The sad demise of the MRJ
The sad demise of the MRJ
Tag SpaceJet
Mitsubishi admits it underestimated the MRJ/SpaceJet program
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…
Mitsubishi discloses full impairment on SpaceJet
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has fully impaired costs and assets related to the SpaceJet regional jet program, making it ever more unlikely that the project will ever re-start again. The impairment of ¥80.599 billion ($573 million) is mentioned in MHI’s financial…
Mitsubishi says SpaceJet restart is still “under evaluation”
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) remains tight-lipped on the future of its SpaceJet commercial aircraft program but confirms to AirInsight that a restart is still under evaluation. The Japanese company has been winding down the program since 2020, but apparently, this…
Thoughts on SkyWest’s latest order
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 to reassess SpaceJet restart
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…