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Jan 22, 2018 (newstodate): The Danish carrier Copenhagen Air Taxi based at Roskilde Airport is new operator of the Pilatus PC-12 with four aircraft in the fleet.
The carrier took delivery of its first PC-12 aircraft in June, 2017, and started commercial operations in July 2017 - but the full commercial results are yet to unfold.
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 is in charge of all operational issues.
-The introduction of the PC-12 into the market has been running somewhat slow, says Ole Christiansen, Blackbird Air Charter CEO.
-First, we must admit that the initial pricing of the PC-12 service has been rather on the high end, considering it is a single-engine turboprop aircraft competing against larger, twin-engine alternatives. We have, therefore, reconsidered the rates issue to bring it into better harmony with market conditions.
-Secondly, the last of four PC-12 aircraft for Copenhagen Air Taxi has only now been finally added to the AOC which has also hindered a full marketing of the product.
-Summing up, all preconditions for a successful marketing of the PC-12 have only now been fully met, and we are thus ready to renew our effort in sale of capacity of this aircraft that will always have two pilots in the cockpit on charter operations, even it is a single-engine aircraft, says Mr Christiansen.
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.
The carrier took delivery of its first PC-12 aircraft in June, 2017, and started commercial operations in July 2017 - but the full commercial results are yet to unfold.
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 is in charge of all operational issues.
-The introduction of the PC-12 into the market has been running somewhat slow, says Ole Christiansen, Blackbird Air Charter CEO.
-First, we must admit that the initial pricing of the PC-12 service has been rather on the high end, considering it is a single-engine turboprop aircraft competing against larger, twin-engine alternatives. We have, therefore, reconsidered the rates issue to bring it into better harmony with market conditions.
-Secondly, the last of four PC-12 aircraft for Copenhagen Air Taxi has only now been finally added to the AOC which has also hindered a full marketing of the product.
-Summing up, all preconditions for a successful marketing of the PC-12 have only now been fully met, and we are thus ready to renew our effort in sale of capacity of this aircraft that will always have two pilots in the cockpit on charter operations, even it is a single-engine aircraft, says Mr Christiansen.
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.