Mitsubishi aircraft to enter the aviation market and challenge Boeing and Airbus “at the time described appropriately”

20-04-2019 MEDIA IN \ AGENCIES
The long-delayed 88-passenger Japanese aircraft is expected to be the right aircraft at the right time, according to Bloomberg. Mitsubishi Global Jet is seeking to meet the demands on the new aircraft, which is scheduled to compete Boeing and Airbus in the aviation market within a year.
The timing is particularly appropriate, after Boeing’s strong blow after two Boeing 373 Max 8 aircraft, a medium-sized 126-passenger aircraft crashed. The crash of the Ethiopian plane last month caused a major shake-up in customer confidence in the world’s largest aircraft manufacturer.
Mitsubishi began developing the first Japanese passenger plane since the 1960s, but it was decades behind the dream half a century later.
Mitsubishi’s new heavy-duty passenger aircraft began testing two weeks ago, while keeping in mind the market for low-seat aircraft, which is expected to total $ 135 billion by 2037, according to the Japanese aircraft industry group.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, an old aircraft components supplier to Boeing, is developing the MRJ to emerge from its shadow.
After spending at least $ 2 billion over more than a decade, the manufacturer is looking to obtain certification for its aircraft and start deliveries.
“Mitsubishi was planning to pilot flights in 2012, but exceeded the deadline due to production difficulties.
The company, which manufacture ships, nuclear power plants and space components, now expects the plane to be ready for customers next year, a challenging timetable for the company”, Mitsubishi Aviation President Hisakuzu Mizutani said.