China built a 737 MAX replacement. No one wants it...
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Chapters:
Intro - 0:00
The C919's Backlog - 1:43
This Doesn't Make Sense... - 3:00
Problem #1 - 3:39
Problem #2 - 6:39
A Future Competitor - 8:13
Outro - 8:51
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The aviation world is calling out for change. For decades, Boeing and Airbus have functioned as a duopoly, controlling about 90% of the commercial aircraft market. But recently, we’re seen just how problematic that setup can be.
Specifically, Boeing’s recent woes have thrown the industry into chaos. Its safety and quality control issues have hurt its ability to build new planes. And try as they might, Airbus can’t scale its operation quick enough to cover for them. This has forced many airlines to throw out their strategic plans - unable to get their hands on new planes to help them grow.
Now more than ever, the industry needs a third option - a new player that can pick up the slack. But the thing is…that third option kinda already exists. COMAC - China’s homegrown airplane maker - has made it their mission to break the Boeing / Airbus duopoly. But candidly, most people don't even know they exist. And you can’t really blame them - very few carriers have bought their jets, and sales for their flagship C919 have been few and far between.
Now on the surface, this doesn’t seem to make any sense. After all, the C919 is a brand-new, clean-sheet narrowbody that competes head on with the 737 MAX and A320NEO. It’s exactly the kind of plane that airlines need right now. And yet, no one seems to want it. So, what gives? Why isn’t anyone buying the C919? Let me explain…
#boeing #airbus #737max #a320 #c919 #comac 
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I think COMAC built the C919 not to compete with either Boeing or Airbus because the duopoly is simply impossible to break at least in the next few decades. C919 is built for China to gain experience in building big commercial jets with the final goal of becoming less dependent on the US or the EU.
Exactly. Especially as the world shifts multipolar, and seeing how Russia was recently sanctioned. This sends a message to all rival powers to become less dependent on the West.
problem is they can't develop the aircraft ... they lack the ability to build engines, avionics, etc.
@@quicksesh Engines are coming up and in certifications currently. Of course not as advanced, but the goal of C919 is to eventually be able to swap out the engine options and other components for homemade alternatives.
@@dan339dan the issue with China is they can copy things but they lack the ability to develop - their standards in metallurgy is shocking and as far as in house designed electronics they are decades behind .. bear in mind they only bolt together parts from other manufacturers not actually develop anything .. if they are limited to utilising the LEAP 1C variant engine and.or some of the older wide body engines they will still be 20 years behind the curve.
Just like many viewers here, I am of the opinion that China and Russia are building their own planes to move away from the dependency on the west. Considering how weaponized western financial system is, I can see how this trend is going to continue on.
There is an important reason you didn't mention why no one outside China is ordering the C919 - certification. As far as I know, it's only certified in China (and only since 2022). EASA have said certification in Europe will be after 2026 (but haven't said how much after). FAA have not said when US certification might happen - if at all. That's just too much uncertainty for airlines to place orders. At present it can only be flown by Chinese airlines, and only on internal Chinese routes. That's still a pretty huge market to go after. That's the other factor, Cormac don't need to go after international orders right now, and probably won't need to until the end of the decade, and by then the plane could look very different, and hopefully a lot more competitive.
Exactly! How could he have not mentioned this super important point..?
@@TrapKingz. Because in that case he couldn't use a provocative title like "No one wants it".
Domestic airlines in china needs sheer number of aircraft. So comac will be fine
@@TrapKingz.Coz in Western eyes China, or any yellow skin, is a sin. Look at someone in middle East, no western gov blames her doing genocide because, well, they r white. History always repeats herself, it's always one race kill another
It can fly internationally route, to countries that recognize Chinese certification. There are a fair numbers of them in Asia.
It doesn’t need to compete. It’s simply to reduce reliance on the duopoly whilst building a new domestic industry
seriously, given a choice, nobody wants Chinese junk (not even the chinese want their own crap)
Disagree. The Chinese have this "Belt and Road" initiative that was to create partnerships and share ideas, at least that's what the CN Ministry's spokeswoman always says. But in fact it is somewhat of a payday loan shop by funding subpar construction projects, designed and built by chinese workers only to margin call while said projects crumble. The Chinese Government have gotten greedy and look for way to maximize their revenue, as quickly as it can usually at the expense of quality and detail.
