Aircraft
Mitsubishi Regional Jet Continues Despite More Delays
Technicians work on the MRJ’s center fuselage section at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ plant in Tobishima, Japan. Final assembly began last month.
Technicians work on the MRJ’s center fuselage section at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ plant in Tobishima, Japan. Final assembly began last month.

Progress has proven slow–tediously slow–for Mitsubishi’s MRJ regional jet program during the two years between the 2011 Dubai Air Show and this one. In fact, program schedules reflect two separate year-and-a-half-long delays to certification since then, placing the company further from its elusive goal today than it thought it stood during the 2011 edition of the Middle East’s premier aerospace event.