Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Regional Jets (MHIRJ), the Canadian license holder of the Bombardier CRJ, is evaluating technology for the future regional airliner. A new regional aircraft could be required around 2040. Ross Mitchell, MHIRJ Senior Vice President for business development,…
UPDATE – A joint study between ZeroAvia and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Regional Jet Aviation Group (MHIRJ) has identified that there are no showstoppers in converting the Bombardier/Mitsubishi CRJ series into a hydrogen-electric aircraft with fuel-cell technology. The program still has…
Fred Cromer, President of Bombardier Regional Aircraft and Patrick Baudis, Vice President of Marketing provided a briefing on the regional market and product news about the CRJ and Q400 at the Regional Airline Association on September 24th. Fred set the…
Some aircraft hit the market just right, and have longevity. Bombardier’s CRJ just hit a milestone last week, as the program is now a quarter-century old. It joins a handful of aircraft programs with such longevity; the others in production…
There are few commercial aircraft that will ever reach the levels of longevity of the 737. For Airbus their A320 is 27 years old. Embraer has its E-120 Brasilia which is still flying for SkyWest (about to be retired) which…
We visited Bombardier’s Mirabel facility today. We will be providing a written summary of our visit, and in the mean time here are three short videos from key voices at Bombardier. Views: 46