Aircraft
Pilatus PC-6 Production To End in Early 2019
“Due to the age of the PC-6 and other certification parameters, it is no longer possible to provide this ongoing development in the scope we would wish.”
Production of the versatile PC-6 Porter will end in 2019, according to Pilatus Aircraft. (Photo: Pilatus Aircraft)
Production of the versatile PC-6 Porter will end in 2019, according to Pilatus Aircraft. (Photo: Pilatus Aircraft)

Pilatus Aircraft will cease production of the PC-6 unpressurized turboprop single in early 2019 as it turns more of its attention to the PC-24 twinjet, the Swiss company announced today. More than 500 of the multi-role Pilatus Porters have been produced at the manufacturer’s Stans headquarters since 1959, marking one of the longest continuous production runs in the aviation industry. Nearly 100 were also produced in the U.S. under license. Support will be provided to existing PC-6 customers for “at least” the next 20 years, according to Pilatus.