How long did it take for China to take over the auto industry??
The Chinese will save billions for the domestic market instead of buying Boeing and Airbus. Plus it protects them from economic sanctions from the USA or NATO.
@@tbirdboy I thought greed is good or did you Americans change that idea hypocritical lt again because.. China?
"No one wants it..." Sure... 11 built, 5 operational, 738 ordered with 120 optional. For a brand new company (that aims to build 150 per year within 5 years) and first model that is not yet certified by EASA and FSA (that takes a lot of time!) those numbers are not bad. Name another starter company in any field that has 5 or 6 years prodution already sold.
I ain’t riding one.
-Xi
China's domestic market is big enough for Comac. Boeing and Airbus would lose a lot of potential future order.
@@morbid747 👍👍👍
Except all of the orders are for the Chinese airlines 😂😂😆
@@cburruss9486 Those Chinese Airlines would need about 8560 commercial aircraft in the next few decades , making it the largest commercial aircraft fleet in the entire Asia Pacific , according to Boeing and various sources. It's just hubris to belittle them..i have watcbed how China developed it's cars since the 1990's , from non existant to copying designs from Japan , Germany US and it's further innovation. Today , it's EV outcompeted others.
Boeing and Airbus might have their own Nokia moment if they are complacent and take competition for granted.
There's a much larger reason for Comac's failure to get sales outside of China: politics. Comac is wholly owned by the Chinese government. Can you imagine if an airline like American or Delta put in an order for the C919? Politicians would go after those airlines for "supporting China" and not buying American or European. The US government already puts restrictions and tariffs on a wide variety of products from China; adding aircraft to that list and scoring political points isn't that difficult to believe.
It doesn't matter how good or bad the C919 is, it's that it's made by a company owned by the Chinese government that makes it toxic
They're already banning Chinese drones, so...
How much of that is a facade because of so many products Americans use made in China. Even Boeing and Airbus aircraft have components from China. They will be supporting the Chinese either way.
What's the difference between private and state-owned. Apple spied on German Chancellor Angela Merkel, so people won't buy iphones?
Exactly^^ Doesn't matter how good it is. Its just like how certain Chinese products (phones etc) don't work in North America
The U.S. government does not control Boeing, Boeing controls the U.S. government 😂
I just realised
Leap 1-A for Airbus
Leap 1-B for Boeing
Leap 1-C for Comac
Lol, good observation.
Airbus is a type of bus that can fly
Boeing (blowing) planes quality continue to decline and hopefully doesn't blowup
I fear for Leap 1-D then. Doomed?
@@amyx231dornier
Leap 1-E for Embraer?
Remember those Chinese cars from a decade ago? Just saying….
I've flown on the C919 and done extensive filmmaking with COMAC and from what I can tell they have zero interest in even trying to sell to US carriers at the moment. That's why they didn't try to certify it yet with the FAA either. Their aim is to learn and to ramp up production and take as large a share of the upcoming 8,000 narrowbodies Chinese airlines are expected to order in the next 15 years. That's also why the Leap 1C is good enough - you can cover a huge amount of routes in China with that. I expect South American and African carriers to order the C919 in a few years but am seeing this aircraft as akin to the A300, which also could not get orders in the US before AA finally did it.
The goal at COMAC these last ten years has not to build the best airplane but to build an airplane. They wanted to get rolling. This reminds me of Chinese car makers, whose products sucked badly for many years and now all of a sudden with makers like BYD, NIO, Xpeng, Geely and others are making the Germans and Tesla sweat bullets in many countries. But the question is if COMAC going on a similar trajectory should bother us? I would argue that more nuance than what the "China = bad" crowd tends to yell is required: if we love aviation and want to see progress then competition is good. If they cause Airbus and Boeing to not rest on laurels so they won't be the next equivalent to a legacy car maker who lost their business (Hello, GM and Ford) in half of the countries they used to make fat profits in, then we as the customers and passengers win.
You have the best comments here. Love it!
