Japan's aeronautics industry taking major step into the future
The new Mitsubishi Regional Jet targets the potentially big market for short to medium-haul jets
Tokyo
BY the end of this month, a gleaming new Japanese jetliner is scheduled to fly to the US using a flight plan that takes it from the relatively small Nagoya Airport in Japan's Aichi prefecture to the also little-known Grant County International airport in Washington State - with refuelling stops in Russia and Alaska en-route.
The itinerary sounds like a step back into the past but the flight will mark a step into the future for Japan's aeronautics industry. If the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) passes an almost year-long series of flight tests in the US and wins international certification there, it will mark a step towards take-off for the industry.
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