Japan Airlines’ Move To Replace Embraer RJs May Create Uncertainty For Mitsubishi SpaceJet Program
Japan Airlines (JAL) plans to decide within the next 24 months on the replacement aircraft for its ageing Boeing 767 and Embraer regional jets, apparently omitting the Mitsubishi SpaceJet M90 as an option. Ross Leggett, JAL head of route marketing,…
Japan’s MHI Sells Factory That Was Producing Empennages For Mitsubishi SpaceJet
Story updated to say entire factory was sold and added comments from MHI spokesman. A factory near Nagoya that Mitsubishi Aircraft had been using to manufacture the empennage for the Mitsubishi SpaceJet has been sold. Local media reports, quoting Mitsubishi…
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…
Mitsubishi Aircraft Chairman Retires
The chairman of Mitsubishi Aircraft ( 三菱航空機株式会社 ) , who until early last year had been company president, has left the beleaguered aircraft-maker. Mitsubishi says in a short statement on its website that Hisakazu Mizutani has retired, as has Hiroyuki…
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Closing SpaceJet’s US Flight Test Centre https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Aerospace-Defense/Mitsubishi-Heavy-to-close-SpaceJet-s-US-flight-testing-site Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) is closing the SpaceJet programme’s flight test centre in Moses Lake in the US, which means Mitsubishi Aircraft no longer has any operations outside Japan. MHI…
MHI Pauses Most SpaceJet Programme Activities
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) is pausing the majority of its SpaceJet programme given the aircraft’s development status and its weak projections for the aerospace industry. Pausing the programme covers most SpaceJet activities, except for documentation of its type certification process,…