And people wonder why the West is failing and cannot catch up anymore.
No interest to sell to US carriers ...hahahaha! ... So funny to read. The truth is that they dont'n have the slighted chance to sell it outside China.
@@teckhocktan5696 Only ignorant people would wonder that, since the PRC is actually behind by about 20 years in airliners (e.g. the specs for the C919 compare to A320s Airbus was selling a couple of decades ago). More like 30 years in space lift/space science, and I'm being quite generous there. The gap is smaller for military aerospace, but still sizable.
Forty-plus years ago I imagined that COMAC would catch up to Western airframers in about twenty years, but that never happened. Despite all the outside help, the gap hasn't closed much if at all. Instead, Western players have advanced their product specs as fast or faster than COMAC can learn the business. Recall that even with the DC-9 as a starting point, the ARJ21 took forever to get off the drawing boards and into the air. Likewise for the C919.
@@marcmcreynolds2827 hahaha. If it's really not that important or not that advance, the West wouldn't be that panic to sanction China here and there.
Just look at Boeing how much they have fallen. You can live in a bubble all you want. But we are not.
@@marcmcreynolds2827 I'm happy you proved my point.
A mere couple of years ago the same was said about Chinese cars. Now everyone is saying that they can't compete against China.
Even Elon said so. Without trade barriers the US, European and Japanese car manufacturers would go bankrupt trying to compete with Chinese made autos.
You never know.
That means cannot compete on price because China has battery monopoly and like to dump stuff on the west below production costs. As for quality most Chinese stuff is made from Tofu.
Jonathan: I believe you are seriously uninformed.
I’ve never heard of A-300 being addressed as a failure. Wide body comfort and twin engine economy. A first.
Small niche carriers? I was a pilot w Eastern Airlines about a hundred years ago and EAL introduced this aircraft to USA. I was a crewmember on A-300 & it was awesome. Also long histories with AA, FedEx, UPS. Real niche carriers. I read 561 were built. Cutting edge at the time.
Next time put your bathing suit on before you jump in the pool.
Eastern Who? LOL A-300 was a niche aircraft.
@@prichter9798 The Wings of Man, that Eastern
I mean, A300 as a commercial aircraft was definitely on the successful side, but Airbus struggled to sell the A300 in the beginning and almost went bankrupt, didn't it? Wasn't that a failure in the beginning?
I wouldn't get on one
The A-300 was a failure until the launch of the B4-600 variant that first flew in 1983. The Eastern Airlines deal in 1977 saved the Airbus Company financially. (It did not save Eastern, however). Later referred to as the Airbus A-300-600, the B4-600 aircraft is the mother of all Airbus planes
The EU also have no reason to certify the C919 to fly in European airspace, they'll want to protect Airbus and to a lesser extent Boeing.
It's not just the certification, carriers and Comac also face serious political risks to buy from or sell to the west. I don't expect to see C919 in the west anytime soon until China can secure the supply chain. This eventually will happen but will take time.
Problem with buying from China is a balance of trade problem for EU countries.
Your idea is very good, if the EU does not allow, then China will also reduce Airbus orders, whose market is bigger
@@brck888 That’s not true. China is already buying a ton of airbus aircraft and on top of it. The Chinese already know that there’s a massive trade deficit with many European countries. It’s in their best interest to buy Airbus products.
You literally have no idea what you're talking about. Good thing we don't have you running the EASA. Otherwise, their aircraft certification decisions would be based mostly on politics, instead of safety.
Wrong all the way. The aircraft has not been certified and may never be certified for fear of outpacing the duopoly.
Eventually, when China is self-sufficient, they will reciprocate the favor by stopping the certification of airbus and Boeing airplane so they can protect COMAC in their domestic market. The way things are going right now, Boeing may be in chapter 7 bankruptcy by then. So they would only have to deny certification for airbus.
CAAC has a years-old signed agreement with the FAA for cross certification. CAAC has however publicly stated that they aren't going to invoke the agreement at this time. Why bother, when it will be a very long time before they can meet even a fraction of the demand for domestic utilization?
wont even pass certification first
@@pummyy I've had some involvement with airliner certifications, and don't know of any reason why it couldn't be certified in the West. The airframe came out quite heavy compared to Western designs, so they probably wouldn't run into any issues from the structural side of things. The fact that they are accumulating at least a minimal number of flight hours in revenue service beyond the flight test program could also smooth over certification issues.
