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January 06, 2021

100th Pilatus PC-24 Delivered

The Global Fleet Has Clocked Up Over 33,500 Hours In The Air So Far

Less than three years after the first delivery, the 100th PC-24 has just been handed over to its new owner. The PC-24 is now present on every continent, flying innumerable missions every day: providing medevac flights in Australia and the USA, for example, business travel for a German automobile manufacturer, and transport for government officials in South Africa and Switzerland. The 100th PC-24 is now in use as a business aircraft with its new owner, Jetfly Aviation. This handover marks another milestone in the still young history of the first Swiss business jet: the global fleet has clocked up over 33,500 safe hours in the air so far, of which over 2,375 hours have been accumula

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Duncan Aviation Relocates Houston Satellite Shop

Based At Newly Constructed, State-Of-The Art Hangar At Wilson Air Center

In the midst of a full schedule and the holiday season, Duncan Aviation’s team at its Houston Satellite Shop packed up its tools, equipment, and crew and moved into a newly constructed, state-of-the art hangar at Wilson Air Center at the William P. Hobby International Airport in Houston, Texas. “This new hangar gives our team at the Houston Satellite three times the space and twice the hangar door height as our previous space,” says Manager of Duncan Aviation’s Satellite Operations Matt Nelson. “This means we can bring customers’ aircraft inside the hangar, and we can work on everything up to a Gulfstream G650 in there now.”

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Wheels Up Acquires Mountain Aviation

Wheels Up Will Add 59 Total Aircraft -- Most Of Which Are Citation X Aircraft

Wheels Up has acquired Mountain Aviation, a large Part 135 Citation X fleet, with bases in Denver, Teterboro, and Southern California. The acquisition accelerates Wheels Up's platform to better serve increasing flight demand. Mountain Aviation's wholesale charter operations is seen as a perfect complement to Wheels Up's previous acquisition of Travel Management Company. Wheels Up will add 59 total aircraft, most of which are Citation X aircraft, to its fleet and also plans to further expand the Citation X fleet in 2021.

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