The sad demise of the MRJ

The sad demise of the MRJ

The sad demise of the MRJ

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) confirmed on Tuesday that it will discontinue the SpaceJet program, a day after stating that media reports were unfounded. The Japanese industrial giant admits that it has underestimated the complexity of the type certification process for a…

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Yesterday SkyWest and Embraer announced an order for another 16 E-175s. This order boosts SkyWest’s E-175 fleet, which is already the world’s largest of the type. These 16 aircraft will be used exclusively for Delta Air Lines regional service. SkyWest…

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) will reassess a possible program restart of the SpaceJet during the current financial year 2021, which runs until March 2022. The decision is marked as a ‘key activity’ in this year’s planning, the Japanese company said during…