Pilatus unveils PC-24 jet - will any fractionals order it?

[Heavy Set]

First picture of the new jet. Pretty astounding performance figures. Sounds like a perfect fit for Alpha Flying and its "go-anywhere" fractional program. At only $9 million and I believe 6 pax, this should be very competitive in the market. Service entry is scheduled for 2017.

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/ebace-pilatus-joins-the-jet-set-with-pc-24-386152/

 

[jonjuan]

"It can land on anything apart from water.". Yikes.

 

[johnsonrod]

Here's a better story with more pictures:

http://www.aviationnews.eu/2013/05/...m_campaign=Feed:+Aviation-news+(AVIATION-NEWS)

 

[NoJoy]

Sweet plane. A little on the slow side, but looks to be a short field beast.

 

[johnsonrod]

Still waiting to hear if Alpha Flying out of NH will order them. Didn't they order some Grob jets at one point that had similar short-field operating characteristics? I agree this PC-24 would be perfect for their operation!

Alpha Flying???? Will it happen????

 

[CALRepublic]

Still waiting to hear if Alpha Flying out of NH will order them. Didn't they order some Grob jets at one point that had similar short-field operating characteristics? I agree this PC-24 would be perfect for their operation!

Alpha Flying???? Will it happen????

They're gonna have to get something like that at some point. What options do their owners have as far as going from N.Y to California? Go back to the airlines?

I assume this jet can do HPN-VNY with a single stop in the middle correct?

 

[johnsonrod]

They're gonna have to get something like that at some point. What options do their owners have as far as going from N.Y to California? Go back to the airlines?

I assume this jet can do HPN-VNY with a single stop in the middle correct?

Looks like it could do it with one stop. Here are the performance specs and some good pics of the cabin and cockpit from the actual Pilatus website:

http://www.pilatus-aircraft.com/#278

Also check out the "size comparator" at the bottom of the website page - this airplane is very big compared to the CJ4, Phenom 300 and the XLS. Sounds like you get a big airplane with fantastic short-field performance at a very good price.

 

[imacdog]

It might be dimensionally bigger than an XLS but the cabin height is much shorter.

 

[AeroBoy]

XLS only has more height because it has drop-down floor. PC-24 has flat floor. Seated passengers won't notice any difference in height between the two airplanes.

 

[jonjuan]

Just remember, in aviation, there's no free lunch.