Not long ago, at the Dubai Air Show, Boeing got a large order of up to $52 billion, and our C919 was a feather. For this point, Europe and the United States have commented: "Building a big plane is just for fun." ”
But in fact, this time, Boeing received large wide-body aircraft, and the C919 is a short- and medium-haul narrow-body aircraft, how can this be a class?And the C919 has already had 1035 domestic and foreign orders, and now there are four, doesn't this tell the story?
For this $52 billion order, industry insiders bluntly said that this may be a disaster for Boeing.
According to published data, Boeing's parts exports fell by nearly 70 percent due to the loss of the Chinese market, and the production lines of the KC-46 and P-8 were temporarily closed. Some warplanes and planes, due to the loss of orders from China, the production line will be closed by 2025.
Boeing has a blank slate in domestic business, but last year it was 50$5.3 billion in losses, and more than $100 billion in debt. For this reason, they even plan to ** their own headquarters, including the Everett company, all the large passenger aircraft are "big layoffs", and now their production capacity is already very low.
Is the order for 300 large wide-body airliners really a blessing for Boeing?To be precise, it takes at least four years from order to delivery, which also includes a lot of labor and equipment costs.
Coupled with the repeated "air accidents", many airlines around the world have felt fear, and even for a while, Boeing's planes have been "blacked", and the "unqualified" clause in the contract has also been proposed. Therefore, it is still a question whether the deal of 300 wide-body passenger aircraft can be successful.
In response, the New York Times published an article: "At this juncture, Boeing has pinned its hopes on the Chinese market.
Our country's market was once regarded as a "rescue ship", helping many companies to make a comeback, and even those foreign companies did not dare to take it lightly.
Airbus, its biggest competitor compared to Boeing, is clearly aware of how important the Chinese market is. As early as the mid-1980s, it began to localize in China, like some other multinational companies.
According to its official website, Airbus currently employs more than 1,900 people in mainland China and has built the final production line for the A320 family of passenger aircraft in Tianjin, which is the first wide-body passenger aircraft completion and delivery base outside Europe, mainly responsible for the installation, flight test and delivery of passenger cabins.
It wasn't until today that Boeing woke up.
Now, Boeing CEO David Calhoun has openly declared: "We are eager to get orders from China, and we look forward to the visit of the senior ** to open up the Chinese market for us." ”
He even said many times that he wanted to use technology in exchange for the market, and even took out the means of pressing the bottom of the box: the production line was moved to Zhoushan, Zhejiang. Boeing hasn't moved production to China for several years, citing "fears of technology theft."
However, this is not the case, and they have already begun to pay for their arrogance before they have had time to taste the "back-to-back grass", ......
In the most recent results, Boeing had a period of losses of $3 billion, and although it later suffered from real estate, it was unable to make a profit for four consecutive years, and it is unknown how long this situation will last.