Aircraft dispute escalates!U.S. executives threatened to dismantle the engine if they didn't buy Boeing products
Macron led a delegation to China, and CASC signed an order with Airbus for 160 aircraft worth more than $20 billion.
Airbus won the bid, and the Americans were envious.
In addition to the aircraft order contract signed between Airbus and China, Airbus will build a new production line in Tianjin to manufacture the A320 family, which is expected to be operational in 2025 and reach production of 75 A320 aircraft in 2026.
When Airbus received an order from China, both countries were very jealous, and the United States immediately said that China should not "discriminate" against Boeing, otherwise it would cut off the supply of its engines. In fact, it has not been a day or two for the C919 to "talk ruthlessly", and it is not the first time that Lao Mei has been dealing with this aircraft. Biden wants to cut off the main parts of the C919** by 2020 and wants to suspend its airworthiness certificates. But this move was strongly attacked by American companies, including General Motors, and three years later, China will not stop cooperating with Airbus because of their greetings.
Airbus vs. Boeing in the field of Chinese automobiles.
Boeing was also a great country in China, and in the 1990s, it was the most comfortable airliner manufacturer in China. At an air show in Beijing, Airbus employees presented themselves as "rivals" and arrived at their booth to exchange small gifts, while their employees proudly said, "We are invincible." ”
What happened next showed that Boeing had to pay for its arrogance. In 2017, Chinese airlines purchased more than 300 Boeing passenger planes worth more than $37 billion, but since then, Boeing has not received huge orders from Chinese customers on Chinese airlines. Previously, Boeing had claimed that the United States' various constraints on China had caused them to gradually lose.
However, Airbus, which is relatively backward, continues to expand its market share in China and uses China's huge market space to expand its overall strength. Based on the number of aircraft operated in China, Airbus has a 54% share of the market. In 2022, which has just ended, Airbus provided China with 112 passenger planes, while Boeing only provided 12 passenger aircraft, and there is a big gap between the two. If this statement is followed, Boeing would have been "eliminated" by China a long time ago!
In the global market this year, Airbus surpassed Boeing in both shipments and orders. Some time ago, in the past two years, Boeing has had frequent accidents, which made them very unhappy, and once a Norwegian airline lost hundreds of planes in this air crash.
Instead of buying a Boeing, it is better to "disassemble the engine".
At present, the localization degree of C919 has reached 60%, and there are many important components obtained from foreign introduction and cooperation. For example, the engine adopts the LEAP-1C type of the American CFM, the control device is imported from the United States, and the landing gear is imported from Germany;The fuel and power units are produced in the form of a Sino-American joint venture.
With so many core components and no independent intellectual property rights, it is undoubtedly a huge threat to C919. And among these projects, the most difficult is also the greatest, and it is also the most necessary to invest money. At present, there are no more than six enterprises in the world that have the ability to produce aircraft engines independently, and China, although it started relatively late, has made great progress. A few days ago, the first flight test of the CJ1000A Yangtze River aircraft achieved successful results. According to the plan, the CJ1000A will be certified by 2025 and installed on the C919 by 2030. Therefore, Lao Lei said that if the engine of the C919 stops, it will not pose any threat to them. Not to mention whether American companies have the ability to do so, even if they do, I am afraid that it will only accelerate China's development in the aviation field.
SMIC purchased an EUV lithography machine from ASML in the Netherlands, but it has not been shipped so farAfter all, the United States has done such a thing as "cutting off supply" a long time ago, and its credibility has long been gone. In connection with this, China had a serious air crash last year, so it is only natural that China chose Airbus this time.
Not long ago, Airbus has just completed a new research base in Suzhou, with aerospace and hydrogen energy as the main research fields, and further strengthened exchanges with Chinese airlines to promote the scientific and technological progress of China's aviation industry. In order to crack down on China's high-tech industry and also to get orders from China, the United States often threatens to "cut off supply", but instead accelerates China's independent research and development.
Airbus received a large order for 160 large passenger planes from China some time ago, and the United States is both envious and unable to do anything about it. So, they had to ask China to give them fair treatment, or "cut off" the C919 engine. But this danger will only make us more determined to develop our own products, without transferring the contract with Airbus to Boeing. In China's civil aviation sector, Boeing has been overtaken by Airbus, and its business around the world has also declined. It turns out that "hard mouth" can't get this list, and only by really making brands and processes can we achieve success.