Aircraft
Mitsubishi To Delay MRJ First Flight
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation (MJET) announced today that it will delay first flight of the 92-seat MRJ90 by as much as six months, from late 2011 to the

Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation (MJET) announced today that it will delay first flight of the 92-seat MRJ90 by as much as six months, from late 2011 to the second quarter of 2012, to accommodate changes to the design of the cabin and the wing box. MJET now expects to make delivery of the first MRJ90 during the first quarter of 2014. Development of the 78-seat MRJ70 trails that of its larger sibling by roughly a year.

According to MJET, it has finalized the configuration of the MRJ, placing it on a path toward completion of
critical design review and design freeze “in the coming months.” The company claims the new configuration incorporates a number of “significant” improvements resulting from discussions with and feedback from potential customers.