![]() ![]() Found in contracts between major US airlines and their pilot unions, scope clauses generally prohibit those carriers’ regional partners from operating aircraft with a maximum take-off weight (MTOW) exceeding 39,000kg (86,000lb). ![]() In addition, MHI has found it “difficult to obtain understanding and necessary co-operation from global partners.”Īt its peak in the mid-2010s, the ambitious programme had well over 200 orders, mainly from US regional airlines and Japanese carriers.īut those US orders were complicated by the scope clause agreements at US airlines, which meant that the SpaceJet M90 failed to meet the needs of its primary North American market. It suggests that technology, and specifically that needed to decarbonise aviation, has moved beyond SpaceJet in its current form. MHI offers four reasons for terminating the programme, known as the Mitsubishi Regional Jet until a rebranding in 2019. It adds, however, that learnings from the programme, which has effectively been in stasis since 2020, will contribute to Japan’s aviation sector, “which aspires to return aircraft manufacture to the country.” Airline Business special: CEOs to watch in 2021Īt the 2019 Paris air show, the Mitsubishi Regional Jet branding was dropped in favour of SpaceJet.FlightGlobal Guide to Business Aviation Training and Safety 2021.EDGE: A new global force in aerospace and defence.Shell Aviation: What will it take to Decarbonise Aviation?.What does the future of aviation look like in 2022?.Guide to Business Aviation Training and Safety 2022. ![]()
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