Mitsubishi Aircraft is looking to display its new regional aircraft at the Paris Air Show in June as it seeks more overseas orders for Japan's first passenger jet after delaying the plane's debut five times. The company is working out details on how it can ...
The Mitsubishi Regional Jet is facing yet another delay and is unlikely to meet its mid-2018 delivery date target, the president of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said in a recent interview. "We are not yet in a situation where we can achieve" the delivery date, ...
A second Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. passenger jet arrived in the United States on Friday to conduct required flight tests in order to get a safety certification in Japan, the company said Saturday. The subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. plans to send two more Mitsubishi ...
After two aborted test flights in as many days tied to a problematic air-conditioning system, Japan's first locally built passenger jet was back for checks and fixes amid delays to a program aimed at challenging the dominance of Brazil's Embraer SA and Canada's Bombardier ...
A new Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. passenger jet that left for test flights in the United States was forced to return due to problems with the air-conditioning system.
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp.'s new jet took off on its debut flight from Nagoya airport in central Japan, half a century after the country last introduced a new passenger plane. The Mitsubishi Regional Jet, which can seat up to 92 passengers, took off at 9:35 a.m. ...
The Mitsubishi Regional Jet, Japan's first domestically produced passenger jet, will make its maiden flight Wednesday morning at Nagoya Airport, Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. said. Mitsubishi Aircraft, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., had said the first flight of the small passenger jet would take ...
Japan's first homegrown passenger jet will make its debut flight in the week of Oct. 26 to 30, placing it on course for delivery to its first customer after repeated delays. A further announcement will be made one day before the flight, Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp., ...
It has almost four years late in arriving. Now, with a helping hand from bullet train specialists, Japan's first passenger jet is about to make its debut. Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. will unveil the plane in Nagoya on Saturday after three delays as customers such as ...
Japan Airlines Co. said Thursday it will buy 32 planes from Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. to make its fleet more fuel-efficient. JAL plans to begin using the regional jet in 2021 on domestic routes, the carrier and Mitsubishi Aircraft said Thursday in a statement. The airline, which ...
The technology ministry will launch research and development in fiscal 2015 aimed at commercializing next-generation domestically manufactured passenger airplanes by around 2030, according to ministry officials. Although Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. is developing small MRJ passenger jets, aircraft development requires a huge amount of money and ...
The maker of Japan's first jet airliner is counting on bullet train specialists to prevent further delays in completing the plane. Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. has brought in rail project managers from parent Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. to tighten control of the Mitsubishi Regional Jet project ...
