BY  SHAILON IAN, FROM LAS VEGAS, SPECIAL FOR AERO MAGAZINE

ROTORS

ROTATE

The world’s largest helicopters fair returns optimism to the market and confirms

diversification in industry performance mainly in the aeromedical service sector

T

he Heli-Expo’s edition of

this year has drawn an au-

dience of 17,312 visitors,

who had the opportunity

to appreciate 51 helicop-

ters and the news presented by 705

exhibitors in the nearly 30,000 sq. m

of Las Vegas exhibition center in the

United States. During the three days

of the event, organized by Helicopter

Association International (HAI), the

world’s largest association dedicated

to rotary wings, over 2,600 profes-

sionals have participated in the free

courses on safety provided.

In addition to being the largest

fair dedicated to rotary wing air-

craft industry in the world, and the

opportunity to get to know the in-

novations in the segment, Heli-Ex-

po is more and more consolidated

as a thermometer of the industry.

Every year the main profession-

als of the market meet together

for some days and exchange im-

pressions and opinions about the

course of the business in recep-

tions, dinners and informal meet-

ings that indicate how the market

trend for the rest of the year is.