At this year's Abu Dhabi International Defense Show and Dubai Airshow, we exhibited a model of our U20, in fact, we called it the model of the Y-20 B at that time, and in Dubai, we directly typed it, this is the Y-20 B E, and as soon as this model is added E, it is clear that he is going to export.
At this time, Embraer and Saudi Arabia are moving forward on the cooperation of the C-390 transport aircraft, Brazil is really selling these things, he has now gone through the upper level of Saudi relations, the two sides are moving down, and the short-term goal of Embraer and Saudi military industry is to sell C-390 Tactical transport aircraft, at the same time they want to establish a certain type of maintenance capabilities, the long-term goal is to simply build such a production line and maintenance and repair operation center in Saudi Arabia, with Saudi Arabia as a point, to promote C-390 in the Middle East.
The C-390 is a good alternative to the American C-130 H tactical transport aircraft, to be honest. The twin-engine C-390 is indeed inferior to our Y-20 in terms of its appearance, internal loading size and load capacity, but its future market prospects are indeed better than ours.
First, we see that its positioning is to replace the American C-130 H transport aircraft, which has a very large potential market. C-130H is something that many countries have, and many countries have this level of transport aircraft, in terms of use, C-390 can better meet the needs of small and medium-sized countries, and there are not many countries that really need a large strategic transport aircraft like the Y-20.
Second, we have to admit that the cost performance of this thing is indeed relatively high, the performance of the C-390 is still good anyway, and after it is packaged, the ** of a plane is less than 1400 million US dollars, and some sources even say that its bare metal ** is less than 100 million US dollars, which is cheaper than Boeing's 737MAX series.
Third, the C-390 was designed from the beginning to take the road of military and civilian use, basically the same as civil aircraft, especially with Airbus 320, the degree of connectivity is very high, then our Yun 20 is a separate model, it is also military, if we export it, we have to engage in a new maintenance system, this thing has to spend part of the investment, and you have to consume a long time, and the cost performance is not as good as C-390.
Fourth, it is still an engine problem, C-390 uses the V2500 engine, the engine performance is actually quite good, and the reliability is relatively high, you see the current Airbus 320 is used in this, this is not a particularly advanced thing, but it is a continental cargo of the world's civil aviation, the accessories are very sufficient, the maintenance system is also quite mature, and the cost performance is high.
So from these points, we can see that our Yun 20 still has a long way to go if it wants to open up the international market.