Regarding the purchase of 292 Airbus A320NEO aircraft by three Chinese airlines from Airbus , according to Reuters , the US Boeing Company expressed "disappointment" on the 1st local time, claiming that "geopolitical differences Continue to restrict the export of U.S. aircraft" and urged "productive dialogue" between the United States and China.
Reuters: Boeing expressed disappointment after China's three major airlines purchased 300 Airbus aircraft
Before Boeing made this statement, on July 1, China Eastern Airlines, Air China The three airlines, China Southern Airlines , purchased 100, 96, and 96 aircraft respectively from the European aircraft manufacturer Airbus for a total of 292 Airbus A320NEO aircraft, with a total amount of US$37.257 billion.
Airbus A320NEO aircraft
A320NEO is an improved model of the Airbus A320 series aircraft. Thanks to cabin optimization and further improvement of the engine, the single-seat fuel efficiency of the Airbus A320NEO series aircraft is 20% higher than that of the A320 series. The NEO in the series name is the abbreviation of New Engine Option, which is the new engine option.
In order to develop the country's civil aviation business, Chinese airlines cooperate with well-known international civil aviation companies in normal procurement projects, but it has attracted great attention from the US media.
Bloomberg USA’s article on the 1st was titled “ Airbus wins US$37 billion Chinese jet deal’s impact on Boeing Company”, which directly pointed out the huge impact of China-Europe procurement contract on Boeing Company in the United States. impact.
Screenshot of Bloomberg report
A few days ago, an article on the US Politico website seemed to want to use smearing Airbus to find excuses for Boeing's declining market share in China. The title of the article was actually "European Union Airbus has deep ties with China's military-industrial complex, report says" and said that although Boeing's aircraft sales in China were affected by the U.S.-China trade war under former U.S. President Trump A blow, but Airbus has had more success in China. Since entering the Chinese market in the mid-1980s, Airbus has completed localization like several other multinational companies. According to a new report from American consulting firm Horizon Advisory, Airbus has chosen to build its only non-European wide-body A330 passenger aircraft final assembly line in Tianjin.
In this regard, some people believe that the American media is full of "envy, jealousy and hatred" for Airbus's development in China, and thus the so-called "European companies have connections with the Chinese military-industrial complex" is completely unreasonable hype and simply worthless. barge. Factors such as product performance are an important basis for Chinese airlines to choose to cooperate with Airbus. The US media does not reflect on Boeing's problems in aircraft performance, safety and other aspects, but blindly hypes the relationship between China and Europe from a geopolitical perspective. Civil aviation procurement cooperation cannot solve the practical dilemma of declining market share in China.
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