Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. is an aerospace manufacturer located in Stans, Switzerland. In August 2025, the company employed around 3,000 people.
The PC-6 Porter was the first Pilatus aircraft to achieve widespread international success.
A Royal Malaysian Air Force Pilatus PC-7 Mk2
The Pilatus PC-24 is a light business jet produced by Pilatus Aircraft of Switzerland. Following the success of the PC-12 single engine turboprop, work on the twin engine jet began in 2007 for greater
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ā¦it also introduced a new member family of its military training aircraft, the turboprop-powered PC-21. During the 2010s, the company developed the PC-24, a twin-engined STOL jet aircraft capable of operating from unpaved runways. In August 1938 Vickers offered Spitfire aircraft to the Swiss Kriegstechnischeā¦
Pilatus PC-24 first prototype landing at Stans, 2015
PC-24 prototype during its roll-out ceremony on 1 August 2014
Type certification was granted on 7 December 2017, as placarded at the April 2018 AERO Friedrichshafen.
Viewed from below, showing moderate wing sweep with a straight trailing edge and exposed wheels