PARIS (Reuters) - Airbus Helicopters posted 4% higher deliveries last year, with 361 aircraft released to customers in the strongest industrial performance since 2017 as the world's largest commercial supplier continued a gradual recovery from the pandemic.

The rotary wing division of planemaker Airbus said in a business update that it had won 455 gross orders, or a net total of 450 after cancellations, up 15% from the previous year and marking the highest net order haul since 2012.

Airbus said it had won a 57% share of the civil and parapublic market, which includes emergency services, in 2024.

New business included 58 orders for the large Super Puma (OTC: PMMAF ).

Airbus will release its full results, including profit figures for the helicopter division, on Feb. 20.