Pilatus is discontinuing production of its iconic PC-6 Porter aircraft, known for its short-field performance and nearly six-decade production run since 1959. The decision to cease production by early ...

Pilatus marked the end of a 63-year production run for the PC-6 Porter on Dec. 12, 2022, with the last delivery of the venerable turboprop single. The last Pilatus PC-6—S/N 1019—was delivered to ...

Pilatus Business Aircraft, Ltd. (PilBAL) in Broomfield, Colorado, serves as the North and South American completion and delivery center for Pilatus PC-12 turboprops and PC-24 Super Versatile Jets. The ...

Lou Churchville remembers well his checkout in the PC-6 Turbo Porter. “I knew that it was going to be dramatic,” he recalls years later, “because the flight instructor was kind of fidgety.” They were ...

Pilatus is ceasing production of its PC-6 Porter multirole aircraft—which has been produced without interruption since 1959. Production will end in early 2019, although customer support will continue ...

Swiss aircraft developer Pilatus has revealed an updated version of its PC-12 called the PC-12 Pro, an aircraft with new Garmin touchscreen avionics, auto-land capability, flight-control safety ...

OpenSky, a private membership company that added a Pilatus PC-24 to its fleet earlier this year, has taken delivery of the first Japan-bound PC-12 NGX. OpenSky, the first operator in Japan to take ...

Three decades after entering the market, Pilatus’ PC-12 single-engine turboprop has surpassed 10 million fleet-hours. Known for its Chevy Suburban-like versatility, the PC-12 serves business, airline, ...

ZURICH (Reuters) -Swiss aircraft manufacturer Pilatus on Friday said it has temporarily halted deliveries of its PC-12 and PC-24 business jets to the United States, saying steep new U.S. tariffs put ...

The Indian Air Force has decided to abandon plans to buy 38 more Pilatus PC-7 MkII planes from Switzerland and, instead, launched a fresh global hunt for basic trainers at a time when the Central ...