The Singapore Airshow 2024 officially kicked off on 20 February and concluded on 25 February.
China has come up with C919 with independent intellectual property rights to participate in the debut, originally taking advantage of this opportunity to better show the strength of China's civil aviation aircraft and obtain international orders.
But I never thought that until the end of the air show, all domestic orders were received, but not a single order was received internationally.
So why does China's C919 civil aircraft have no international orders?
In 2007, the manufacture of the C919 for civil aviation began.
After ten years of manufacturing and research and development, the first flight was achieved in 2017, which moved countless Chinese people.
In September 2022, the C919 successfully passed all aspects of the airworthiness certification work, and the Civil Aviation Administration of China directly issued the type certificate.
In December 2022, the C919 large passenger aircraft was delivered directly to the airline, which means that it can be officially put into service.
The C919 is more economical, comfortable and environmentally friendly than other aircraft, and can meet the operational needs of different routes.
Not only that, the materials used in the C919 are more advanced materials and aerodynamic design, which can save carbon and fuel more than other aircraft.
In May 2023, the C919 achieved its first commercial flight, which was recognized by many industry insiders.
For this reason, the emergence of C919 also directly monopolized the two passenger aircraft companies, Airbus and Boeing.
And C919 has also become a new favorite in the domestic market.
So I took out the C919 to participate in the Singapore air show, after all, the response in China is so good, I think it will be popular in the international community.
Unexpectedly, when the air show closed, there was no international order, and most of the orders were from domestic.
It can be seen that the aircraft made in China are still supported by their own people after all.
The reasons why C919 is not welcomed internationally have gradually been analyzed.
It may have a lot to do with the intricacies of international politics.
It is important to know that in addition to economic issues, a country will also consider the international political relations between the two countries when choosing an aircraft.
Most people know that the most common passenger airlines are either Airbus or Boeing, and the two aircraft manufacturers are one in Europe and the other in the United States.
You must know that European and American countries are still relatively afraid of many countries in the world.
Coupled with the rapid development of our country in recent years, European and American countries are afraid of shaking their position, and for this reason, some industries in our country are constantly suppressed.
The appearance of China's civil aviation at this air show may only be heartwarming for many countries, and it cannot act for the time being.
In addition, Airbus and Boeing's passenger aviation is the choice of many countries after all, and the manufacturer's technology must be relatively mature, and the aircraft performance must be more perfect.
You must know that a passenger flight is expensive, so many countries must give preference to the former in the face of choice.
After all, no one wants to pay for a rising star.
More importantly, China's C919 does not yet have a service network all over the world, and there are many aspects that are not enough to be used internationally.
Another problem is that although C919 is the first aircraft produced by China with independent intellectual property rights, most of the key components on the aircraft are still purchased from the United States.
For example, parts, engines, and flight control systems.
You must know that many of these key components are still in the hands of American manufacturers, which is a very dangerous thing.
Once others don't sell parts to China, then China C919 will not be able to be produced.
This is undoubtedly a risky move for some countries that are in dire need of passenger flights.
In addition to the problems listed above, there is a particularly real problem.
That is, China's airworthiness certificate is not necessarily applicable internationally.
Although the C919 has passed the audit of the China Aviation Administration, the Chinese airworthiness certificate has not been internationally recognized to a large extent.
In other words, China's airworthiness certificate is very likely to be invalid abroad, resulting in the aircraft not being able to take off.
In the world, there are only three companies that are qualified to issue global airworthiness certificates, namely the CCAR certified by the Civil Aviation Administration of China, the FAA certified by the FAA, and the EASA certified by ESA.
It is not easy to get the airworthiness certificate of European and American countries, after all, European and American countries have always wanted to suppress China's development in the international community.
So this is one of the biggest reasons why the C919 has no international orders.
Although the C919 has not obtained the international airworthiness certificate, there are still many countries that recognize China's aircraft.
Up to now, China's C919 has passed the airworthiness standards of 27 countries, and has also signed bilateral airworthiness agreements.
It is believed that in the near future, C919 will truly become a new star of international passenger aviation.
This time, although the Singapore Airshow did not receive international orders, it also received a lot of domestic orders, becoming the most popular large passenger aircraft in China.
As long as the functions of the aircraft are constantly improved, the advantages of C919 will definitely be seen by the world.
In order to be able to manufacture aircraft with higher performance, as early as December 2023, COMAC also signed a cooperation agreement with ** Airlines.
The main direction of this cooperation is to jointly develop a large aircraft plateau model.
The large aircraft plateau model is also developed on the basis of C919.
For this reason, on the day of the opening of the air show, ** Airlines directly signed 40 C919 plateau models.
The main problem of the plateau model is that the aircraft is located on the plateau.
We all know that ** is the plateau area of our country, where the air is very thin, which is a great safety hazard for the lifting of ordinary aircraft.
Before the C919 came out, the plateau routes about China were also monopolized by Boeing and Airbus.
Nowadays, the development of the C919 plateau version will eventually break the monopoly of Europe and the United States, so as to realize the spread of China's passenger aviation in all aspects throughout the country.
Not only that, with C919, China has also derived a lot of first-class models on this basis.
Among them, at the Singapore Airshow, in addition to the C919, which is the most basic international display, the long-range wide-body passenger aircraft C929 was also displayed.
Although no relevant international orders have been received so far at this air show, it has fully demonstrated China's strength and development in passenger aviation.
It also fully demonstrated China's research and achievements in scientific research, so that the world could see China's scientific and technological strength, and also completely broke the monopoly of European and American countries.
It is believed that in the near future, China's C919 will be able to occupy a place in international passenger aviation in the future.
C919 is very popular in China, but at the air show in Singapore, not a single international order was received, only orders from China.
You must know that there is a lot of hope for the C919 to be displayed this time, and such a result will inevitably be disappointing.
But in any case, this is also a major breakthrough in China, and I believe that the existence of C919 has had a certain impact on Boeing and Airbus to a certain extent. **10,000 Fans Incentive Plan
Although the debut did not get the expected results, it fired the first shot of anti-monopoly in the world, and it can be regarded as a defeat but a glory.