Connecticut-based Tradewind Aviation has expanded its Pilatus PC-12 turboprop fleet to 24 with the addition of five aircraft, including two PC-12 NGX models direct from the manufacturer as part of a 20 airplane, five-year order placed in 2022. The factory-new aircraft were completed by Pilatus at its Broomfield, Colorado facility.
Concurrent with the aircrafts’ arrival, Tradewind announced expanded service with new routes to Newport, Rhode Island, and Virgin Gorda in the Virgin Islands. Tradewind began PC-12 operations in 2003 and offers both scheduled and charter flights. Some of the aircraft will be based at the company’s 50,000-sq-ft hangar complex at the Hudson Valley Regional Airport in Dutchess County, New York. The new NGXs are certified to burn sustainable aviation fuel, complementing Tradewind’s carbon offset program by which the company automatically purchases carbon offsets for all its flights in North America and the Caribbean at no additional charge to passengers.
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