Eastern Air Lines (2009) (Miami International) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation (Nagoya Chubu) at the ongoing Farnborough International Airshow 2014 for twenty M90s with purchase rights for an additional twenty airframes.

Both parties are expected to conclude a definitive agreement in the near future which would then set a precise date for deliveries to commence - expected to be around 2019.

The Japanese manufacturer also announced that it will hold the MRJ's North American test flights at Moses Lake during the second quarter of next year. The first aircraft is expected to enter commercial service in 2017.

Mitsubishi says it currently has 325 MRJ aircraft on order which includes 15 firm orders and 10 options from local operator, ANA - All Nippon Airways (NH, Tokyo Haneda), 50 firm and 50 options with Trans States Holdings in the US, and 100 firm orders and 100 options with SkyWest Airlines (OO, Salt Lake City).