Now, Mitsubishi has been seven years VerpätungJapan's new passenger aircraft continues to be plagued by problems. Mitsubishi has in the regional jet apparently the fifth delay to announce. Seven years delay is more than a little annoying for customers and aircraft manufacturers. At Mitsubishi, it seems to get just as well. As the business newspaper Nikkei reported, the Japanese Group Announces Regional Jet the fifth delay of the new Mitsubishi aircraft next week. Rather than how so far officially called 2018 launch customer ANA is can take until mid 2020 in receiving the plane all Nippon Airways, it says. Originally a first delivery had been planned in 2013. Reason for the latest delay is an adjustment in the design, which requires that various technical equipment on the plane order is placed according to the Nikkei report. Completely new JetThe Mitsubishi Regional Jet is newly designed. In the variant MRJ 90, the Japanese plane place offers for 88 to 92 passengers (a class). In the long range version (MRJ90 LR) Mitsubishi can fly regional up to 3770 km wide Jet. Apart from Mitsubishi, Mitsubishi Corporation industries (65 percent of the capital) are heavy, Toyota Motor (per 10), Sumitomo and Mitsui (each 5 per cent) involved in the project. |