Daily Memo: Mitsubishi’s SpaceJet Decision Ends Japanese Civil OEM Ambitions

Jens Flottau February 07, 2023
SpaceJet

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries confirmed the end of the SpaceJet program on Feb. 7.

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In 1962, the Nihon Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation (NAMC) YS-11 took off for its first flight. The 60-seat Rolls-Royce Dart-powered turboprop was the first Japanese civil aircraft after World War II, and the hope was for it to be the first of many. A little over 50 years later, in 2015, what was...
Jens Flottau

Based in Frankfurt, Germany, Jens is executive editor and leads Aviation Week Network’s global team of journalists covering commercial aviation.

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