Pilatus Aircraft is the Swiss aerospace manufacturer based at Stans in the canton of Nidwalden, with its headquarters and production plant on Buochs Airport. The firm was founded as Pilatus Flugzeugwerke AG on 16 December 1939 and spent its early years maintaining and repairing aircraft for the Swiss Air Force before building its own trainers. It has concentrated on niche markets, above all short take-off and landing utility aircraft such as the PC-6 Porter, military trainers from the P-3 and PC-7 through the PC-9 to the turboprop PC-21, the single-engine turboprop PC-12 and, in the 2010s, the twin-engine PC-24 jet. Its aircraft carry the Pilatus name as the make of each model. Ownership passed from the Oerlikon-Bührle group, later Unaxis, to a consortium of Swiss investors in December 2000. The group also has operations in Adelaide and in Broomfield, Colorado.
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Pilatus Aircraft has its headquarters, along with a production plant, on the Buochs Airport in the Swiss canton of Nidwalden.
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founded the Pilatus Flugzeugwerke AG with the help of Elektrobank on December 16, 1939
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In August 2025, the company employed around 3,000 people.
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Pilatus Aircraft has its headquarters, along with a production plant, on the Buochs Airport in the Swiss canton of Nidwalden.
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Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. is an aerospace manufacturer located in Stans, Switzerland.
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The company has mostly produced aircraft for niche markets, in particular short takeoff and landing (STOL) aircraft as well as military training aircraft.
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The Pilatus PC-24 is a light business jet produced by Pilatus Aircraft of Switzerland.
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The Pilatus B4-PC11 (also known as the PC-11 in the Pilatus numbering sequence) is an all-metal intermediate glider built by Pilatus Aircraft of Switzerland.
Pilatus PC-6 Porter (Wikipedia)
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designed by Pilatus Aircraft of Switzerland
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designed and manufactured in Switzerland by Pilatus Aircraft
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designed and manufactured by Pilatus Aircraft of Switzerland
Pilatus PC-12 (Wikipedia)
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manufactured by Pilatus Aircraft of Stans, Switzerland
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It is manufactured by Pilatus Aircraft of Switzerland.
Pilatus P-2 (Wikipedia)
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designed and produced by Swiss aircraft manufacturer Pilatus
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built by Pilatus Aircraft of Switzerland
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built at the newly formed Pilatus Aircraft company
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designed and built by Pilatus
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built by Pilatus Aircraft
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