Finance, Taxes, Insurance
Air Charter Operator: PC-12 Avoids Higher UK Tax Rates
Malta-based Hans Jet is one of several operators with the Pilatus turboprop
Hans Jet PC-12 aircraft
Hans Jet says its Pilatus PC-12 aircraft will save customers money when the UK’s higher-rate passenger tax is extended to smaller models from April 2027.

Private flight membership group Hans Jet is touting the fact that its Pilatus PC-12 turboprop singles will avoid the UK’s new higher rates of air passenger duty (APD) that take effect from April 2027. With an mtow of 4.7 tonnes, the aircraft fall beneath the 5.7-tonne (12,570-pound) threshold at which steep increases in tax will begin.

From April this year, the UK government is increasing APD by 50% for aircraft weighing 20 tonnes or higher with fewer than 19 passenger seats. The changes have been opposed by the British Business & General Aviation Association and The Air Charter Association.