Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. said Friday it will freeze its development of Japan's first domestically manufactured passenger jet, hit by repeated delays and the global coronavirus pandemic.The freeze comes as the pandemic has changed the aviation industry landscape with air travel demand almost evaporating. It also deals a serious blow to the country's long-held desire to build a commercial airplane for the first time in half a century since making turboprop planes."We are taking a pause" in the development of the Mitsubishi SpaceJet, President Seiji Izumisawa said during an online pres…READ FULL ARTICLE
