Airbus Helicopters lifts 2025 revenues by 13% to €9bn

Made for medical missions: The Airbus H140 was launched at the Verticon in Dallas last year.

Airbus Helicopters achieved revenues of €9bn ($10.6bn) last year – 13% up on 2024 – in full-year 2025 results posted today by its parent company Airbus. The manufacturer attributed the results to “strong performance from programmes and growth in services”.

Airbus’ helicopter division received net orders totalling 536 units up on 450 in 2024. The orders resulted in a book-to-bill ratio above 1 – both in units and value, reflecting strong momentum in particular for military markets, said the company.

Helicopter deliveries climbed by 31 units to reach 392 units compared with the previous year. Profits increased to €925m adjusted EBIT – up from €818m in 2024; reflecting again higher deliveries plus growth in services.

Overall,  the OEM delivered 793 commercial aircraft and posted revenues of €73.4bn and adjusted EBIT of € 7.1bn in 2025.

Guillaume Faury, CEO, Airbus said: “2025 was a landmark year, characterised by very strong demand for our products and services across all businesses, a record financial performance and strategic milestones.” Global demand for commercial aircraft underpinned the manufacturer’s increase in production despite facing significant Pratt & Whitney (P&W) engine shortages.

P&W’s PW206B series engines power the Airbus H135 (formerly EC135) light twin-engine. Also, its PT6C-67E engines power the super-medium H175.

“The broad and competitive portfolios of Defence and Space as well as Helicopters allow us to capture the momentum in defence,” said Faury. “We are also making progress to establish a new global industrial space player, together with our partners. These 2025 results and the confidence in our future financial performance support the proposed higher dividend payment.”

Meanwhile, in January Airbus Helicopters confirmed it had logged 544 gross orders (net: 536) last year, highlighting a strong market growth with a solid performance this year across its civil and military ranges. It delivered 392 helicopters in 2025, said the OEM.

Measured by unit bookings, Airbus Helicopters secured a market share of 51% of the civil and parapublic market. Its military market share rose to 28%.

The orders came from 205 customers in 50 countries. The manufacturer also reported a strong market momentum for its Uncrewed Aerial Systems (UAS) in 2025.

To support what the manufacturer described as “unprecedented demand”, Airbus Helicopters is continuing to expand its global industrial base. Last year work started on a new Final Assembly Line (FAL) in Vemagal, in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. The facility will become the world’s fourth H125 FAL, reinforcing the company’s commitment to the Indian market and global supply chain resilience, it said.

Plus, Airbus Helicopters launched the light twin-engined H140, aimed at the helicopter emergency medical services market at the Verticon event in Dallas last March.

Meanwhile, Airbus said it was on course to deliver about 870 commercial aircraft this year – assuming no additional disruptions to global trade or the world economy, air traffic, the supply chain, its internal operations and its ability to deliver products and services.

Guidance before mergers and acquisitions and including the impact of currently applicable tariffs is adjusted EBIT of about €7.5bn and free cash flow before customer financing of about €4.5bn.

Airbus full-year 2025 results – at a glance

• Airbus Helicopters delivered revenues of €9bn – 13% up on 2024
• Helicopter deliveries up by 31 units to reach 392 units compared with the previous year
• In total, delivered 793 commercial aircraft i
• Posted revenues of €73.4bn and adjusted EBIT of € 7.1bn.