Pilatus PC-12

Davinci Jets Services has completed the first installation of a SmartSky Lite inflight connectivity system on a Beechcraft King Air 350.

In a move to increase production capacity, Pilatus announced its plans to assume 230 employees and machinery from RUAG Aerostructures Schweiz AG in Switzerland.

Pilatus has entered an agreement with Aero Centers Epps to acquire the authorized Pilatus sales and service center at Atlanta’s Dekalb-Peachtree Airport (PDK).

Fleets are set to grow in all sectors except military and year-over-year growth is projected to be highest for the commercial and business aviation aftermarket.

Tradewind Aviation has expanded its charter fleet with the addition of two Pilatus PC-12 NGX turboprop aircraft.

Skyryse has begun certification work on its second rotorcraft platform and is Iooking ahead to its first fixed-wing application.

The nascent advanced air mobility industry has acted as catalyst for new avionics development.

Markus Bucher talks to Aviation Week about the Swiss company’s plan to increase the payload of the PC-24 business jet and shares thoughts on SAF use.

Tradewind Aviation, a U.S.-based charter company, announced its expansion into the Southeast with the opening of a new base near Palm Beach, Florida.

No other aircraft type truly competes with the venerable PC-12 turboprop single, says an aircraft dealer.

Honeywell is exhibiting a Pilatus PC-12 turboprop fitted with its fifth-generation Anthem flight deck during the 2023 edition of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh.

Innovative Solutions & Support is confident its recent Honeywell deal will bring opportunities in the commercial aircraft and business aviation markets.

The agreement starts with Sky2Share acquiring the five-seat Cassio 330.

Honeywell on May 12 completed the first flight of a Pilatus PC-12 test airplane managed by its new Anthem integrated flight deck.

The reasons for the lack of progress were debated at a SET-OPS seminar April 21 at AERO Friedrichshafen, Europe’s leading event for general aviation (GA).

The Pilatus PC-12 single-engine turboprop fleet has surpassed 10 million flight hr. since the first aircraft made its inaugural flight in May 1991.

Electrification of regional and subregional aircraft offers huge potential and a faster route to both meaningful reduction in transport emissions and profits.

The Taliban claims to have repaired about half of the U.S.-provided aircraft that were damaged during the final days of the American withdrawal from Kabul.

The 11-blade propeller has been flown on MT’s Piper Cheyenne testbed, fitted to one of the aircraft’s two Pratt & Whitney PT6A turboprops.

PC-12 NGX bears close resemblance to the original airplane that made its debut more than a quarter century ago.

Is a new version of the Pilatus PC-12 single-engine turboprop in the works? It appears so.

Pilatus is on schedule to deliver its 1,600th PC-12 aircraft this year, by far the largest number of single-engine pres- surized turboprops in the business aircraft fleet.

Oriens Aviation recorded a strong 2017, with the sale of five new Pilatus PC-12 aircraft to customers. The company also has secured its first new-build delivery position for 2018.

The Cessna Denali poses the first challenge to the Pilatus PC-12 in a quarter century. The leader has 1,500+ aircraft head start.

There’s no mistaking a 2016 Pilatus PC-12 NG from earlier versions of the aircraft. The third iteration of this 22-year-old model sports a five-blade Hartzell prop with scimitar shaped blades made of black carbon fiber. It is more efficient at converting torque into thrust in all phases of flight than the aluminum Hartzell four-blade prop it replaces.