Posted on February 23rd, 2019
Chairman Oscar Schwenk unveiled Pilatus Aircraft‘s long-awaited brand-new twinjet project, the PC-24. Exactly what they asked for, he said, was an airplane with the capabilities of the PC-12, but faster and with a larger cabin. “The PC-24 is one-of-a-kind. It’s the only plane integrating the versatility of a turboprop with the cabin size of a medium-size jet…
Posted on February 17th, 2019
The 13th annual European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) opens at the Palexpo center in Geneva next Tuesday. Intelligence gathering ahead of this year’s three-day show suggests that as many as four new jet models could be launched. Pilatus is set to unveil long-anticipated plans for its PC-24. Nextant Aerospace is expected to announce a…
Posted on January 9th, 2019
Wednesday afternoon fractional operator PlaneSense took delivery of the milestone 1,200th PC-12 at its Portsmouth, N.H. headquarters, during a ceremony hosted by PlaneSense founder and CEO George Antoniadis. Pilatus Business Aircraft president and CEO Thomas Bosshard was among the guests. The aircraft is the 49th PC-12 acquired by PlaneSense since its founding in 1995. With retirements…
Posted on November 19th, 2018
When Pilatus Aircraft arrived in Geneva for EBACE last week, the order book for its in-development PC-24 utility twinjet was empty, yet to be opened. It left the show with the first three years of production sold out (through the end of 2019). In all, the Swiss aircraft manufacturer took orders for 84 of its utility business…
