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May 22, 2013
By The AVweb Editorial Staff
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Pilatus, best known for its PC-12 turboprop, on Tuesday released details of the PC-24, which will be the company's first jet. At the European Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition in Geneva,
Switzerland, board chairman Oscar Schwenk said the "super-versatile" jet will be able to use very short runways, paved or unpaved, and a cargo door will be standard. The cabin can be fitted with up to
10 seats, or six to eight in executive configuration. Range is up to 2,243 miles with four passengers, and maximum speed is 425 knots. The PC-24 is powered by two Williams FJ44-4A turbine engines. The
jet project was launched last summer and work on the prototype "is in full swing" in Switzerland, the company said. First deliveries are expected in 2017, at a price of about $9 million.
"Over ten years ago, we started asking our PC-12 customers what they would like to see in the next Pilatus aircraft," said Schwenk. "The answers were always the same: Further and faster -- whilst
retaining the much appreciated strengths of the PC-12, such
as the ability to use very short runways. It was a huge challenge for our development team!" The company has designed its own "Advanced Cockpit Environment" system, which aims to reduce workloads, and
it will be single-pilot certified. The passenger cabin, at 23 feet long, is somewhat larger than the PC-12's, which is about 17 feet. The jet rollout is scheduled for the third quarter of 2014 and
first flight is expected soon after. The program is financed "entirely from company funds," according to Tuesday's news release.
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Cessna's new Latitude and Longitude jets are in the works and making progress, company officials said this week at the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition, in Geneva, Switzerland.
The first prototype of the midsize Latitude is being assembled and should be flying early next year, said Cessna spokesman Terry Shriner. The super-midsize Longitude has completed wind-tunnel testing
that confirms projections for a range of 4,000 nm cruising at Mach 0.82, Shriner said. The first flight of the Longitude prototype is projected for mid-2016, with FAA type certification in the latter
half of 2017. Also, Cessna's Kriya Shortt said the new Citation X should start deliveries by the end of this year.
Shortt said Cessna's updated version of the Citation Sovereign, which flew in April, will start deliveries in the third quarter of this year. Cessna is expanding its customer-service teams in
Europe, she said, in anticipation of a return to growth. "While the eurozone as a whole remains in recession, there are bright spots that give grounds for optimism," she said. "Many economists expect
Germany, a major business aviation market, to benefit from rising exports and domestic consumption in coming months. Similarly, the UK, long an important market, is enjoying a brighter outlook for
growth and inflation, according to the Bank of England."
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Nextant Aerospace, which has been producing the 400XT remanufactured business jet since 2011,
announced a major upgrade to the airplane this week at the European Business Aviation Conference and Exposition, in Geneva, Switzerland. The 400XTi features a new cabin design with extra headroom and
shoulder space, new acoustic insulation for reduced cabin noise, raked winglets, and auto-throttle capability to lessen pilot workload and improve fuel economy. The aircraft is a completely rebuilt
Beechjet 400A/XP with Williams FJ44-3AP engines and Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21 avionics. The new model is offered at about $5 million.
Nextant CEO Kenneth Riccis said the 400XTi "changes everything" in the light jet market, with a price about half that of factory-new competitors. The jet is certified by both the FAA and EASA and
is offered in both an executive configuration or fitted out for air ambulance operations. It can fly about 2,000 nm and cruise at 437 knots. The company so far has delivered 26 of the airplanes around
the world. AVweb's Russ Niles checked out the airplane at the NBAA convention in 2011; click
here for the video.
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Business aviation leaders say there is a "fragile" recovery underway and urged governments all over the world to amend or establish policies to shore up the industry. On the eve of the opening of
the European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE) in Geneva on Monday, CEOs of major airframers and business aviation associations urged governments to cut red tape and stop unfairly
targeting the sector for tax and fee increases. "The difficult environment has dragged on," Reuters quoted European Business Aviation Association Fabio Gamba as saying. "Traffic has yet to recover to comfortable levels, while an industry turnaround is hampered by some
government policy measures."
The battle against increased fees and taxes continues on several fronts. Italy and the UK have both tried to introduce new charges but Gamba says EBAA's lobbying efforts thwarted them. In the U.S.,
the administration has made business aviation a go-to political pariah in its portrayal of economic inequality, something that has hampered the industry's struggle to get out of four years of trouble.
"The signs are encouraging," said NBAA President Ed Bolen. "We are seeing progress in all sectors, but it is very fragile." General Aviation Manufacturers Association President Pete Bunce said
certification reform must go ahead so airframers can "get their product to market quickly."
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