All Nippon Airways Mileage Club - Mitsubishi RJ late, lost composite wing!

See:

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/09/09/332045/aa09-mitsubishi-unveils-major-changes-to-mrj-programme.html

The plane remains unfrozen for another ten months, and EIS is delayed into 2014. Composite wing is dumped and replaced by aluminum one. The fuselage is also changed, expanding cabin height from 198 to 204 cm and width from 264 to 276 cm. A stretch variant shall be added.

See:

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/09/09/332045/aa09-mitsubishi-unveils-major-changes-to-mrj-programme.html

The plane remains unfrozen for another ten months, and EIS is delayed into 2014. Composite wing is dumped and replaced by aluminum one. The fuselage is also changed, expanding cabin height from 198 to 204 cm and width from 264 to 276 cm. A stretch variant shall be added.

Hmm... wider and taller then comparable regional A/C... :cool: nice to see them moving in that direction ^

Been watching its development for a while... wonder if the 787 delays scared Mitsubishi into using less carbon...

Good comment. I thought about the 787 composite issue as well. That issue became a "lessons learned" for Airbus, which decided to have less large scale use of composites for their upcoming A350.

Those MRJs look quite promising, based on the rendering shown.