Mitsubishi aims to sell more than 1,000 small regional jets in 20 years

Singapore

MITSUBISHI Aircraft Corp, which is developing a small regional jet, is aiming to sell more than 1,000 of the planes in 20 years, with a quarter of the orders coming from Asia.

The Mitsubishi Regional Jet, or MRJ, has passed the mid-point of the flight test programme clocking more than 1,700 hours, Yugo Fukuhara, vice-president of sales at Mitsubishi Aircraft, told Bloomberg Television on Wednesday at the Singapore Airshow.