I once submitted an addendum after a minor but unconservative error was found in the original long-ago FAA certification report for a brake system. The FAA said "fine", in part because the parts had been in service for a long time with no unusual problems.
Naturally. Who would not? In the end Airbus for Europe, Boeing for USA , Comac for China, and the rest of the world enjoys the best offers.
I think Embraer should make an A320/737 competitor.
It is now part of Boeing
@@miguelflugelman3278 - that deal never happened
Or even just an A220 competitor. Big potential market there, not too much bigger than their current offerings.
Their E-195 is a reliable regional jet. Embraer does manufacture intercontinental range business jets. Would be interesting to find out whether they can go into commercial long range
that's a huge investment to make to then hope to sell enough to be profitable...
but
given the scarcity problem right, there may be a window to enter this market... but it's not like they can developpe safely an aircraft in a short enough span of time to exploit this shortage before it begin to resolve (Airbus is improving their raw number and even Boeing will pull their head out their @$$ after a while)
I think the comac is a failure in the same way the A300 was a failure, it did not sell very well at the start, only getting some regional orders. We just have to wait some years and then we can call it a failure. And even if it doesn't sell very well, China has learned a lot from it.
It won't be a failure because, even if it doesn't sell outside of China , it has already sold 800+ planes locally. That keeps business running no problem.
I have to disagree with you there. A300 was a revolutionary aircraft, widebody with twin engines. First of its kind. There's no competition on the market with such low fuel burn per passengers at that time.
C919 isn't a revolutionary aircraft, it's just a copy of a more successful aircraft on the market designed with not up to date technologies.
There are the NEOs, MAXes, A220 and E2 on the market.
I don't trust Boeing at all, but I would trust a Chinese airplane even less. I won't even buy Chinese tires.
I doubt it as China has cloned the technology but fails to develop .. it will become a dinosaur quicker than most - also it is struggling to get certified outside of certain Asian countries as it is poorly built even compared to Boeings worst days.
@@nntflow7058 it has more modern avionics than the 787 max, it's supplier is the same as Boeing's but with some airbus components as well, educate yourself.
Welcome to another controversial video by Coby.
Comac didn't apply to FAA or EASA or any other regulator (except Indonesia and Brunei) for certification.
This means they don't want to sell C919 outside China and a few friendly countries for now. Current orders will make them busy for at least 5 years and during this time they will iron out teething problems.
As a result, it is not fair to say no one wants it, because it is only for sale for limited countries.
Having said so, it is neither cheaper than 737, nor better than A320 and Airbus is already working on A320neo++.
So no one wants it. Even COMAC knew it so didn't apply.
Good comment.
@@soccerguy2433well i mean they got 1300 orders already, so why would they spend money on a certification process that they currently don’t even need
@@MrSchwabentierAre 1300 orders from Asia and EU?
@@bunyavissuthisorn8774 thats the point. They have 1300 orders from China. So why would they spend money on a certification in EU or US
Wonder why Embraer does not move into this category of jets. They have been launching very successful program within budget, and timing.
About a month ago Embraer’s CEO gave an interview to one Brazilian Aeronautics magazine, about the current situation with a massive increase in stock price and recommendations as a good investment from multiple international valuation companies and banks, obviously, the magazine was also covering Boeing's current predicament, and asked him and some other Embraer’s high ranking managers, about this, and in both articles the question about of Embraer would be moving to the larger narrow body market.
All of them answered an emphatic "Not Yet", in their accessment, by the time they develop and certify a plane to be a real contender for the Airbus' A320 Neo, Boeing's 737 Max families, the current problems both companies are facing, like Boeing's quality issues and Airbus constrained production capacity due to excess backlog, should already be solved, and would be very hard to compete without a big advantage, so they would focus on developing their lines of Electric, Hybrid Electric, Hydrogen and Hydrogen Fuel Cell propulsion systems, because if they bring this innovation to market faster than Airbus and Boeing, the they would be able to compete with them on their full force, not based just on a short/media term situational advantage.
