Pilatus Aircraft Ltd is pleased to announce its partnership with PZL Swidnik S.A. for the assembly of PC-12 fuselage and wing cells. Following in-depth and extremely detailed assessments of various suppliers, Pilatus is confident that PZL Swidnik S.A. will prove to be a partner capable of meeting the highest standards of quality, and one with the requisite experience and certifications in the aviation industry.
Located in the Lublin region to the south-east of Warsaw, PZL Swidnik S.A. of Swidnik was recently acquired by AgustaWestland, the air transport Group. The contract between Pilatus and PZL Swidnik S.A. has been signed for a ten year period, and provides for delivery of the first complete PC-12 structures during the second half of 2011. Pilatus Aircraft Ltd will continue to produce detail parts in Stans, and these will be made available to PZL Swidnik S.A. for assembly work.
The PC-12 positions Pilatus Aircraft Ltd as the market leader in the single engine turboprop aircraft segment. With a view to safeguarding and further expanding PC-12 production rates in the future, Pilatus Aircraft Ltd has been seeking another partner in addition to the existing relationship with OGMA – Indústria Aeronáutica de Portugal. The long and excellent partnership of many years with OGMA will continue on its present basis.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Finnish Air Force Gets PC-12s Ahead of Schedule
The deliveries of the Pilatus PC-12 NGs that the Finnish Air Force has purchased from Switzerland will take place ahead of schedule. The first aircraft destined for Finland are currently undergoing flight testing, and the first examples of the service’s new liaison aircraft will be ferried to Finland in July. The initial schedule called for deliveries during the last quarter of the year.
A contract for the purchase of six aircraft was signed between the Finnish Air Force and Pilatus Aircraft in the spring of 2009. The new aircraft will replace six twin-engined Piper Chieftains, which have soldiered on for a quarter of a century and will be retired during 2010, nine Valmet Redigos that have been flown in liaison duties, and seven Piper Arrows, which were already struck off charge in 2004. The service will most likely retain its Redigos until 2013. The new aircraft is a marked improvement over its predecessors in terms of speed and range and can reach Brussels from Helsinki non-stop.
A contract for the purchase of six aircraft was signed between the Finnish Air Force and Pilatus Aircraft in the spring of 2009. The new aircraft will replace six twin-engined Piper Chieftains, which have soldiered on for a quarter of a century and will be retired during 2010, nine Valmet Redigos that have been flown in liaison duties, and seven Piper Arrows, which were already struck off charge in 2004. The service will most likely retain its Redigos until 2013. The new aircraft is a marked improvement over its predecessors in terms of speed and range and can reach Brussels from Helsinki non-stop.
SeaPort Flies From Salina
SeaPort Airlines is the new provider of essential air service for the Salina, Kansas airport. SeaPort will begin service from Salina to Kansas City with daily roundtrip flights Sunday through Friday, it said. The service will start as early as April 19, it said. SeaPort will use 9-seat Swiss-built Pilatus PC-12 aircraft on the route. Great Lakes Airlines has been serving the market for the last several years. It will discontinue service on April 19.
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