Boeing will help provide customer support for the Mitsubishi Regional Jet under the terms of a 10-year contract announced in Paris last week between the U.S. aerospace giant and Mitsubishi Aircraft. Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Jim Albaugh joined Mitsubishi Aircraft president Hideo Egawa to launch the partnership, under which Boeing Commercial Aviation Services will help with spare parts provisioning, service operations and field services for the MRJ.
“One of our oldest and most trusted partners has been MHI [Mitsubishi Heavy Industries] over the years,” said Albaugh. “Its products go on every airplane that we deliver. It’s interesting. Mitsubishi has always been a supplier to us, but today the Boeing Company is very proud to become a supplier to Mitsubishi. We believe the MRJ is going to be a terrific regional jet. You can see by the order book that it’s being accepted in the marketplace and we know they’re going to sell many, many more.”
