Last week, Air China said it would buy 100 C919 aircraft from COMAC for $10.8 billion. Then, China Southern Airlines also said that it would buy 100 C919 aircraft from COMAC for $9.9 billion, and sell 200 in a week.
Previously, China Eastern Airlines also placed an order for 100 C919 aircraft, with a price of 9.9 billion US dollars, and it can be said that the three major airlines have bought 300 aircraft from COMAC.
In fact, COMAC's orders are far more than these, and it is said that the cumulative number of orders received has reached more than 1,000 aircraft, with an order amount of more than 100 billion US dollars, which is close to one trillion yuan when converted into RMB.
Many people said that domestic large aircraft have risen, C919 is already a threat to the position of Boeing and Airbus, and the pattern of the civil aviation market monopolized by the two giants has been broken.
Of course, if you want to say that, it's true, it's broken, after all, these markets were Boeing and Airbus before, and now they have been robbed so much by COMAC's C919.
However, we must be clear that Boeing and Airbus currently sold more than 1,200 units last year, and in terms of market share, domestic large aircraft are still far behind.
And the key to this is that because of the airworthiness certificate, most of the domestic large aircraft are only sold in China, although Boeing, Airbus has a greater impact, but it is not a threat, to really talk about the threat, there are still 2 certifications.
The first certification is to the European Aviation Safety Agency's certification of C919, because without this certification, then the domestic C919 cannot fly to any area related to the European Union. According to media reports, this certification work has been promoted, but it may not be until 2026 at the earliest, if there is any accident, then this certification will not be obtained in 2026.
The second certification is that of the Federal Aviation Administration. Without this certification, it will not be possible to sell in the United States, and it will not be possible to fly to the United States, and this certification will be more difficult and take longer to obtain than the EU certification.
You know, at present, there are many countries and airlines in the world that belong to the European Union and the United States, if you can't get a certificate, these little brothers will not buy large aircraft made in China, and it is difficult for domestic large aircraft to go abroad, so they can only be sold and flown in China.
So it's not black or blowing, before you get these two certifications, the threat to Boeing and Airbus is really not big, at most it can only be regarded as a little impact, only after you get this certificate, the world can fly, then C919 will go abroad in an all-round way, and it will be a threat to Boeing and Airbus, what do you think?
In addition, it should also be noted that at present, there are only C919 domestic large aircraft, and C929 does not know when it will be launched, while Boeing and Airbus have many aircraft models, and there is still a lot of room for improvement in commercial aviation.