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MRJ’s GTF flameout traced to manufacturing issue

Editor’s note: The Farnborough Air Show begins next week. Mitsubishi is expected to have a flying display of the MRJ90 at an international air show for the first time. This is the last of three stories from Mitsubishi’s… Read More

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 Posted on July 10, 2018 by

 Airbus, Bombardier, CSeries, Embraer, Irkut, Mitsubishi, Pratt & Whitney

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Laser focus for MRJ program

Subscription Required By Dan Catchpole July 3, 2018, © Leeham News: It’s been two years since a small army of Japanese aerospace workers landed in Moses Lake, a sleepy former Air Force base town in rural Central Washington…. Read More

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 Posted on July 5, 2018 by

 Airlines, Farnborough Air Show, Mitsubishi, Pratt & Whitney

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Delays over for MRJ program, execs insist

By Dan Catchpole Subscription Required July 3, 2018, © Leeham News:   Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. executives insist the MRJ90 is past the seemingly endless delays that have dogged its development. It is on track toward type certification and first… Read More

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 Posted on July 2, 2018 by

 Airlines, Bombardier, Comac, Embraer, Mitsubishi, Pratt & Whitney, Sukhoi

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NMA focus needs to be on engines

Subscription Required Now open to all readers Introduction March 19, 2018, © Leeham Co.: As the market awaits a decision by Boeing whether to launch the New Midrange Aircraft (NMA, or 797), focus has been on the aircraft’s… Read More

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 Posted on March 19, 2018 by

 Airbus, Airlines, Boeing, Bombardier, CFM, CSeries, Embraer, GE Aviation, Middle of the Market, Mitsubishi, MOM, New Midmarket Aircraft, NMA, Pratt & Whitney, Rolls-Royce

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Embraer ponders new, smaller jet

Subscription Required Introduction March 5, 2018, © Leeham Co.: News emerged last week that Embraer is considering a new jet family smaller than its current E2 line. This would replace the E170, which Embraer decided not to upgrade… Read More

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 Posted on March 5, 2018 by

 Bombardier, CSeries, E-Jet, Embraer, Mitsubishi, New Midmarket Aircraft, NMA, Premium, Sukhoi

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Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation’s tough 2017

By Bjorn Fehrm January 02, 2018, ©. Leeham Co: The past year was difficult for Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation (MAC) and its MRJ regional airliner. Although clear progress was made in the flight-testing of the MRJ, problems were found with… Read More

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 Posted on January 2, 2018 by

 Bombardier, E-Jet, Embraer, Mitsubishi, Pratt & Whitney

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Bombardier upbeat on CSeries deal, but Moody’s sees higher risk of debt default

Oct. 26, 2017, © Leeham Co.: Bombardier and Airbus put a positive face on the former’s acquisition of 50.01% of the CSeries program, but Moody’s credit rating service wasn’t impressed. The agency downgraded Bombardier’s already poor credit rating… Read More

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 Posted on October 26, 2017 by

 Airbus, Bombardier, CSeries, Embraer, Mitsubishi

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Pontifications: JADC 20-year forecast: VLA, NMA and other data

July 24, 2017, © Leeham Co.: The Japan Aircraft Development Corp (JADC) just published its 2017-2037 jet and turboprop forecast. JADC forecasts a demand for 33,336 jet airliners and some 2,000 turboprops. JADC is partly owned by Mitsubishi,… Read More

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 Posted on July 24, 2017 by

 Airbus, ATR, Boeing, Bombardier, CSeries, E-Jet, Embraer, Middle of the Market, Mitsubishi, MOM, Paris Air Show, Pontifications, Sukhoi

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MRJ entering more stable phase

By Bjorn Fehrm June 28, 2017, ©. Leeham Co: The Mitsubishi Regional Jet, MRJ, has been through troubled years. The aircraft, which should have entered the market 2013, will now be delivered to first customer, All Nippon Airways (ANA),… Read More

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 Posted on June 28, 2017 by

 Mitsubishi, Paris Air Show, Pratt & Whitney

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A view around the Paris Air Show

June 17, 2017, (c) Leeham Co.: It’s surprising that many hall and chalet exhibits are still in a state of construction as LNC walked around the Paris Air Show Saturday, but we’ve noted this before. Meanwhile, here are a… Read More

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 Posted on June 17, 2017 by

 Boeing, Bombardier, Embraer, Lockheed Martin, Mitsubishi

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