The most brutal area of commercial aerospace is the single aisle market. Competition between Airbus and Boeing is fierce. So fierce that new entrants rightly fear the news these giants are going to increase production. The pool may be growing…
JAL announced two orders for regional jets. This may have been one of the quietest aircraft campaigns. In the first order, JAL and Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation signed an LOI for 32 Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) aircraft, as the next-generation regional…
The PW1200G engines are now mounted on the Mitsubishi Regional Jet’s first flight test aircraft at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ final-assembly factory. This engine mount marks a significant milestone toward MRJ’s completion. Mitsubishi Aircraft has been engaged in mounting the Pratt…
Mitsubishi announced today that their first MRJ has had its wings attached. The image gives the first good idea of what the real aircraft is going to look like. Mitsubishi Aircraft will soon commence commence commence the engine mounting process. …
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The Pratt & Whitney Geared Turbofan™ (GTF) has been selected for use on five of the seven new narrow-body programs under development, including Bombardier’s CSeries, Airbus A320neo, Mitsubishi Regional Jet, IRKUT MS-21, and Embraer E2Jets. We spoke with Bob Saia,…