Pilatus closes 2025 with CHF 1.672 billion in sales and accelerates support structure in the USA

Pilatus presented on March 3, 2026 its results for 2025 with sales of CHF 1.672 billion, or 1.672 billion Swiss francs, operating results of CHF 170 million and order intake of CHF 1.869 billion. In the same period, the manufacturer delivered 147 aircraft, a number led by 82 units of the PC-12 and 50 of the PC-24, the two models that concentrate its business aviation front.

The numbers were accompanied by a less triumphalist and more revealing message about the year. The company described 2025 as an unusually difficult year, pressured by volatile trade tariffs in the United States, a sharp drop in the dollar, supply chain disruptions and delivery interruptions and delays, factors that hit planning, production and results.

Demand resisted, operation felt

Even in this environment, Pilatus ended the year with a strengthened portfolio. The volume of new orders exceeded sales for the period and supported the still-heated demand reading, both in business aviation and government programs, an important combination for a manufacturer that depends on industrial stability to transform orders into cash and deliveries.

In the military division, the company also secured relevant contracts for the PC-7 MKX, including orders from the air forces of the Netherlands, France and Belgium, with simulators and training systems. These deals help explain why Pilatus was able to maintain commercial traction even as industrial execution became more exposed to external bottlenecks.

United States at the center of the next stage

If the 2025 balance showed pressure on the operation, the movement made in the United States points to the company's response. At the end of December 2025, Pilatus unified Pilatus Business Aircraft and Skytech under the new Pilatus Aircraft USA Ltd, consolidating into a single structure activities that were previously separated between sales, customer relations and support.

In January 2026, the manufacturer also began construction of a new center in Florida dedicated to sales, service and assembly of the PC-12. It's not just about real estate expansion: by bringing together service, after-sales and part of the in-house activityindustrial sector in the American market, Pilatus reduces steps in the relationship with the customer and tries to gain more predictability precisely at a stage in which logistical delays and exchange rate pressure have made execution more sensitive.

The result is a more useful portrait of the company than a simple strong or weak year. Pilatus closed 2025 with a relevant sales volume, robust orders and still high deliveries, but also with clear signs that growth, from now on, will depend less on demand and more on the ability to sustain production, support and delivery with less friction in the markets where a large part of its operations are concentrated.