Pilatus Aircraft
In 2013, Pilatus created a new overseas entity, "Pilatus Aircraft Industry (China) Co., Ltd", to manufacture both the PC-6 and PC-12 aircraft in Chongqing, China; this company was ran as a joint partnership between Pilatus and Beijing Tian Xing Jian Yu Science Co., Ltd. In 2014, the majority of PC-6s delivered that year were to Chinese customers. By April 2016, around 20 PC-6s were in operation in the Chinese market; the type has often been used to replace the Antonov An-2, being reportedly cheaper to operate.