Mitsubishi to Boost U.S. Engineers After Jet Delivery Delays
- To fly fourth jet to U.S. for testing within about a month
- Mitsubishi Regional Jet’s first delivery delayed until 2020
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Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp., which announced a fifth delay in the delivery of its passenger jet last week, plans to boost the number of engineers at a Seattle facility by more than a third as it steps up flight tests to meet an extended deadline.
The maker of the Mitsubishi Regional Jet will increase staff to more than 200 from about 150 at the engineering center, which opened in 2015, Yugo Fukuhara, vice president of sales and marketing, said in an interview Tuesday in Tokyo. It will also fly a fourth jet to the U.S. within about a month for testing, he said.