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Mitsubishi takes a 1-year delay for its new regional jet

Mitsubishi’s plans to get Japan’s first postwar jetliner out to the flight line in 2017 have been put on hold to reevaluate and redesign some of its structural parts. The new delivery date is set for 2018. Japan has largely been out of the aircraft manufacturing business since the end of World War II, although some turbo-prop models have been marketed. Mitsubishi’s experience as an aircraft manufacturer is long: it made many of Japan’s World War II planes. The new MRJ, with 78 and 92…

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Two Canadian airlines expand their reach

Two of Canada’s airlines are spreading out to new destinations. WestJet, a large budget carrier, has added Boeing 767s that allow it to make a big splash in the trans-Atlantic trade, and Porter, a much smaller carrier, will add flights from Toronto to its first Florida destination, Melbourne, near Orlando.

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Mitsubishi takes a 1-year delay for its new regional jet

Mitsubishi’s plans to get Japan’s first postwar jetliner out to the flight line in 2017 have been put on hold to reevaluate and redesign some of its structural parts. The new delivery date is set for 2018. Japan has largely been out of the aircraft manufacturing business since the end of World War II, although some turbo-prop models have been marketed. Mitsubishi’s experience as an aircraft manufacturer is long: it made many of Japan’s World War II planes. The new MRJ, with 78 and 92…

Read More

Two Canadian airlines expand their reach

Two of Canada’s airlines are spreading out to new destinations. WestJet, a large budget carrier, has added Boeing 767s that allow it to make a big splash in the trans-Atlantic trade, and Porter, a much smaller carrier, will add flights from Toronto to its first Florida destination, Melbourne, near Orlando.

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