Mitsubishi Aviation Will Start MRJ Production from September

Mitsubishi Aviation, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, revealed its plan to start production of Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ), Japan's first jet passenger aircraft, from September.

Production of its components will start at Oye Plant of Mistubishi Heavy in Nagoya. Final assembly will take place at Mitsubishi's Komaki South Works neighboring Nagoya Airport in 2011.

So far ANA has placed order for 25 MRJs while Trans States Holdings ordered as many as 100 aircraft. Mitsubishi is reportedly talking with several airlines in US and European nations.

The first flight is scheduled in the second quarter of 2012; the first delivery is targeted in the first quarter, 2014.