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Jun 22, 2017 (newstodate): The Danish carrier Copenhagen Air Taxi based at Roskilde Airport has taken delivery of its first Pilatus PC-12 aircraft.
Placed on the carrier's own AOC, the aircraft will start commercial operations from 1st week of July 2017, and training programs for crews and staff involved in the coming operations are to be completed by next week.
-We have focused on completing all pertinent paper work for obtaining the Pilatus PC-12 AOC with this first aircraft alone, but three more aircraft are soon to follow and will all be in the fleet within a few months, says Jimmy Arly Larsen, Copenhagen Air Taxi Director of Flight operations and Chief Flight Instructor IFR.
-We are actually already fully experienced in flying this aircraft type as our pilots have operated the Pilatus aircraft for various industrial customers for some time. So it will easily be phased into our fleet.
-After EASA's approval on March 1, 2017, of single-engine turbine aircraft for commercial operations in Europe, the PC-12 can now be operated commercially at night and under instrument flight rules across all 32 EASA member states.
-To optimize the use of the aircraft, Copenhagen Air Taxi has contracted the Danish aircraft broker Blackbird Air Charter to take responsibility for sale and marketing of the Pilatus PC-12 capacity, while Copenhagen Air Taxi will be in charge of all operational issues, says Mr Larsen.
The aircraft can seat six passenger in a VIP configuration, or eight passengers in standard commuter configuration.
Placed on the carrier's own AOC, the aircraft will start commercial operations from 1st week of July 2017, and training programs for crews and staff involved in the coming operations are to be completed by next week.
-We have focused on completing all pertinent paper work for obtaining the Pilatus PC-12 AOC with this first aircraft alone, but three more aircraft are soon to follow and will all be in the fleet within a few months, says Jimmy Arly Larsen, Copenhagen Air Taxi Director of Flight operations and Chief Flight Instructor IFR.
-We are actually already fully experienced in flying this aircraft type as our pilots have operated the Pilatus aircraft for various industrial customers for some time. So it will easily be phased into our fleet.
-After EASA's approval on March 1, 2017, of single-engine turbine aircraft for commercial operations in Europe, the PC-12 can now be operated commercially at night and under instrument flight rules across all 32 EASA member states.
-To optimize the use of the aircraft, Copenhagen Air Taxi has contracted the Danish aircraft broker Blackbird Air Charter to take responsibility for sale and marketing of the Pilatus PC-12 capacity, while Copenhagen Air Taxi will be in charge of all operational issues, says Mr Larsen.
The aircraft can seat six passenger in a VIP configuration, or eight passengers in standard commuter configuration.