Trans States orders up to 100 Mitsubishi MRJs

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10-02-2009, 06:51 AM

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IFly17

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Just because an airline orders planes does not mean planes will ever actually be delivered. I wonder if Mitsubishi was so desperate to find an American airline to be a launch customer they agreed to not take any kind of down payment on the planes and the only taker was Trans States. Does anyone think Trans States has the cash to make a down payment? Which major airline pilot group is going to cave on scope and allow something that big to be flown by regionals? If I had a guess, I'd say none.

10-02-2009, 06:52 AM

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Another question is will these be flown for US Airways?

Mainline flies the 190 with 98 seats. These are 92

10-02-2009, 06:54 AM

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Why do you want a thread delete?

Because there is another thread on it already.

10-02-2009, 06:54 AM

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Originally Posted by AAflyer

Yes, it is now made by Raytheon, and they fixed many of the issues that the Diamond had. I have been an IP in it for the past 2 years.

AA

Would love to know who loosened up their SCOPE again. You will not be flying them for AA.

No, they won't fly them for AA, but AA will either have to compete with them or find a way to join that crowd as a seperate corporation.

My guess is the latter.

This is shot #2 of the coming war, that IMO is already lost.

10-02-2009, 06:57 AM

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To Junior Nostradamus,

One thing that amuses me about this forum is the huge volume of erroneous predicitons. While sometimes disconcerting, the volitility of the airline industry is what keeps it interesting.

MRJ - Mitsubishi Regional Jet

Here are some other Mitsubishi aircraft for those of you who think Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is new to aircraft manufacturing.

Mitsubishi Aircraft

What's next? Time will tell...

http://www.airlinepilotforums.com/re...mpetitors.html

winglet

10-02-2009, 07:02 AM

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860nm range? What a piece of junk! Throw in a distant alternate and what have you gone then?

10-02-2009, 07:10 AM

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Lol why are people bashing the 860nm range?

RJ's aren't supposed to fly more than 500nm imo.

If the plane flew 2000 miles, it wouldn't really be a REGIONAL JET, now would it?