Mitsubishi Shaking Off MRJ’s Credibility Gap
Mitsubishi has now logged firm orders for 165 MRJs.
Mitsubishi has now logged firm orders for 165 MRJs.

Mitsubishi Aircraft’s firm order in December for 100 MRJ90s from St. George, Utah-based SkyWest Airlines has not only confirmed the company’s ability to sell the new regional jet in large quantities, it might well have validated the wisdom of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ industrial ambitions. After all, the Japanese aircraft industry hadn’t embarked on such a serious effort at gaining type certification for a new airliner in some 50 years; skepticism from airlines–not particularly keen to take risks on unproven and unfamiliar suppliers–seemed only natural.