The new center is expected to create about 100 jobs in the first year of its operation, Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp said in a statement.

Earlier this year, the company agreed to buy Bombardier's money-losing CRJ regional jet business for $550 million in cash to gain access to a global maintenance and support base that could help in SpaceJet sales.

Reuters had reported that the center would support the development of Mitsubishi's smaller Spacejet model, the 65- to 76-seat M100 jet, in collaboration with sites in Japan and Seattle.

(Reporting by Arundhati Sarkar in Bengaluru; Editing by Anil D'Silva)