UK-based Oriens Aviation, the exclusive UK/Ireland distributor for Pilatus Aircraft, announced on the eve of the Paris Air Show that it has delivery positions on three Pilatus PC-24 light business jets, the first available in July 2020 and the second in mid-2021. Prospective customers “are encouraged to commit with deposits and spec their aircraft,” said Oriens Aviation CEO Edwin Brenninkmeyer, adding, “there is no shortage of interest in the PC-24 in the British Isles.”

On the MRO side, Oriens Engineering has ramped up its tooling and its engineers have been sent to the Pilatus factory in Stans, Switzerland, in preparation for adding the twinjet to its Part 145 MRO approvals, expected by the end of the third quarter.

Pilatus (Chalet 252 Static Display B6) re-opened its order book for the PC-24—on display along with a PC-21 and PC-12NG this week at Le Bourget—last month at the European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition in Geneva.