,655 6%
4 Brazil 1,109 4%
5 Australia 822 3%
6 China 802 3%
7 Italy 741 3%
8 Japan 707 3%
9 United Kingdom                        665 3%
10 Mexico 586 2%
  Other 10,140 38%
  Total 26,466  
Cirium fleets data (June 2020)  

Military helicopter in-service fleet by type 

RankTypeActiveShare
1 Sikorsky S-70/SH/UH-60 3,566 17%
2 Mil Mi-8/17 2,839 14%
3 Bell UH-1 1,258 6%
4 Boeing AH-64 1,227 6%
5 Mil Mi-24/35 949 5%
6 Boeing CH-47 914 5%
7 MD Helicopters MD500 671 3%
8 Bell 206 561 3%
9 Bell AH-1 550 3%
10 Airbus Helicopters H145 495 2%
  Other 7,489 36%
  Total 20,519 100%
Source: Cirium fleets data (June 2020)    

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