Japan Airlines and Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation have signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) to order 32 Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) aircraft, in an order worth ¥150bn ($1.4bn). JAL stated it plans to deploy the MRJ on domestic routes from 2021, operated by J-Air, the group’s 100%-owned regional airline subsidiary.The order is an apparent backtrack on a previously stated lack of interest in the MRJ, as reported in Airline Economics #21’s regional aircraft feature (“The Eternal Debate”, page 62).JAL has also signed a firm order with Embraer for a total of 15 E170 and E190 regional jets, with an additional 12

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