Airbus helicopters backlog, revenues and EBIT up in Q3 results

Airbus Helicopters have released healthy results for the third quarter of 2025 with earnings before interest and tax up by 18% to EUR 495 million which comes as the result of revenues up by EUR 5.7 billion, an increase of 16% on the same point last year. Airbus says that the improvement is the result of greater revenues from the support and services side of the company as well as an increased delivery rate compared with 2024.

Improved deliveries notwithstanding, the company’s order backlog also higher compared with the same point last year with orders for 981 aircraft versus 922 at the same time last year. Though it should be noted that this spike comes thanks to stronger Q4 orders in 2024 since for the year to date, while at 306 is nothing to be sneezed at it, is essentially flat compared with 2024’s sales performance.

In recent months, the company has announced plans to  attack the order backlog with two more final assembly lines for the H125 and H160 programmes with production rates for the latter targeted to increase to 60 aircraft a year nearly double the current  volume reflecting increased demand for they type from both commercial and defence customers.