Helikopter - Leonardo presenterer godt resultat første halvår - AIN

 

July 31, 2024 Wednesday

Helicopters Contribute To Strong Growth at Leonardo Sales of commercial and military helicopters made a significant contribution to double-digit growth in financial performance at Leonardo during the first half of 2024. Yesterday, the Italian aerospace and defense group reported a 15.6% uptick in orders across its diverse product portfolio to €10.3 billion ($11.2 billion), while revenues increased by 10.9%, to €8 billion, and earnings by 13.3%, to €503 million. Through June 30, Leonardo logged helicopter orders valued at €3.6 billion, which was almost a 28% increase from a year ago, taking its backlog to €14.4 billion. Over the same period, Leonardo’s rotorcraft revenues grew by almost 13%—from €2.16 billion to €2.43 billion—while the order backlog from this division was up by 8.6% at 15,666 aircraft (civil and military). During the first half of 2024, Leonardo delivered 77 civil helicopters, slightly below the 82 delivered in the same period last year. The company said the division’s improvement in revenues was mainly attributable to “increased activities on dual-use helicopter lines” and also to stronger demand for customer support, training, and services. New orders logged through the end of June included 20 AW139s for The Helicopter Company in Saudi Arabia, which will use the aircraft for emergency medical and search-and-rescue missions. Other civil orders came from Bristow and Norwegian energy group Equinor, in addition to government contracts from North Macedonia and from Galaxy Aerospace. Read more