Although the baseline 76-seat MRJ variant has always been part of Mitsubishi's family plan, the formal decision to launch the running mate's development reflects increased optimism within the company's leadership that the long-delayed overall program is finally on track to meet a more realistic schedule. However, with deliveries of the initial 88-seat version pushedback to 2020 following a fifth delay announced almost 16 months ago, the move also indicates a growing sense of urgency to get both models into commercial service by the end of 2021."We've been given the green light to go ahead and launch the [MRJ70] program," says MRJ Chief Development Officer Alexander Bellamy. "The leadership at Mitsubishi Aircraft andMitsubishi Heavy Industries made that investment because they have seen the progress we've made on the MRJ90. The fact that we tracked to schedule for the last year and they see we are hitting the numbers means they [are comfortable with moving] on to the next thing, which, for me personally, is a major achievement from where we were.
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机译：尽管基线76座MRJ变体一直是三菱家族计划的一部分，但正式启动对跑伴侣的开发决定反映了公司领导层对长期推迟的总体计划终于有望步入更现实的时间表感到乐观。但是，随着将近88座飞机的最初交付时间推迟到2020年，即在将近16个月前宣布第五次延误后，此举也表明越来越迫切地需要在2021年底之前将这两种车型投入商业服务。 r n “ MRJ首席开发官Alexander Bellamy说，“我们已经获得了开绿灯，可以启动[MRJ70]程序。” “三菱飞机公司和 r n三菱重工的领导层之所以进行这项投资，是因为他们看到了我们在MRJ90方面取得的进步。事实上，我们跟踪了去年的计划，他们看到我们正在达到目标表示他们[适应]进行下一件事情，对我个人而言，这是我们所处地区的一项重大成就。
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