Helicopter market 'booming'

Aircraft maker expects to sell 60 more by the end of the year

Airbus Helicopters, a division of Airbus Group, is expecting to sell 60 aircraft to buyers on the Chinese mainland by the end of the year in a market which is "emerging and booming", according to its president in the country.

"We expect a 100 percent increase in orders each year, and estimate that around 50 to 60 helicopters made by us will have been sold here within the year," said Norbert Ducrot, on the sidelines of the Third China Helicopter Expo that concluded in Tianjin over the weekend.