Eurocopter Predicts Improving Market

Eurocopter is preparing to ramp up deliveries in 2012 and 2013, and company executives are optimistic that the market has rebounded. The company delivered 503 helicopters in 2011, down from the 2008 high-point of 588, but Eurocopter President and CEO Lutz Bertling says that reflects the impact of lower bookings at the end of 2008-2009. Bertling says 2012 will begin to bounce back ...