MIAMI – Canadian manufacturer Bombardier is rolling out the final Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) from their plant in Mirabel, Quebec. Bombardier sold the line of regional jets to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) in a deal finalized this past June.
The CRJ has been produced in its various iterations since 1991, and has been a staple in the short haul market. While production of the -100 and -200 variants stopped in 2006, the CRJ-700 series (consisting of the -700, -550, -900, and -1000 variants) has been built from 1999 until now.
Japan’s Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation plans to integrate the CRJ series into their existing Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) ‘Spacejet’ program.