Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp., the maker of Japan’s first passenger jet, said it expects 30% of orders for the plane to come from Europe as it challenges Bombardier Inc. and Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica SA.
“We have a good feeling about Europe,” Hideo Egawa, president of the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. unit, said in an interview in Tokyo on June 25. “A lot of airlines have shown an interest there.”
The planemaker, which has as many as 125 orders so far for its Mitsubishi Regional Jet, plans to open a sales office in Europe as early as this year and is considering building a 100- seat version of the aircraft to win customers in the region. Chinese and Russian planemakers are also challenging Embraer and Bombardier with regional jets as part of plans to create global competitive aerospace industries.
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