Aircraft
Mitsubishi Heavy In Talks To Buy CRJ Line
A deal to acquire Bombardier’s last commercial aircraft program would give Mitsubishi valuable engineering expertise and support capacity.
An Adria Airways Bombardier CRJ900 lands at Vienna International Airport on a flight from Pristina. (Photo: Flickr: Creative Commons (BY) by liakada-web)
An Adria Airways Bombardier CRJ900 lands at Vienna International Airport on a flight from Pristina. (Photo: Flickr: Creative Commons (BY) by liakada-web)

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries confirmed Wednesday that it has reached an “advanced” stage of negotiation with Bombardier over the potential acquisition of the CRJ program. Responding to reports first published by industry publication The Air Current that an announcement of the deal might come as soon as this month’s Paris Air Show, Mitsubishi stressed that it has not rendered a decision yet.