Flavia Vianna, director for product management at Pilatus, gives a tour of the new PC-12 Pro cabin, covering features including the seats, flat floor and cargo area.
The Pilatus PC-12 Pro, unveiled in March 2025, has a completely new cockpit; safety functions such as Autoland, Smart Glide and Electronic Stability; plus new interior finishes and colour schemes.
Cabin
The PC-12 Pro cabin was designed to offer a modern but timeless design, as well as comfort. All-new cabinetry provides additional storage space.
Entirely fresh colour schemes are also available. Interior and exterior designs feature sleek patterns and futuristic finishes intended to give the aircraft a dynamic, high-tech look.
Cockpit
The updated Advanced Cockpit Environment (ACE) is powered by the Garmin G3000 Prime Integrated Flight Deck. It is fully customised by Pilatus, with features such as the company’s proprietary Cursor Control Device, track-based synthetic vision, and exclusive visual customisation. Three large, high-resolution touchscreen flight displays, supported by two 7in secondary touchscreen displays, provide twice the processing power, four times the RAM capacity as the original G3000.
The completely redesigned cockpit also features ergonomic control yokes inspired by those in the PC-24, as well as an updated cockpit interior. Exterior visibility has been improved by removing the Direct Vision cockpit window frame.
Autoland
The PC-12 Pro integrates Garmin’s complete array of advanced safety features, Pilatus shared, including the emergency Autoland function. Improvements have also been made to the integrated Stall Warning & Protection System and the Electronic Stability and Protection function. The weather radar features a new and larger antenna to provide even greater situational awareness in the cockpit.
Power plant
The single-engine PC-12 Pro is equipped with the latest version of the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6. There are more than 60,000 PT6 family engines in service, which have accumulated more than 400 million flight hours. The PT6 engine has already been thoroughly tested in over eleven million flight hours in the PC-12, Pilatus noted.
The company said that in combination with the fully automatic electronic engine and propeller control system (EPECS), the digital thrust control, or Autothrottle System, reduces the pilot’s workload, optimises performance, increases fuel efficiency, ensures a quieter flying experience and protects against engine overlimit events. Pilatus added that the PC-12 Pro also generates fewer CO2 emissions and is ready for Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF).
Already certified, deliveries of the PC-12 Pro are due to start in the fourth quarter of 2025.
