https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_737_MAX
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A320neo_family
China’s aviation market is expected to overtake the US as the world’s largest by 2022, and the country is estimated to need over 7,000 planes in the next 20 years.
Historically Chinese state owned airlines purchased planes from Boeing and Airbus. As part of Made in China 2025 initiative it sees aviation as a strategic industry. China wants its commercial aircraft to supply 10 per cent of the domestic market and its jetliners to account for up to 20 per cent of the global market by 2025.
State owned Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac) latest incarnation, Comac’s C919 programme, was launched in 2008. But while the plane represents a huge step forward for China’s aviation industry, and has received over 800 orders and options to buy, the fact that it is not expected to enter operation until at least 2021 and that only 50 per cent of the components are domestically produced puts it some distance away from the goals of the MIC2025 plan. Among the obstacles the country faces in becoming an aviation power are its lack of expertise in avionics, materials technology and aerodynamics, and most crucially, engines
The C919 currently runs on engines from CFM International, a joint venture between GE Aviation of the US and France’s Safran Aircraft Engines.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CFM_International_LEAP
To make the switch to a domestic engine, Beijing invested $14.4 billion in 2016 under the MIC2025 plan to establish Aero Engine Corporation of China (AECC), which will build the CJ-1000A turbofan jet engine to power the C919.
To make the switch to a domestic engine, Beijing invested $14.4 billion in 2016 under the MIC2025 plan to establish Aero Engine Corporation of China (AECC), which will build the CJ-1000A turbofan jet engine to power the C919.
China also have joint-venture between Comac and Russian United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), to challenge the Airbus and Boeing duopoly with the CRAIC CR929. This aircraft is scheduled for release in 2027. As Russia have significant aviation experience and can help China accelerate their aviation dreams.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CRAIC_CR929
China is playing the long game, it’s not just about the MIC2025 plan. China is looking at the next 20, 30 or 40 years.
China is playing the long game, it’s not just about the MIC2025 plan. China is looking at the next 20, 30 or 40 years.
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