Aircraft Model (Name & Manufacturer)
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation SpaceJet, formerly known as the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ)
Aircraft Category
C
Purpose or Role in Game
Regional Jet, another C option for short haul flights
Why should this aircraft be added?
Itβs a unique regional airliner that was unfortunately cancelled in the midst of COVID. If production had begun, this would have been the second Japanese airliner produced since WW2.
Airlines that use it
Planned:
All Nippon Air (ANA) - operated by ANA Wings, SkyWest, Japan Airlines (JAL) - operated by J-Air, Mesa Airlines
Special characteristics or variants
There were three variants planned,
M70 - (MRJ70) seats 70 to 80; initial variant, cancelled and replaced with M100
M90 - (MRJ90) seats 86 to 96; larger version of initial variant
M100 - seats 76 to 86; revised design to accommodate US scope clauses
As far as I can tell, no planned pure cargo variant.
Optional: Links or references
Mitsubishi SpaceJet - Wikipedia