In early July, my country's three major airlines purchased a total of 292 A320 aircraft from French Airbus for a total of more than US$37 billion, equivalent to RMB 240 billion.
As soon as this news came out, it caused a heated discussion. The American Boeing Company is simply the most painful. Such a large order has actually gone to a competitor. This is simply unbearable. So why doesn’t China What about purchasing American aircraft and not purchasing domestically produced C919?
France's Airbus said that China's aviation market has broad prospects and rapid momentum, and there is huge potential for expansion in the future.
The Chinese airlines that purchased aircraft from Airbus of France are China Southern Airlines , Air China, and Shanghai Eastern Airlines. China Eastern Airlines is also the first airline to purchase domestically produced C919s. The purchase order is 100 aircraft. This time The purchase orders from three Chinese airlines have become the largest ever for French Airbus.
Airbus happily announced this news on its official website. American Boeing was simply furious. The American media also began to make various reports. People were wondering what the considerations were based on when signing this contract.
The American media expressed their opinion that the U.S. trade war has made China less favorable to American companies. This was caused by the U.S. government, and as a result, American companies were also affected. Now it’s better. China would rather buy planes from American Boeing competitors than Boeing planes.
This is obvious, that is, China dislikes the United States for not abiding by the rules and being unethical. It always suppresses Chinese companies and uses unscrupulous means. It also imposes various restrictions on Chinese companies, including core restriction orders, blocking lithography machines, , etc. , various actions have shown that the United States is unfriendly to China, not to mention that American Boeing aircraft have suffered serious crashes in recent years, so why does China want to buy American aircraft?
China's move sent a signal to the United States that China can buy anything it wants from outside the United States, perhaps including products in other fields.
Boeing even showed a very fierce attitude towards the signing of this large order to French Airbus, saying that Boeing was very disappointed because Boeing has indeed had a half-century-long cooperation with China Airlines.
And Boeing also raised this point this time, believing that the US government should have a good dialogue with the Chinese government. After all, China is the largest aviation market in the world. If China loses this big piece of cake, Boeing will compete with Airbus. The wind quickly fell into the wind.
However, in Boeing's efforts to win business with China in recent years, its competition with France's Airbus has been insufficient. What makes Boeing even more unsettled is that many foreign companies are turning to Airbus for cooperation.
For example, Australia's largest airline and Singapore Airlines have begun to terminate their contracts with Boeing in the United States and signed contracts with Airbus in France. The main reason is that Boeing's safety has made the world question it, and a crisis of trust has emerged , in this case, it is also very difficult to get a big order.
Moreover, Boeing has avoided the serious issue, not looking directly at the safety issue or even avoiding talking about it. It just blames the US government and the Chinese government for not having a good relationship, causing it to lose the order. In fact, it is biased to say that if the safety of the aircraft There is no doubt that airlines from other countries will follow suit and switch to Airbus.
Boeing's business volume has begun to decline. Comparing the number of delivery orders completed in 2021, the American Boeing Company delivered 340 aircraft, while the French Airbus delivered more than 610 aircraft. This number has begun to increase significantly. Due to the distance, Boeing is no longer stable. If this situation continues, Boeing's booming momentum may be affected, and it will take a long time to return to the peak of orders.
So why haven’t our country’s airlines purchased domestically produced C919 aircraft?
Many netizens who have read the introduction about this aircraft know very well that in terms of the supply of parts and core components of this aircraft, more American companies are involved, and most of the suppliers are American aircraft manufacturers. If we continue To purchase C919, according to the previous order list, many parts and systems must be purchased from American suppliers. It is unknown whether the United States will have a stuck neck like the photolithography machine, but it is not impossible.
my country’s C919 is also 100% domestically produced. It is estimated that complete localization will be an inevitable trend in the future. However, when it comes to purchasing passenger aircraft, it is more appropriate for these airlines to choose French Airbus. After all, it can be more It was delivered early, and it is a mature model. It has also cooperated with my country's aviation industry for many years, and its trust level is relatively high.
French Airbus was overjoyed to receive a huge order from China, and orders for from Qantas and Singapore Airlines have also begun to be signed. This represents a benchmark in the aviation industry. If Airbus continues to control and improve the quality of its aircraft, it can ensure If the aircraft is delivered with high quality, more orders will be transferred to Airbus.
I don’t know what the U.S. government will think when seeing this situation, and I don’t know whether it will exchange views with the Chinese government on aircraft issues as Boeing hopes.
But the gratifying thing is that my country's prosperous aviation industry has given the country more initiative and the right to choose whoever it wants to cooperate with. This is very happy news.
