The Pilatus PC-12 NGX, representing the third major evolution of the PC-12 airframe, was introduced at the 2019 NBAA convention. (Photo: Pilatus)
Pilatus reached a fleet milestone with delivery of the 1,800th PC-12 production unit, a PC-12 NGX, at the end of April. The PC-12 fleet has amassed more than eight million flight hours of operating experience, including hundreds of thousands of hours in some of the world’s harshest environments.
The company notes the Pilatus PC-12 was the most popular model of all turbine-powered business aircraft in 2020, according to the General Aviation Manufacturers Association’s 2020 Year-End Aircraft Shipment Report, at 82 deliveries last year.