The Swiss aircraft manufacturer is to temporarily stop supplying the US market – the 39% levies are too much of a competitive disadvantage, it says. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox High costs caused by the tariffs and the resulting competitive disadvantages compared to US and European competitors have sparked uncertainty among customers, according to a press release by Pilatus on Friday. The company plans to use the delivery stop to work out solutions with customers and partners. The US is a key market for the firm based in Stans, in the central Swiss canton of Nidwalden. Four from ten of all PC-12s and PC-24s it builds each year go to the US. Pilatus says it is considering allocating the aircraft to markets other than the US. However, such a shift involves considerable logistical and market-specific challenges, it added. The manufacturer also emphasised the key importance of the US as a market for business aircraft; some two-thirds of the global ...
