India is fastest growing market for Bell Helicopter
After taking 52 years to sell its first 100 choppers in India, Bell Helicopter expects to sell its next 100 in less than five years as
the country has emerged as an important market for the US company, a top official said.
"India is our fastest growing market in the whole world," said Bell’s director of communications Greg Hubbard, who was here for the civil aviation show last week.
"When we started our India office in 1995 we had only four percent of the market share; today we enjoy 52 percent market share," Hubbard told IANS.
Bell sold its first helicopter in India in 1956 and delivered its 100th commercial aircraft to leading Indian infrastructure company Abir Infrastructure during the air show here.