Global Fleets

The four Western OEMs (Airbus, Bell, Leonardo and Sikorsky) provided data describing their aircraft involved in offshore operations at January 1st 2026. The Leonardo fleet excludes their Russian / Belarussian fleet, in line with EU / EASA guidance. Some OEMs distinguish between Oil & Gas and Wind/Hybrid operations, as shown in the table below.

The figure below shows the proportion of the OEM-reported fleet by aircraft type. The table shows the same data in more detail.

OEM Global Offshore Fleet Numbers by Type (Jan 2026)

The data in the table describes the total offshore fleets as reported by the four Western helicopter OEMs.

Type Offshore Total Jan '26 Fleet proportion
Oil & Gas Wind
AIRBUS Image AS350 / H125 / H130 26 - 1.8%
Image AS365 / H155 60 - 4.1%
Image H135 28 8 2.5%
Image BK117 / H145 39 9 3.3%
Image H160 8 - 0.5%
Image H175 51 - 3.5%
Image AS332 / H225 35 - 2.4%
Other 5 - 0.3%
BELL Image B206 84 5.7%
Image B212 24 10.6%
B412 131
Image B407 81 5.5%
Image B429 4 0.3%
LEONARDO* Image A109 / AW119 24 - 1.6%
Image AW139 377 - 25.8%
Image AW169 29 13 2.9%
Image AW189 41 - 2.8%
SIKORSKY Image S-76 A-C 191 14.1%
S-76D 15
Image S-92 181 12.4%
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