U.S. Republican Senator Graham led a delegation to Taiwan in April to demand that Taiwan buy U.S.-made Boeing airliners, when the Tsai administration denied being forced to sell them, but China Airlines, which has an official stake, recently announced that it would spend about 140 billion Taiwan dollars to buy 16 Boeing 787 aircraft. The outside world questioned the Tsai government's inability to resist the pressure exerted by the United States, so it had to accept it all.
In April, U.S. Republican Senator Graham led a group to publicly demand that the Tsai administration buy 24 U.S.-made Boeing airliners. At the time, the Tsai administration also deliberately removed the conversation from Chinese press release.
More than four months later, China Airlines, which holds more than 50% of the official shares, announced that it will spend about 140 billion Taiwan dollars to purchase 16 Boeing 787 airliners, plus 8 optional rights, and then can be exchanged for other models, and the total number is exactly the same as the requirements of the US side.
Taiwan's "Minister of Transportation" Wang Guocai:
There's no pressure, because the plane comes in and it's going to be operating for a long time, and it's not going to be made for short-term stress, so they did choose this model in the assessment in the past few years.
Taiwanese officials deny being forced to sell, but the outside world questions that the Boeing 787 passenger plane has been exposed to production defects, and china Airlines' previous main fleet was dominated by European Airbus airliners, and now suddenly turned to the purchase of Boeing airliners, which inevitably makes people have associations related to U.S. pressure.
Taiwan financial expert Wang Jiemin:
From the past to the present, as long as it is to balance Sino-US trade, China Airlines will be forced to buy Boeing aircraft, and China Airlines is strategically more willing to continue to expand the A350 crew. I don't think about it this time, definitely because of the pressure from the United States.
Taiwan's aviation industry pointed out that the more complex the type of aircraft operated, the higher the cost of maintenance training, but due to political pressure, China Airlines can only accept it.
Source: Phoenix TV Huang Jiateng, Ke Zhiqiang Reported from Taipei
Edit: Motoyama