C919 welcomes new news! Six test aircraft completed all the test flight tasks, and the forensic work entered the final stage, which means that China's C919 will soon enter the market.
According to the public situation, the main test areas are in Shanghai, Shaanxi, Gansu, Shandong, Jiangxi, Inner Mongolia and other places. Therefore, after more than a decade of research and development, China C919 will finally usher in a historic moment of delivering users.
However, many people saw the news of C919 and suddenly thought of a question, that is, in July, the mainland reported that the "aircraft super order", a number of domestic airlines ordered foreign aircraft, what is the situation?
Why not use China's domestically produced large aircraft directly? This is indeed a question, let's take a look at the situation. The first step is to first understand this domestic large aircraft.
How strong is China's domestically produced large aircraft C919?
The C919 aircraft is actually said to be a "domestic large aircraft", which must be that the mainland has independent intellectual property rights, indeed, the aircraft is an aircraft built by the mainland in accordance with international advanced standards.
Once China's C919 enters the market, it will inevitably bring about a "deadlock" in the international aircraft market, which is equivalent to more competitors in the aircraft market.
According to public data, China's C919 aircraft - length of 38 meters, wingspan of 35.8 meters, height of about 12 meters, its standard endurance of 4075 kilometers, if calculated in a single voyage, C919 once put into use, into the mainland market, it will inevitably be able to completely cover all domestic routes, that is, the distance of any route can be satisfied.
At the same time, according to the data that has been disclosed, the basic model of the C919 has about 168 seats, which also meets the standards of international medium-sized airliners.
So, very good. And in terms of performance layout, it is also very good. For example, advanced aerodynamic design technologies such as advanced aerodynamic layout and a new generation of supercritical wings are adopted, and a large number of advanced technologies and materials are also available to ensure the comfort, safety and reliability of the aircraft.
In the fuselage structure, a large number of composite materials are also used, which also has the ability to reduce noise when the aircraft is flying.
According to relevant data, the unique environmental protection design of the C919 is expected to reduce the carbon emissions of the C919 by more than 50% compared with the same type of aircraft, that is, it is more environmentally friendly.
Therefore, in general, C919 is not only very technologically advanced, but also makes great contributions to the development of environmental protection.
Of course, many people see the parts of C919, may say, it is domestic, why are there foreign parts?
Isn't that a "punch in the face"? This is actually a misunderstanding. It would be completely wrong to judge parts alone, as an aircraft has more than 5 million parts, and no company can produce them all on its own. We don't want to hear about any country's aircraft, that is, completely domestic, which is completely impossible.
The world is a community, and each country has its own advanced technology, so it is the general situation that integrates the most advanced technology and relies on its own design, its own technological layout, etc.
After the completion of the six C919 test aircraft, why does the mainland buy aircraft from other countries?
Indeed, in July 2022, The mainland announced orders from three major airlines – China Southern Airlines, Air China and China Eastern Airlines – and signed "super contracts" with European aircraft giant Airbus respectively, purchasing a total of 292 aircraft orders totaling about 249.6 billion yuan.
This transaction is the largest number and the highest order amount of aircraft purchase orders in the history of the three major airlines, and it is also the first large-scale passenger aircraft order announced by China's civil aviation industry in the past three years.
So, this incident is quite rare. At the moment when the domestic large aircraft C919 ushered in "full flight", it seems to be the same as "hitting a rake upside down". Why not buy the domestic large aircraft "C919" directly?
In fact, there is a meaning of buying an airplane here, that is, to "make up for the shortcomings" of the aircraft market. For example: the replacement of new and old aircraft, no new aircraft, how to eliminate the old aircraft, secondly, the demand for the aircraft market in all walks of life has increased, cargo transportation and so on also need aircraft, etc., which are all needed to make up for the aircraft. Is it not good to use the domestic large aircraft C919 directly? The idea is indeed good.
Everyone has also seen that Only six test aircraft of China's domestic large aircraft C919 have completed the comprehensive test flight task, and they are still in the final stage of evidence collection, so what does that mean?
The C919 cannot fill the Chinese market with its current conditions. At the same time, even if some of the domestic large aircraft C919 has entered the market, and the demand of the three major mainland airlines is so large, in terms of output, it is completely unable to keep up. Therefore, it is impossible to produce it all at once, that is, it can be mass-produced and applied on a large scale.
Therefore, even if the six test aircraft of the C919 are completed, it does not conflict at all with the purchase of aircraft by the three major airlines in the mainland. Of course, in the future, when the mainland's domestic large aircraft C919 completes the normal development process, the proportion of domestic aircraft that may be occupied will also increase step by step, which is a matter of time.
Of course, there is also good news here, that is, the mainland's domestic large aircraft C919 has not yet flown on a large scale. But its orders have long been out, that is, the C919 has received orders for more than 800 domestic and foreign customers. Therefore, this is a good thing for domestic large aircraft, and it has been recognized by the market.
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With the continuous news of the domestic large aircraft C919, this also means that the full flight of the continental aircraft is getting closer and closer to running around the world. Therefore, after entering the market, we can feel the style of domestic large aircraft in advance, and we also expect domestic large aircraft to get better and better.