72 billion orders were reinvested, the American giants had no choice but to lose, and the Chinese market was difficult to recover
Before China's independent research and development of the C919 aircraft, the world could only carry Boeing and Airbus civil aircraft. It can be said that China's huge civil airliner market is dominated by Boeing and Airbus"Divide up"Finish. Boeing believed that it could continue to make money in the Chinese market, and the C919 domestic passenger aircraft was successfully developed and began commercial flights.
Now, China has once again launched an order of 72 billion for 100 large aircraft, and wants to return to Boeing's Chinese market"Nothing", these aircraft orders were again placed to the domestic C919.
The American giant Boeing was disappointed.
There is no doubt that Boeing is a giant in the field of civil aviation, and nearly half of the global market share is owned by Boeing"In the bag"In Boeing's view, the huge Chinese market is also Boeing"It's inevitable"But Boeing has not started!The author believes that since the problem of Boeing 737 MAX, Boeing has not been very popular in the Chinese market, and after the emergence of domestic C919, Boeing has left the Chinese market"Farther and farther away"。
The huge size of the Chinese market and the huge potential for future development are in the eyes of all aircraft manufacturers, and Boeing naturally cannot easily give up the Chinese market. To this end, Boeing has not only formulated a strategic plan to return to the Chinese market, but also repeatedly invited the United States to support it.
Earlier, Raimondo visited China, visited Boeing's factory in Chinese mainland, and suggested that China should buy more planes from Boeing. The American ** statement is more direct: if it does not buy Boeing's planes, the United States will have to cut off the C919 engines**.
At present, the production capacity of the C919 is difficult to meet the huge demand of the domestic aviation market, so Chinese civil aviation companies can basically only buy some aircraft from Boeing or Airbus. If China completely bans Boeing from entering the Chinese market, it will be difficult to negotiate when it comes to buying Airbus aircraft.
However, judging from the current situation, although Boeing will not be completely driven out of the Chinese market, it is difficult to be as popular in the Chinese market as before. After all, compared to Boeing aircraft, China's C919 aircraft is clearly more favored by domestic civil aviation companies.
Returning to the Chinese market may be successful, but it is not so easy to estimate if you want to win back the Chinese market, and Boeing, which has suffered setbacks in the Chinese market, seems to be a little disheartened, and Boeing in the United States"Platforms"It shows that Boeing has no confidence to compete with the C919.
The rise of national aircraft.
Objectively, the domestic C919 large aircraft can not meet the needs of the domestic civil aviation market, although the same type of aircraft is more favored by domestic manufacturers, but in the field of long-range wide-body aircraft, China is still one of the countries with the most defects. It is precisely for these reasons that China cannot stop buying Boeing and Airbus aircraft.
But it is undeniable that China's domestic aircraft market is developing rapidly, with 72 billion orders for the C919 and 1,500 shipments worldwide as evidenced by this. After all, many of Boeing and Airbus' aircraft are planned to be produced after 2025, and they do not have many orders.
After the C919 completed its commercial flight, some foreign countries** claimed that China's C919 was not completely domestic, and the engine was produced in the United States. Foreign media hope to suppress the development and achievements of China's large aircraft through this statement, but in fact, this gimmick cannot affect the reputation of the C919 in the domestic and foreign markets.
According to the data released by COMAC, the localization rate of C919 has reached 60%. Although foreign products or technologies are used in the main components such as engines and landing gear, the overall design and assembly of the C919 are completely domestic. In fact, the reason why C919 has not achieved a higher localization rate is not because it can't do it, but because it doesn't want to do it.
Taking the engine as an example, the Yangtze River 1000A engine developed by China is completely comparable to the Safran engine of the C919, and the comprehensive performance is better, and the test flight has been completed. This means that China basically has the engine production capacity required for domestic short-range narrow-body aircraft.
The main reason for not choosing domestic engines is to open up the international market as soon as possible, so that more profits from the production of large aircraft can flow back to China and promote the development of related industries.
In terms of wide-body long-range aircraft, China's CR929 is also under development, from the current research and development situation, it will not take long to start test flights, China has initially mastered the relevant technology, in the performance of the good C919 in front of the front, the performance of CR929 is also expected by many people.
Some time ago, China Eastern Airlines ordered 100 C919 aircraft, which is undoubtedly one of the excellent performances of China's domestic aircraft development, after all, in the case of Boeing wanting to do everything possible to return to the Chinese market, China Eastern Airlines gave the order to C919 and did not give Boeing aircraft, which is obviously a clear statement.
Boeing's plan to return to the Chinese market is likely to fail, after all, China now has more and better options.