ANA Facing Risk of Delay in Delivery of Mitsubishi Regional Jets
- Mitsubishi informed ANA of possibility, Japanese carrier says
- ANA Holdings is the first customer for the regional jet
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Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp., a unit of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., may delay the delivery of its MRJ regional jets to its first customer ANA Holdings Inc. due to the possibility of some technical modifications to the aircraft, the Japanese carrier said.
The builder of Japan’s first home-made passenger jet informed of the possibility of such a risk late September, ANA spokeswoman Maho Ito said, which may mean it won’t be able to meet the original schedule for mid-2018. Mitsubishi has not given any new date and ANA will decide on a response only to a confirmed delay, she said. Representatives of Mitsubishi didn’t respond to multiple calls to their cellphones outside business hours on Saturday.