hello Bravo73, nice to meet you,
about onshore charter market it is something metaphisical, maybe something near 40 helicopters in a nation with 56 million people.
There is lot of people having much money to buy a 109 Grand but less people willing to have I- letters on their fuselages due to high income taxes.
Say that YES there is a market but NO there isn't the market!!
Something is goin to move in the next few years due to the Milan Expo skeduled in 2015.
You can bet many rich people involved in all that will be purchasing 109's and asking nothern helicopter operators to take care of their new machines.....
This will have some benefit effect on pilots & engeniers occupation.
ciao
Maeroda