The PW1000G is due to enter service in 2013 powering two new short-haul aircraft being built by Mitsubishi and Bombardier.

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On average, the short-haul aircraft used by Southwest, a budget carrier based in Dallas, do that half a dozen times a day year in, year out.

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At the Paris Air Show Mitsubishi Aircraft launched a marketing blitz for the MRJ, trying hard to get attention and orders in what an increasingly competitive market for medium-sized, short haul passenger jet aircraft.

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The Turkish Airlines jet that crashed in Amsterdam was a Boeing 737-800, one of the newest variants of an aircraft type which is synonymous with short-haul air travel the world over.

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Embraer, a Brazilian aircraft manufacturer, recently set up a joint venture to build short-haul jets in China, but sales have not measured up to expectations.

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