Mitsubishi Aircraft Tells FAA It Has Shelved SpaceJet For Three Years
Mitsubishi Aircraft has disclosed to the US FAA it has stopped the Mitsubishi Spacejet program for three years, the first time the aircraft-maker has publicly disclosed how many years it is shelving the program. In an email to the US…
Aircraft Lessor Rockton Pivots To Carbon-Neutral Aerospace Technologies
Aircraft lessor Rockton, which was once the world’s biggest independent lessor of Saab aircraft and had signed a letter-of-intent for Mitsubishi Aircraft’s SpaceJet, is largely exiting the aircraft leasing business and instead investing to develop hybrid electric aircraft technologies. It…
Analysis: Buying The CRJ Program Fails To Solve Mitsubishi’s Problem
Bombardier’s decision to exit the commercial aircraft business by selling the CRJ program to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, leaves the regional jet market open now to three main players: Boeing-Embraer with the E-Jet E2, Airbus with the A220 and Mitsubishi with…
Best On The Web | April 2018
This month’s interesting round-up of regional aviation news include Bhutan’s Druk Air, Fiji Airlines, Mitsubishi MRJ, Royal Thai Navy’s Dornier 228s, and China’s ARJ21. 1. Bhutan’s Druk Air orders one A320new, ATR42-600 Source: ch-aviation Bhutan’s flag carrier, Druk Air, says…
