PRESS RELEASE Thunder Bay, Ontario - July 4, 2018 Levaero Aviation announced today that it has appointed Handfield Aviation as an authorized Pilatus PC-12 Satellite Service Centre. Since 2009, Handfield Aviation has been providing aircraft maintenance solutions at St-Hubert Airport (CYHU) in St-Hubert, QC. Handfield Aviation has expanded and positioned itself as a Canadian leader [...]
MEDIA RELEASE Stans, Switzerland, 22nd June, 2018 The PC-24 made its first landing on an unpaved runway. The Super Versatile Jet is currently undergoing a programme of post-certification tests with special emphasis on unpaved runway operations. Pilatus plans on obtaining “Rough Field” certification in the fourth quarter of 2018. Woodbridge Airfield to the north east [...]
MEDIA RELEASE Stans, Switzerland, 29th May, 2018 Pilatus engineers recently developed and certified a new PC-12 Master Maintenance Plan to give greater flexibility with regard to the timing of required inspections and maintenance. The plan applies to all PC-12 Series, and will reduce required maintenance labour by 20-40%. Based on a detailed analysis of in-service [...]
MEDIA RELEASE Stans, Switzerland, 8th December 2017 Historic Milestone in Swiss Economic History: Pilatus Obtains PC-24 Type Certificates On 7 December 2017 Pilatus obtained type certificates from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the US-American Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the first ever Swiss business jet. Certification of the Super Versatile Jet prepares the [...]
MEDIA RELEASE Stans, Switzerland, 20th July 2017 Final assembly work on our first PC-24 customer aircraft is proceeding at a swift pace: the fuselage and wings of the first series-built PC-24 were joined together at the head office site on 12 July 2017. Series production is being accelerated continuously to ensure that prompt deliveries of [...]
MEDIA RELEASE Stans, Switzerland, 20th March 2017 Delivery of 91 PC-12 NG single engine turboprops in 2016 make it officially the top-selling turbine-powered business aircraft in the world. With 91 aircraft delivered to customers around the world in 2016, the PC-12 NG outpaced sales of all other individual models of turbine-powered business aircraft. In mid [...]
Levaero Aviation has signed dealer agreements with Advent Aircraft Systems, Inc. for the sale and installation of Advent’s eABS anti-skid braking systems for the Pilatus PC-12 and King Air B200/B300 aircraft. The Advent eABS is a proven light weight, low-cost, and easily installed anti-skid braking system designed especially for turbine powered aircraft up to 20,000 [...]
Take a look at the Enhanced 2016 PC-12 NG featured in this segment of Niche TV. Matt Nicholls, Editor of Wings Magazine gets an exclusive tour of the aircraft by Stan Kuliavas, VP of Sales & Business Development.
The readers of Professional Pilot and Aviation International News magazines ranked Pilatus as the best customer service provider for business turboprop aircraft. For the 15th year in a row, readers of Professional Pilot magazine voted Pilatus Customer Service as the best in the industry. The annual survey goes out to nearly 9,000 operators of turbine [...]
originally published in Flight International (June, 2016) Pilatus launched its turboprop single in 1991 with modest sales expectations, but a quarter of a century and a string of updates later it is still in high demand; now, with engine update and other subtle but potent enhancements, its NG is sharper than ever When the PC-12 [...]
