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Mitsubishi, Bombardier reach agreement to acquire CRJ program

MHI to acquire CRJ program. MHI will acquire the maintenance, support, refurbishment, marketing, and sales activities. Deal worth $550m in cash, $200m in assumed liabilities, $180m in a securitization program. Transaction to close first half 2020 subject to… Read More

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 Posted on June 25, 2019 by

 Bombardier, Mitsubishi

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Paris Air Show: notable orders other than A321XLR and 737MAX

By Vincent Valery June 24, 2019, © Leeham News: The A321XLR launch and IAG’s 737MAX order gathered most of the attention during the 2019 Paris Air Show. Nevertheless, other significant orders were placed by airlines and lessors.

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 Posted on June 24, 2019 by

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Pontifications: Heard around the Paris Air Show

June 24, 2019, © Leeham News: Heard around the Paris Air Show last week: Airbus Reporters long used to the entertaining and sometimes acerbic tongue former super-salesman John Leahy wondered how Christian Scherer would compare. Scherer’s own sharp… Read More

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 Posted on June 24, 2019 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Boeing 737 MAX, Bombardier, Embraer, Ethiopian Airlines, Lion Air, Mitsubishi, Paris Air Show, SpaceJet, Sukhoi

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magniX adds third customer for its electric engines

June 19, 2019, © Leeham News: AeroTEC and the electric motor airplane company magniX said today they have teams to retrofit the Cessna Grand Caravan with a 750 hp  powerplant, converting the single-engine PT-6-powered turbofan from “gas guzzling,… Read More

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 Posted on June 19, 2019 by

 magniX, Mitsubishi

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Paris Air Show, Day One: Mitsubishi makes case for “SpaceJet” market opportunity

By Judson Rollins June 17, 2019, © Leeham News, Paris: Senior executives from Mitsubishi Aircraft Company (MITAC) and parent Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) described the long journey to the revamped “SpaceJet” M90 and M100 aircraft. They also commented… Read More

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 Posted on June 17, 2019 by

 Airlines, Bombardier, Embraer, Mitsubishi, Paris Air Show, Pratt & Whitney

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2019 Paris Air Show Preview

By Vincent Valery Subscription Required June 3, 2019, © Leeham News: The 2019 Paris Air Show kicks off in two weeks at the Le Bourget Exhibition Center. In this preview, we will go over what to expect from… Read More

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 Posted on June 3, 2019 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Comac, Embraer, Irkut, Mitsubishi, Paris Air Show, Premium, Sukhoi

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Mitsubish renaming, revamping MRJ, considers US production line: Nikkei Asia news

Updated, 3pm Brazil time, with Bombardier statement and additional response from Embraer. May 29, 2019, © Leeham News, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil: Mitsubishi is changing the name of its MRJ jet, revamping the smallest version and considering… Read More

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 Posted on May 29, 2019 by

 Bombardier, E-Jet, Embraer, Mitsubishi

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Pontifications: By accident of timing, convergence of events, Mitsubishi is now well positioned to become major RJ player

May 13, 2019, © Leeham News: The regional jetliner industry is on the cusp of a major shift. Bombardier is exiting commercial aviation. The company already is under contract to sell the Q400. It’s CRJ program is for… Read More

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 Posted on May 13, 2019 by

 Boeing, Bombardier, Comac, Embraer, Mitsubishi, Pontifications, Sukhoi

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Pontifications: Delays, design creep, cost overruns–nope, it’s not an airplane program

March 11, 2019, © Leeham News: It’s late. There have been creeping delays. There’s been design creep. There were unknown unknowns. It’s way over budget. No, it’s not a new airplane program, though the parallels are quite apparent…. Read More

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 Posted on March 11, 2019 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, CFM, Embraer, Mitsubishi, Pontifications, Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce

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UTC-Collins merger creates super-supplier

Subscriptions Required By Bryan Corliss Jan. 28, 2019, © Leeham News: You might have missed it over the holidays, but something happened about the time you polished off the last of your Thanksgiving leftovers that just might have… Read More

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 Posted on January 28, 2019 by

 Airbus, Boeing, Mitsubishi, Pratt & Whitney, Rockwell Collins, United Technologies

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