World’s First PC-12 PRO Aeromedical Delivered to Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia
The serial number 3010 is the first of five brand-new PC-12 PROs ordered by Pilatus’s longest-standing aeromedical partner.
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Pilatus Reinforces Its Brand Presence in the U.S
The company plans to integrate US-based Skytech Inc into the newly established Pilatus Aircraft USA, headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado.
Pilatus Expands Footprint in the United States
Pilatus signed an agreement to develop 17 acres on the north side of the Sarasota Bradenton International Airport (KSRQ) to construct a new state-of-the-art sales and service facility. The new Pilatus customer center will manage aircraft sales, service, design and delivery of Pilatus aircraft in the Southeastern United States. The U.S. is Pilatus’ largest market for its business aircraft.
Australia’s New South Wales Ambulance PC-24 enters service
The operator will use the PC-24 to provide aeromedical services to the people of New South Wales, covering an area of approximately 800,000 square kilometers. It is anticipated that the Super Versatile Jet will conduct around 800 flights, transferring approximately 6,500 patients, during its first year of service.
Pilatus Delivers First PC-12 NGX to Tradewind Aviation
Tradewind Aviation accepted delivery of their first PC-12 NGX during a ceremonial handover at the Pilatus US subsidiary in Broomfield, Colorado. The delivery marks the first of twenty PC-12 NGXs to be delivered to Tradewind’s headquarters in Oxford, Connecticut, over the next five years.
Pilatus Confirms Very High Demand for Both PC-12 NGX and the PC-24
Pilatus will be exhibiting both the PC-12 NGX and the PC-24 Super Versatile Jet at the NBAA-BACE 2022. By the end of September 2022, Pilatus had delivered 47 PC-12 NGX and 27 PC-24 confirming very high demand for both aircraft. The 2,000th PC-12 & 200th PC-24 are planned to be delivered in 2023.
Pilatus Expands its Presence in the US Market
Pilatus announced the acquisition of American sales and service centre skytech Inc. Skytech has operated as a Pilatus independent Authorised Sales & Service Centre since 1993 from its two locations in Maryland and South Carolina. Pilatus will take over the entire skytech workforce.
Pilatus hands over fourth PC-24 to Platoon Aviation
The ceremonial handover of the fourth Super Versatile Jet to Platoon Aviation, the German charter operator, took place at AERO Friedrichshafen, Germany’s leading show for general aviation.
Tradewind Aviation orders 20 new PC-12 NGX
The first single-engine turboprop is slated for delivery in the third quarter 2022, with the remaining orders scheduled to deliver over the next five years at a rate of three to four PC-12 NGX per year.
Pilatus commissions the largest solar power plant in Canton Nidwalden
Occupying an area of 190 by 70 metres and equipped with almost 5,000 solar modules, the maximum power output of the new Pilatus photovoltaic plant is sufficient to meet the energy requirements of over 300 single-family homes.