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Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation (三菱航空機株式会社, Mitsubishi Kōkūki Kabushiki-gaisha), abbreviated MITAC, is a Japanese company that develops, produces, sells and supports the Mitsubishi SpaceJet (formerly MRJ) passenger airliners. The manufacturing of the aircraft is carried out by parent company Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI).[1]

Not to be confused with Mitsubishi Aircraft Company.
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation
TypeSubsidiary
IndustryAerospace
PredecessorMitsubishi Aircraft Company
FoundedApril 1, 2008; 14 years ago (2008-04-01)
Headquarters
Japan
ProductsAircraft
OwnerMitsubishi
ParentMitsubishi Heavy Industries
Websitemhi.com/mitac

Overview


MITAC was established on 1 April 2008. MHI has a controlling 64% of the shares of the company, while Toyota Motor Corporation and Mitsubishi Corporation each owns 10% of the shares; other shareholders include Sumitomo Corporation and Mitsui & Co.[1]

MITAC is headquartered at Nagoya Airfield in Komaki in Aichi Prefecture, adjacent to the MRJ production facilities.[2] It has branch offices in Nagoya and Tokyo, which are co-located with MHI offices.[1] MITAC has overseas subsidiaries based in Amsterdam and in Renton, Washington.

CEO Teruaki Kawai has indicated that the company will not produce aircraft larger than the MRJ, as MHI is a major supplier to Boeing (including manufacturing wings for the Boeing 787), and the group generally lacks the capability to compete with Airbus and Boeing.[3]

The first Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) prototype at Nagoya Airfield in Komaki (2015)
The first Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) prototype at Nagoya Airfield in Komaki (2015)

Following Bombardier Aviation's divestment of its CSeries and Dash 8 programmes, on 25 June 2019, MHI announced the acquisition of Bombardier's CRJ programme, in a deal expected to close in the first half of 2020, subject to regulatory approval.[4] MHI will benefit from Bombardier's global expertise in areas ranging from engineering and certification to customer relations and support, boosting its SpaceJet programme, and potentially enabling the SpaceJet to be produced in North America.[5]

The deal includes two service centres in Canada and two in the US, as well as the type certificates for the CRJ.[6] Bombardier will retain its assembly facility at Mirabel, near Montreal, Canada, and will continue to produce the CRJ on behalf of MHI until the current order backlog is complete.[7]

In September 2019, MITAC announced the creation of the "SpaceJet Montreal Centre" in the Boisbriand suburb of Montreal, initially employing around 100 staff to participate in Spacejet M90 certification and entry-into-service activities. Flight testing was being conducted from a site in Moses Lake, Washington, in partnership with AeroTEC,[8] before being stopped in May 2020 as a result of budget cuts in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, with uncertainty about whether testing will eventually resume.[9]


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References


  1. "Company Profile". Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation. Archived from the original on 19 February 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  2. Kohase, Yusuke (5 January 2015). "三菱航空機、名古屋空港に本社移転　小牧南工場に隣接". Aviation Wire. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  3. "Q&A: Mitsubishi Aircraft CEO on Japan's New Jet". Wall Street Journal Japan Real Time. 17 October 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  4. "Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to Acquire Canadair Regional Jet Program from Bombardier Inc" (Press release). Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. 25 June 2019.
  5. Hemmerdinger, Jon (6 June 2019). "ANALYSIS: How the CRJ could save the MRJ". Flightglobal.com.
  6. Chua, Alfred (26 June 2019). "Mitsubishi eager to tap into CRJ expertise". Flightglobal.com.
  7. "Mitsubishi, Bombardier reach agreement to acquire CRJ program". Leeham News and Analysis. 25 June 2019.
  8. Hemmerdinger, Jon (19 September 2019). "Mitsubishi Aircraft to open Montreal office as MHI nears CRJ buy". Flightglobal.com.
  9. Gates, Dominic (22 May 2020). "Mitsubishi cuts hundreds of jobs, shuts Washington operations as it slashes SpaceJet budget". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 23 May 2020.


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[de] Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation

Die Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation (japanisch 三菱航空機株式会社, Mitsubishi Kōkūki Kabushiki kaisha) ist ein japanischer Flugzeughersteller, der zu 64 % Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (jap. 三菱重工業 Mitsubishi Jūkōgyō), zu je 10 % der Mitsubishi Corporation und Toyota sowie zu je 5 % Sumitomo und Mitsui gehört.[2]
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Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation (三菱航空機株式会社, Mitsubishi Kōkūki Kabushiki-gaisha?) est une société japonaise dédiée au développement, à la production, aux ventes et au soutien des avions de ligne Mitsubishi SpaceJet nommée originellement Mitsubishi Regional Jet. La fabrication de l'avion est réalisée par la société mère Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI)[1].

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La Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation (in giapponese 三菱航空機株式会社) è una società giapponese dedicata allo sviluppo, alla produzione, alla vendita e al supporto dell'aeromobile di linea regionale Mitsubishi Regional Jet. La produzione dell'aeromobile è stata affidata alla casa madre Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.[1]


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