Global Aerial Firefighting Market Research Report 2023-Competitive Analysis, Status and Outlook by Type, Downstream Industry, and Geography, Forecast to 2029

Global Aerial Firefighting Market Research Report 2023-Competitive Analysis, Status and Outlook by Type, Downstream Industry, and Geography, Forecast to 2029

Aerial firefighting is the use of aircraft and other aerial resources to combat wildfires. The types of aircraft used include Fixed Wing, Multi-Rotor and Helicopter.

Market Overview:

The latest research study on the global Aerial Firefighting market finds that the global Aerial Firefighting market reached a value of USD 4946.77 million in 2022. It’s expected that the market will achieve USD 6262.25 million by 2028, exhibiting a CAGR of 4.01% during the forecast period.

Impact of COVID-19 on the Aerial Firefighting industry.

Due to the epidemic situation, many countries have imposed controls on domestic transportation and the movement of people, and imposed restrictions on imported goods. This has led to various levels of logistics disruption, cargo accumulation and transportation delays. At present, the logistics industry in various countries is gradually recovering operations according to different national policies. It is expected that after the epidemic is further controlled, it will basically return to normal.

The epidemic will have an impact on the cash flow of small and medium-sized enterprises in the industry and thus affect the operating conditions. As a result, the share of small and medium-sized enterprises in the market will shrink and the share of head enterprises will increase.

The epidemic will promote automated production in the industry, enabling manufacturers to hire more high-tech talents and multi-skilled compound workers, reduce dependence on labor, and better respond to labor fluctuations. At the same time, more and more attention will be paid to the standardization of components, the intelligentization of logistics and the enhancement of the anti-risk ability of the supply chain.

Market Drivers

Forests are important reservoirs of carbon dioxide because they absorb nearly a third of the global warming pollution emitted into the atmosphere. However, forest fires can release large amounts of carbon into the atmosphere. The increase in the number of wildfire activities poses a serious threat to the environment, wildlife and human property. The number of wildfire incidents continues to increase, leading to large-scale forest destruction and economic losses. The devastating wildfires in recent years have created a need for effective solutions to control and extinguish such fires. Aerial fire extinguishing is an early coordinated solution to extinguish such large wildfires to save wildlife and humans and limit economic damage to human property. This has led to the growth of the aerial firefighting market.

Compared with other fire extinguishing methods, aerial fire extinguishing brings several advantages, because the aircraft can enter steep, rocky or unsafe areas, so it provides a safe entry access for the firefighting ground forces to enter. Large rotary-winged aircraft (helicopters) are usually used for bombing and crew transportation.

Market Challenges

Due to the high costs associated with aerial firefighting, insufficient budgets have limited market growth. Although aerial firefighters play an important role in fighting forest fires, because the initial investment cost of such firefighting capabilities can be high, organizations encounter potential budget constraints. In addition to investment costs, other expenses (such as maintenance, technical support, etc.) may also cost the organization a lot of money. In addition, accidents during the operation of firefighting aircraft are expected to pose challenges to existing players in the market.

Market Opportunities

Air firefighting organizations are now taking advantage of unmanned aircraft or drones to conduct aerial reconnaissance. Due to the high temperature and heavy smoke, the conditions of manned aircraft in wildfires have become challenging, difficult and dangerous. The increase in demand for drones and increased applications are expected to benefit the global air firefighting market because they have the advantage of not sending humans into dangerous environments.
The development of unmanned aircraft or drones used to support aerial firepower is becoming more and more popular and is expected to open up new market opportunities for the Aerial Firefighting market in the future.

Region Overview:

North America had the highest growth rate of all regions.

Company Overview:

Airbus is one of the major players operating in the Aerial Firefighting market, holding a share of 15.05% in 2022.

A commercial aircraft manufacturer, with Space and Defence as well as Helicopters Divisions, Airbus is the largest aeronautics and space company in Europe and a worldwide leader.

Airbus has built on its strong European heritage to become truly international – with roughly 180 locations and 12,000 direct suppliers globally.

Headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services.

Segmentation Overview:

Among different product types, Multi-Rotor segment is anticipated to contribute the largest market share in 2027.

Multi-Rotor

A multirotor or multicopter is a rotorcraft with more than two lift-generating rotors. An advantage of multirotor aircraft is the simpler rotor mechanics required for flight control. Multirotor aircrafts are frequently used in radio control aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicle projects owing to their ease of both construction and control.

Fixed Wing

The fixed-wing aircraft is a type of aircraft used in aerial firefighting capable of flight using wings generating a lift caused by the aircraft’s forward airspeed and shape of the wings. Compared to helicopters used for firefighting, fixed-wing aircraft have larger water/retardant carrying capacity.

Helicopter

The applications of helicopters in aerial reconnaissance, like reporting and mapping fires, directing other aerial firefighting assets on fires, delivering equipment to remote areas and providing hoisting, medevac, and better situation monitoring capabilities over the fixed-wing aircraft have become the primary reasons for the increasing adoption of this segment.

Application Overview:

By application, the Firefighting Organizations segment occupied the biggest share from 2017 to 2022.

Key Companies in the global Aerial Firefighting market covered in Chapter 3:

Viking Air Ltd.
Leonardo SpA
Bluebird Aero Systems
Parrot
DJI-Innovations
ShinMaywa Industries
Lockheed Martin
MicroMultiCopter
Airbus
AeroVironment, Inc
Alpha Unmanned Systems
3D Robotics
Bell Textron
SAAB

In Chapter 4 and Chapter 14.2, on the basis of types, the Aerial Firefighting market from 2018 to 2029 is primarily split into:

Multi-Rotor
Fixed Wing
Helicopter

In Chapter 5 and Chapter 14.3, on the basis of Downstream Industry, the Aerial Firefighting market from 2018 to 2029 covers:

Firefighting Organizations
Military
Others

Geographically, the detailed analysis of consumption, revenue, market share and growth rate, historic and forecast (2018-2029) of the following regions are covered in Chapter 8 to Chapter 14:

North America (United States, Canada)
Europe (Germany, UK, France, Italy, Spain, Russia, Netherlands, Turkey, Switzerland, Sweden)
Asia Pacific (China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia)
Latin America (Brazil, Mexico, Argentina)
Middle East & Africa (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, South Africa)