Pilatus Media Release Pilatus Expands PC

MEDIA RELEASE
Stans, Switzerland, April 14th , 2014
PILATUS EXPANDS SALES AND SERVICE NETWORK FOR THE PC-24
SUPER VERSATILE JET
Pilatus Aircraft Ltd announced today that it has formally appointed
sales and service representatives for the upcoming Pilatus PC-24 twinjet in Canada, Mexico, and Eastern Europe.
With headquarters in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Pilatus Centre Canada has
been named the authorized PC-24 sales and service Center for all of
Canada. Pilatus Centre Canada has been an independent authorized
PC-12 Sales and Service Center since 1997.
Based in Monterey, Pilatus Center de Mexico will sell and service PC-24
aircraft in the country of Mexico. Pilatus Center de Mexico has been an
independent authorized PC-12 Sales and Service Center since 2002.
J.B. Investments Ltd, located just east of Warsaw, will sell and service
the PC-24 in the countries of Poland, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia. J.B.
Investments has been an independent authorized PC-12 Sales and
Service Center since 2010.
Finally, based in Pribram, Czech Republic, southwest of Prague, OK
Business Aircraft has been named the authorized Pilatus PC-24 Sales
and Service Center for the countries of Czech Republic, Slovakia,
Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and Albania. OK
Business Aircraft has been an independent authorized PC-12 Sales and
Service Center since 2010.
Markus Bucher, CEO of Pilatus Aircraft Ltd stated, “We are pleased to
complete the definition of our PC-24 partner network across all of North
and South America, and Eastern Europe. Our goal, along with our
partners, is to provide customers around the world with the highest level
of service and support. Pilatus is confident that through our Authorized
Pilatus Centers we will create a customer experience, the ‘Pilatus Class’
that is unmatched in the business aviation industry.”
“The first PC-24 prototype is currently under construction at Pilatus
headquarters in Stans, Switzerland,” said Oscar J. Schwenk, Chairman of
Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. “That aircraft will roll out from the factory on
August 1st.”
A total of three aircraft will be used in the PC-24 flight test program.
Certification and first customer deliveries will occur in 2017. Pilatus will
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announce key launch customers and begin formally taking orders for the
PC-24 at the EBACE convention in Geneva, Switzerland on May 20th,
2014.
More detailed information about the PC-24 sales and service network by
country/territory can be found at http://www.pc-24.pilatus-aircraft.com.
Further media information is available from:
Tom Aniello, Vice President of Marketing
Pilatus Business Aircraft Ltd
11755 Airport Way, Broomfield, CO 80021, USA
Phone: +1 303 438 5992
E-mail: [email protected]
Daniel Kunz, Program Manager PC-24
Pilatus Aircraft Ltd
P.O. Box 992, 6371 Stans, Switzerland
Phone: +41 41 619 67 00
E-mail: [email protected]
Photos of the PC-24 are available to download, free of charge, at
http://images.pilatus-aircraft.com.
Founded in 1939, Pilatus Aircraft Ltd is the only Swiss company to develop, produce and sell
aircraft to customers around the world: from the legendary Pilatus Porter PC-6 to the best-selling
PC-12, a single-engine turboprop, and the PC-21, the training system of the future. Pilatus is
currently developing the PC-24 – the world’s first ever business jet for use on short unmade
runways. Headquartered in Stans, Switzerland, Pilatus is a privately held company employing over
1600 people worldwide. Based in Broomfield, Colorado, Pilatus Business Aircraft Ltd, a wholly
owned subsidiary of Pilatus Aircraft Ltd, was founded in 1996 to provide completions, marketing,
sales, and service for Pilatus aircraft in North and South America.