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M'bishi Aircraft to add 100-seat MRJ

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. President Teruaki Kawai speaks about the MRJ passenger aircraft in Tokyo on Nov. 19, 2014. The Nagoya-based company is hoping to add the 100-seat model to its Japanese-built passenger jet series. The first delivery of the MRJ is planned for 2017.

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MRJ airframe for strength testing revealed to media

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken Aug. 3, 2014, shows the airframe of an MRJ regional jet, developed by Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp., to be used for strength testing. The airframe was shown to media at the company's examination hall in Toyoyama in the central Japan prefecture of Aichi.

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MRJ airframe for strength testing revealed to media

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken Aug. 3, 2014, shows the airframe of an MRJ regional jet, developed by Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp., to be used for strength testing. The airframe was shown to media at the company's examination hall in Toyoyama in the central Japan prefecture of Aichi.

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Mitsubishi Aircraft touts business jet MRJ

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. holds a briefing in Tokyo on June 18, 2014, on its Mitsubishi Regional Jet, Japan's first domestically developed small passenger jet, for officials from financial institutions, aircraft lease companies and other parties concerned.

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MRJ model at Singapore Airshow

TOKYO, Japan - A model of Mitsubishi Regional Jet, the first Japanese-built small passenger jet under development by Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp., is on display at the Singapore Airshow in February 2014.

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Wing of MRJ commercial jet transported for assembly

NAGOYA, Japan - The main wing of a Mitsubishi Regional Jet aircraft is transported by trailer through Nagoya in the early hours of April 8, 2014, on its way from a plant in the village of Tobishima to a plant in the town of Toyoyama, both in Aichi Prefecture, for the final stages of assembly. In the background is Nagoya Castle. MRJ is a family of 70-90 seat next-generation aircraft developed by Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp.

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Mitsubishi Aircraft officials pitch 'MRJ' commercial jet

SINGAPORE, Singapore - Officials of Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. make a pitch for the Mitsubishi Regional Jet, which the Nagoya-based company is developing, before an international audience at a press conference in Singapore on Feb. 12, 2014. On the left is Hitoshi Iwasa, head of the firm's business planning department, accompanied by his colleague Yugo Fukuhara, business group leader.

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Mitsubishi Aircraft eyes sales of MRJ in Europe

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. President Hideo Egawa (C) speaks during a press conference at an airport near Paris, the venue of an international air show, on June 21, 2011. The company is aiming to sell over the next 20 years more than 1,000 Mitsubishi Regional Jet planes, the first small passenger jet built in Japan, with 30 percent of the sales targeted for Europe.

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M'bishi Aircraft wins order from Swedish firm for up to 20 MRJs

Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp President Hiromichi Morimoto (L) and Niklas Lund, president of Rockton AB, a regional aircraft leasing company, hold a contract document on July 11, 2016, in Farnborough, Britain, after the Japanese company won an order to deliver up to 20 units of the Mitsubishi Regional Jet to the Swedish firm. Rockton is the first European company and second airplane leasing company to select the MRJ, Japan's first domestically produced small passenger jet. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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MRJ arrives at Centrair Airport

The Mitsubishi Regional Jet, which is now under development by Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp., arrives at Chubu Centrair International Airport in central Japan on May 24, 2016. Most Group of Seven leaders coming to Japan to attend the Ise-Shima summit are expected to arrive at the airport and the company hopes they will catch sight of the plane. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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MRJ arrives at Centrair Airport

The Mitsubishi Regional Jet, which is now under development by Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp., arrives at Chubu Centrair International Airport in central Japan on May 24, 2016. Most Group of Seven leaders coming to Japan to attend the Ise-Shima summit are expected to arrive at the airport and the company hopes they will catch sight of the plane. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mitsubishi Aircraft to market MRJ in Latin America

Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. America Inc. Chairman Masao Yamagami gives an interview to Kyodo News in Charlotte, North Carolina, on May 10, 2016. Yamagami said the firm hopes to market its Mitsubishi Regional Jet, Japan's first domestically produced jet, in Latin America. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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MRJ may begin flight testing in U.S. in summer

Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. America Inc. Chairman Masao Yamagami (R) and Hideyuki Kamiya, head of strategic marketing at Mitsubishi Aircraft, announce at a press conference in Charlotte, North Carolina, on May 10, 2016, that the company is eager to start flight-testing of its Mitsubishi Regional Jet, Japan's first domestically produced jet, in the United States in the summer. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mitsubishi Aircraft tests MRJ small passenger plane

A Mitsubishi Regional Jet, Japan's first domestically built small passenger aircraft, flies over Noto Airport in the central Japan city of Wajima during a trial flight from Nagoya on March 31, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mitsubishi Aircraft tests MRJ small passenger plane

A Mitsubishi Regional Jet, Japan's first domestically built small passenger aircraft, leaves Nagoya Airport for a trial flight to Wajima, central Japan, on March 31, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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MRJ plant unveiled

Reporters stand in front of the newly-built final assembly plant for the Mitsubishi Regional Jet, the first aircraft to be built in Japan in more than half a century, in the central Japan city of Toyoyama on March 10. The production of the MRJ, developed by Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp., is scheduled to start in the fall of 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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MRJ plant unveiled

A final assembly plant for the Mitsubishi Regional Jet, the first aircraft to be built in Japan in more than half a century, is unveiled to the media in the central Japan city of Toyoyama on March 10, 2016. Production of the MRJ, developed by Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp., is scheduled to start in the fall of 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mitsubishi Aircraft pitches MRJ in Singapore

An interior model of the Mitsubishi Regional Jet, Japan's first domestically built small passenger jet, is shown to the media in Singapore on Feb. 17, 2016. The MRJ was developed by Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mitsubishi Aircraft gets order from U.S. firm for up to 20 MRJ jets

Hiromichi Morimoto (L), president of Japan's Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp., and Jep Thornton (C), a partner in Aerolease Aviation LLC of the United States, pose with a model of the Mitsubishi Regional Jet for a photo in Singapore on Feb. 16, 2016. They announced that the Miami-based Aerolease has signed a letter of intent to order up to 20 regional jets developed by Mitsubishi Aircraft. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mitsubishi Aircraft gets order from U.S. firm for up to 20 MRJ jets

Hiromichi Morimoto, president of Japan's Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Singapore on Feb. 16, 2016. Earlier in the day Morimoto announced his company has reached a broad agreement with Aerolease Aviation LLC of the United States for an order to supply it with up to 20 units of the Mitsubishi Regional Jet. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mitsubishi Aircraft gets order from U.S. firm for up to 20 MRJ jets

People sit on seats in a life-size model cabin of the Mitsubishi Regional Jet displayed at the Singapore Airshow 2016 in Singapore on Feb. 16, 2016. The Japanese developer, Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp., announced the same day it has reached a broad agreement with Aerolease Aviation LLC of the United States for an order to supply it with up to 20 units of the jet. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Test flights for MRJ small passenger plane resume

Photo taken Feb. 10, 2016, at Nagoya Airport, central Japan, shows the Mitsubishi Regional Jet, Japan's first domestically produced commercial passenger plane, touching down following its first trial flight since Nov. 27, 2015. Initial delivery to ANA Holdings Inc. will likely be delayed to mid-2018 from the originally scheduled second quarter of 2017 as work is needed to strengthen and improve the jet's wings. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Test flights for MRJ small passenger plane resume

Photo taken Feb. 10, 2016, at Nagoya Airport, central Japan, shows the Mitsubishi Regional Jet, Japan's first domestically produced commercial passenger plane, taking off for its first trial flight since Nov. 27, 2015. Initial delivery to ANA Holdings Inc. will likely be delayed to mid-2018 from the originally scheduled second quarter of 2017 as work is needed to strengthen the jet's wings. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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MRJ delivery to be postponed one year

Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. President Hiromichi Morimoto -- at a press conference on Dec. 24, 2015, in the central Japan city of Kasugai -- announces the first delivery of the Mitsubishi Regional Jet, Japan's first domestically produced commercial passenger jet, will be postponed around one year. The delivery to ANA Holdings Inc. will most likely take place in 2018, rather than the originally scheduled second quarter of 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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MRJ delivery to be postponed one year

Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. President Hiromichi Morimoto (L) -- at a press conference on Dec. 24, 2015, in the central Japan city of Kasugai -- announces the first delivery of the Mitsubishi Regional Jet, Japan's first domestically produced commercial passenger jet, will be postponed around one year. The delivery to ANA Holdings Inc. will most likely take place in 2018, rather than the originally scheduled second quarter of 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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MRJ delivery to be postponed one year

Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. President Hiromichi Morimoto (R) -- at a press conference on Dec. 24, 2015, in the central Japan city of Kasugai -- announces the first delivery of the Mitsubishi Regional Jet, Japan's first domestically produced commercial passenger jet, will be postponed around one year. The delivery to ANA Holdings Inc. will most likely take place in 2018, rather than the originally scheduled second quarter of 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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MRJ delivery to be postponed one year

Photo taken Nov. 11, 2015, shows the Mitsubishi Regional Jet, Japan's first domestically produced commercial passenger jet, taking off from Nagoya Airport, central Japan, for its maiden flight. Its developer Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. said on Dec. 24 the first delivery of the MRJ will be postponed around one year. The delivery to ANA Holdings Inc. will most likely take place in 2018, rather than the originally scheduled second quarter of 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Delay of MRJ jet delivery will not affect sales: Mitsubishi Heavy

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. President Shunichi Miyanaga plays down concerns that a further delay in the delivery of the Mitsubishi Regional Jet, Japan's first domestically produced commercial passenger jet, will adversely affect sales, in an interview in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1st delivery of MRJs to ANA to be postponed, reason due later

File photo taken Nov. 11, 2015, shows the Mitsubishi Regional Jet, Japan's first domestically produced passenger jet, flying near Nagoya airport. The first delivery of MRJ to ANA Holdings Inc. will be postponed from the scheduled second quarter of 2017, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said on Dec. 16, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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ANA to debut MRJ on domestic route from Chubu airport

Osamu Shinobe, president of All Nippon Airways Co., is interviewed by Kyodo News in Chicago on Dec. 8, 2015. Shinobe said ANA is "highly likely" to debut Japan's first domestically produced passenger jet, the Mitsubishi Regional Jet, on a domestic flight from Chubu Centrair International Airport near Nagoya in central Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JAL to complete switch to MRJ by late 2020s

Japan Airlines Co. Chairman Masaru Onishi speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Dallas, Texas, on Nov. 30, 2015. JAL is expected to replace all aircraft for domestic flights with the Mitsubishi Regional Jet, Japan's first domestically produced passenger jet, by the late 2020s, he said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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MRJ small passenger plane makes 3rd test flight

The Mitsubishi Regional Jet, Japan's first domestically produced commercial passenger jet, conducts its third test flight on Nov. 27, 2015, from Nagoya Airport, central Japan. The MRJ is also expected to fly in the United States on a trial basis in spring 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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MRJ small passenger plane makes 3rd test flight

The Mitsubishi Regional Jet, Japan's first domestically produced commercial passenger jet, conducts its third test flight on Nov. 27, 2015, from Nagoya Airport, central Japan. The MRJ is also expected to fly in the United States on a trial basis in spring 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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MRJ small passenger plane makes 2nd test flight

The Mitsubishi Regional Jet, Japan's first domestically produced commercial passenger jet, takes off for its second test flight on Nov. 19, 2015, from Nagoya Airport, central Japan. The MRJ conducted its maiden flight the previous week. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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MRJ small passenger plane makes 2nd test flight

People gather at a observation deck at Nagoya Airport, central Japan, on Nov. 19, 2015, to see the second test flight of the Mitsubishi Regional Jet, Japan's first domestically produced commercial passenger jet. The MRJ conducted its maiden flight the previous week. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's 1st passenger jet MRJ makes maiden flight

Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. President Hiromichi Morimoto (R) and Yoshiyuki Yasumura, the company's chief pilot, pose for commemorative photos in Nagoya on Nov. 11, 2015, after the Mitsubishi Regional Jet, Japan's first domestically produced commercial passenger jet, made its maiden flight. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's 1st passenger jet MRJ makes maiden flight

Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. President Hiromichi Morimoto attends a press conference in Nagoya on Nov. 11, 2015, after his company's Mitsubishi Regional Jet, Japan's first domestically produced commercial passenger jet, made its maiden flight. He said the first flight was almost a grand success. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's 1st passenger jet MRJ makes maiden flight

The Mitsubishi Regional Jet, Japan's first domestically produced commercial passenger jet, flies at low altitude before landing at Nagoya airport on Nov. 11, 2015. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's 1st passenger jet MRJ makes maiden flight

Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. chief test pilot Yoshiyuki Yasumura, who captained the Mitsubishi Regional Jet's maiden flight, speaks at a press conference in Nagoya on Nov. 11, 2015. The MRJ is Japan's first domestically produced commercial passenger jet. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's 1st passenger jet MRJ makes maiden flight

People gather at a park near Nagoya airport to see the maiden flight of the Mitsubishi Regional Jet, Japan's first domestically produced commercial passenger jet, on Nov. 11, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's 1st passenger jet MRJ makes maiden flight

The Mitsubishi Regional Jet, Japan's first domestically produced commercial passenger jet, flies near Nagoya airport on Nov. 11, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's 1st passenger jet MRJ makes maiden flight

Foreign people with an interest in Japan's first domestically produced commercial passenger jet react at Nagoya airport on Nov. 11, 2015, after the Mitsubishi Regional Jet's maiden flight. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mitsubishi Regional Jet makes maiden flight

People related to the Mitsubishi Regional Jet, Japan's first domestically produced commercial passenger jet, watch as the MRJ takes off for its maiden flight at 9:35 a.m. on Nov. 11, 2015, from Nagoya Airport, central Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese jet achieves take-off speed in final test on runway

Japan's first domestically produced small passenger jet, the Mitsubishi Regional Jet, is pictured at Nagoya airport on Nov. 7, 2015. The MRJ achieved a take-off speed in the final phase of its test on a runway the same day, getting ready for the maiden flight as early as Nov. 9. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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MRJ small passenger plane to make maiden flight in October

File photo taken in June 2015 at Nagoya Airport in the central Japan town of Toyoyama shows the Mitsubishi Regional Jet, developed by Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. It was reported on Aug. 31, 2015, that the first-ever Japanese-built small passenger jet will make its maiden flight in late October. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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MHI chairman says MRJ's success to play major role

Hideaki Omiya, chairman of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., delivers a keynote address in Tokyo on July 28, 2015, at a symposium on how to make aircraft manufacturing Japan's key industry. He said the successful development of the Mitsubishi Regional Jet by the firm's subsidiary, Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp., will play a key role in it. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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MRJ exhibit space at International Paris Air Show

People walk by Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp.'s exhibition space for its regional jet at the International Paris Air Show in France on June 17, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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MRJ model exhibited at Int'l Paris Air Show

A model of Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp.'s Mitsubishi Regional Jet is displayed in Le Bourget on the outskirts of Paris on June 17, 2015. A real-scale model of the aircraft's cabin was exhibited at the International Paris Air Show in Le Bourget as well. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Small Mitsubishi jetliner to be delivered to ANA as scheduled

Hiromichi Morimoto, president of Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp., speaks in an interview in Toyoyama, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on June 10, 2015. He said the company is determined to deliver its Mitsubishi Regional Jet, Japan's first self-developed small jetliner, to All Nippon Airways Co. in the April-June period of 2017 as the oft-delayed MRJ development program would not be put off anymore. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JAL to deploy MRJ aircraft from 2021

Japan Airlines Co. Chairman Masaru Onishi has an interview in Miami on June 7, 2015. He said the JAL group will deploy the Mitsubishi Regional Jet, the first-ever Japanese-built small passenger jet, on domestic routes from 2021. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo