The end of a very long industrial crash is finally looming for the SpaceJet.
Japanese business daily
Nikkei
announced in its Friday edition that conglomerate Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) had decided to bury its aircraft project.
The announcement should take place on October 30 during the presentation of a strategic plan by the group, speculates the newspaper.
All shame drunk, MHI denied the information in a last standstill.
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The
Nikkei
puts forward the shock of the Covid-19 on the global aeronautics market as the reason for stopping.
In reality, this would be almost more of a godsend: it shortens the sufferings of the participants and offers them an excuse to stop the costs.
In particular to the government, which seeks to save face.
Because no one has believed for months, even years, in its viability, except, perhaps, a few senior Japanese officials.
Launched in 2012, the SpaceJet (then called MRJ) was to allow Japanese aeronautics to enter the club
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