European Rotors: Aero Asset offers sales snapshot

Aero Asset offered a new-to-market 2015 Airbus EC225 last month.

Pre-owned helicopter sales remain healthy and liquid but at a much slower pace than in previous years. That was the message from Valerie Pereira, Aero Asset’s vice president of Market Research at the European Rotors event in Cologne, Germany.

Pricing overall is stable with a slight fall in the average trading for the twin engine helicopters, according to the broker. Plus there is a small increase for the single-engine trading prices.

“North America again continues to lead in global transactions. Europe is still active. However, we’ve seen a 68% decrease in twin sales year over year,” Pereira tells Helicopter Investor. The reason for the fall may be the worries about the imposition of tariffs.

More positively, Asia Pacific (APAC) region saw a 71% year-over-year increase with regards to twin engine sales. But admittedly this was from a relatively low base.

Aero Asset believes the start of next year will likely repeat the trends seen in the third and fourth quarter of this year.

Aero Asset plans to publish details of fourth quarter 2025 supply trends next month.

Meanwhile, the broker and market intelligence firm reported a combination of declining sales volume and rising prices in Aero Asset’s 2025 Half Year Heli Market Trends Single-Engine Edition in July.