Domestic large aircraft have always attracted much attention, and since it was officially put into commercial operation this year, C919 has attracted special attention.
In addition to paying attention to the flight of C919, we will also pay attention to C919, after all, the level of ** has a relatively large impact on the competitiveness of C919.
Recently, Air China issued the "Announcement on the Resolution of the 14th Meeting of the Sixth Board of Supervisors", which is mainly about the company's compliance with the conditions for issuing A shares to specific objects.
According to the proposal, Air China plans to issue A-shares** to specific targets to raise a total of no more than 6 billion yuan, of which 4.2 billion yuan will be used to purchase aircraft projects.
This aircraft procurement project is planned to introduce 17 aircraft, with a total investment of 757.1 billion yuan.
As for the type of aircraft purchased, Air China did not mention it in the announcementHowever, according to Singapore's "Lianhe Zaobao", Air China recently issued the latest announcement, which disclosed the plan to purchase the domestic large aircraft C919 and **.
According to Air China's plan, they plan to purchase 17 aircraft in 2024, including six C919s and 11 ARJ21s.
Judging from what was revealed by Lianhe Zaobao, the latest ** of C919 has been raised to 10.8 billion US dollars, which is about 7About 700 million RMB.
In 2022, China Eastern Airlines signed a procurement contract with COMAC, and the unit price of C919 was 0$9.9 billion, or about $7 at the exchange rate at the time200 million RMB (RMB catalogue unit price is 6.)5.3 billion yuan).
In September 2023, China Eastern Airlines also announced a sale and purchase agreement with COMAC, when China Eastern Airlines purchased 100 C919s from COMAC for a total amount of 9.9 billion US dollars, which is equivalent to 0$9.9 billion, which is about $7About 100 million RMB.
But in just three months, the price of C919 has increased from 0$9.9 billion rose to $10.8 billion US dollars, and the price is ** 9 million US dollars.
As a new large aircraft C919, although it has attracted much attention, many airlines are still in a wait-and-see state, in this context, the first set is lower, perhaps it can get more customer recognition, and it can bring more orders in the short term.
However, C919 was suddenly raised, so many netizens were worried that after the increase, C919 would still be competitive?Can you compete with the equivalent aircraft of Airbus and Boeing?
Actually, you don't have to worry about this problem.
First, even if the C919 is raised**, the price is still lower than that of Airbus and Boeing's equivalent models.
The C919 is aimed at Boeing's 737 and Airbus' A320, and the current Boeing 737 is priced at about 1$2.2 billion, while the unit price of the Airbus A320 is about $1$1.1 billion, these two aircraft are still selling for a bit higher than the C919, so the C919 still has a certain advantage in **.
Second, C919 has a high cost performance.
As a new large aircraft, the C919 adopts many new technologies and new designs, and has many advantages over the Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 in many functions.
On the one hand, the C919 fuselage uses a lot of new materials, which can reduce air resistance by 5%, thereby reducing fuel consumption, and is also less noisy.
On the other hand, the C919 uses state-of-the-art technology, and its degree of automation is significantly higher than that of the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737.
The cabin width of the C919 is wider than that of the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737, and the passenger experience and comfort are better, and the cargo capacity is also better than that of Boeing and Airbus.
On the whole, as a rising star, C919 has great advantages in many performances, but it is lower than the same models as Airbus and Boeing, and its cost performance is very high.
Third, C919 has accumulated thousands of orders, and there is no need to worry about customers.
The price of C919 has increased by several million US dollars, equivalent to tens of millions of yuan, which is really unbearable for ordinary customers.
But you don't have to worry about the order of C919So far, the number of orders for the C919 has exceeded 1,000, and the production capacity of the C919** plant is only a few dozen aircraft per year, and even if the production capacity is expanded in the future, the annual production capacity is estimated to be about 150 aircraft.
The orders in hand alone take at least 10 years to digest, so C919 does not have to worry about the problem of no orders because of ***.
The most important thing is that China, as the world's second largest economy and the world's largest populous country, still has great potential for China's aviation market in the future.
Combining various factors, even if the C919 is raised, it still has greater competitiveness, and still has its own unique advantages in the process of competing with Airbus and Boeing.