TOKYO -- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries looks to receive a much-needed shot in the arm to its long-stalled project to commercialize the country's first homegrown passenger jet with the acquisition of Bombardier's regional jet program, under negotiations that were reported Wednesday.
Repeated delays and a lack of an established customer service network have weighed heavily on the Mitsubishi Regional Jet program. The Tokyo-based company hopes for a solution by acquiring a popular line of aircraft with established maintenance hubs around the world.
