The influence of the US scope clause on the regional jet OEMs is significant. The following chart illustrates how the sheer size of the US regional market dominates. Any regional jet OEM seeking high production volumes must ensure the…
We addressed a series of questions to Mitsubishi after the recent delay news. Here is the verbatim Q&A. Responses from Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation: Yugo Fukuhara, Vice President and General Manager of Sales and Marketing Views: 73
AIR (AirInsightResearch) released its new forecast of the commercial aviation market to 2030. This analysis consists of a 32 page document with 37 charts highlighting the current and forecast market for the major aircraft OEMs (Airbus, ATR, Boeing, Bombardier, COMAC,…
[UPDATE – MRJ PDF] The news was expected. But even so, it is frustrating to read the following from MITAC: “Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) announced today that MHI and Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation will adjust the first delivery of the…
The regional jet business is in many ways a more difficult market to trade in. Whereas among the big jets you have a duopoly, in the regional jet business you see four competitors fighting. We have frequently referred to the…
The US scope clauses are seen by many as a market aberration. After all, commercial logic demands that new technologies are quickly deployed. It happens like that in every industry, right? Not in the airline business, and especially not in…