Aircraft
Pilatus PC-12 Fleet Logs Four Million Hours
Pilatus PC-12 turboprop singles surpassed a milestone this week, with more than four million hours now in the fleet’s logbooks. Powered by a Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A engine, the rugged Swiss aircraft is popular in a number of diverse roles. (Photo: David McIntosh)
Pilatus PC-12 turboprop singles surpassed a milestone this week, with more than four million hours now in the fleet’s logbooks. Powered by a Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A engine, the rugged Swiss aircraft is popular in a number of diverse roles. (Photo: David McIntosh)

The global fleet of nearly 1,200 Pilatus PC-12s reached a major milestone this month by accumulating four million flight hours since the first copy of the turboprop single was delivered in October 1994. According to Stans, Switzerland-based Pilatus, the highest time PC-12 has logged more than 24,000 hours in operation as an air ambulance with Air Bravo in Ontario, Canada.