Mitsubishi or Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is a Japanese corporation and the current owner of the CRJ commercial aircraft program. This program was acquired from the Canadian manufacturer Bombardier, that it itself acquired from Canadair. CRJ stands for 'Canadian Regional Jet' and is large family of regional jets all with similar design traits including rear-mounted jet engines, a 'T-tail' vertical stabilizer, and an overall low-to-the-ground design enabling it to be boarded & de-boarded without external sitars or a jet-bridge (much like regional turbo-prop aircraft). The jet engines also meant that CRJ aircraft were much faster then their turboprop counterparts allowing them to complete routes at higher altitudes and faster speeds. Mitsubishi does not produce CRJ aircraft and only maintains the program for current owners and operators.
The following models are currently not found on PhotoHangar.ca:
CRJ-440 - A sub-variant identical in every aspect to the CRJ-100/200 but with 44 seats to comply with certain scope clauses.
CRJ-1000(ER/LR) - The largest variant and last expansion of the 'CRJ' family of regional aircraft.