Despite that, they say that between at most by the end of 2025, they will present the business case for a new plane to the Board of Directors. So, maybe it could be that, but probably not.
A lot of it is politics. Some companies are 'allowed' to survive only if they play within certain boundaries. Cross those boundaries, and Uncle Sam will write its obituary. Brazil does not have the politics and financial muscle to deal with American pressure games. China can.
Look what happened to bombardier. Embraer is locked out of the US market by airline pilot scope pauses. They are unable to sell their larger planes in the US as a result.
A newer plane might be as successful as the A-220 if 737 problems continue. At the same time no airline was very interested in that plane until after Bombardier had to sell their baby to Airbus for $1
Comac don’t need to sell aircraft to external customers. The Chinese market on its own is massive.
It could help a bit with balance of trade, which until lately wasn't looking to ever be a concern for the PRC. At this point though, with very limited production for years to come, national prestige is about the only reason to sell outside the country.
Everybody said the same when Japanese cars first came out. Or even the A320. Give it a decade or two.
Just look at their automotive, railway, and shipbuilding capabilities.
Whatever your rebuttle is, the point is that China is catching up. It may be shitty now, but it’s catching up as history has shown.
thats the point: a decade or two
70% of Chinese high-speed rail lines don't service high-speed rail and 20% aren't being used and have fallen into disrepair. Even the Chinese don't like buying Chinese cars. Right now the 919 is basically an American plane made in China. There are zero home grown systems.
@@carbonaddicted1379 agreed. It’s never safe to assume that China will always fail. The point is that they’re catching up, even though most of the systems are foreign.
BUT, japanese cars then was actually produced at lower price using the latest technology. So American car companies can't compete.
For C919, there are actually cheaper alternatives with better tech at lower prices from 3 different companies.
@@jhmcd2 Watch the Chinese electric car space though. BYD has been making huge strides in building electric cars that actually function as cars and they have been using their own technology for their batteries.
Great video explaining the issues with the C919. Having worked in the commercial aerospace industry for the past 15+ years, another big issue that "western" airlines have with the C919 is the same issue they had with the Suhkoi Superjet 100, the support network is inadequate and dysfunctional.
Chinese heavy industries are going to struggle to sell in the west. Looking at the rail sector, CRRC was unable to deliver rolling stock at the speed or quality necessary. Airlines are going to look at that and think twice. Chinese manufacturers will always put their domestic customers first and half-ass it for the west.
That is an assumption only. We don't know that until the aircraft is out there and actively flies.
No its just non existent, but I'm quite sure china's focus for this airliner is not the west. Probably Iran/Russia are top targets for sale, then maybe Africa/South America. Still depends on EASA certification.
@@oadka Still uses too many Western parts which are sanctioned for them to be able to sell to Iran/Russia.
@@Trainmaster909 Nonsense. Look at the newly inaugurated Indonesian Chinese built HSR or the LAOS Chinese built HSR. The only reason sales in the West will be non existent is the West is protecting it's industries since the Chinese made rolling stock is superior in all aspects to western made ones. The USA can't even build HSR rolling stock. How's that California HSR going?
Orders for the C919 have been scheduled for decades.What they need to solve now is the capacity problem.
Exactly the same comment about made in China cars 10 years ago. Look today. Underestimate China at your own demise.
Bro the jet didn’t even get certified? So until it gets certified we don’t know
Bro it’s stolen technology. GET IT. This is the same nation with social credit score. Poor score , no travel and no freedom. A human rights nightmare.
in china it has
LOL you do realize there is a much larger market outside of G7 right?
Politics.
not only certified but in use, another one been in use for a few years already
Not to mention, maintenance and support network that’s still yet to be developed and after sales support…. Also, good luck to those actively avoiding Boeings, they are flying everywhere. They do it for personal pride, I feel it’s not much better than Greenpeace.
It uses the same parts
After sales support is how Boeings stay aloft seemingly indefinitely, they're just willing to do whatever a customer asks for (particularly airfreighter conversions) to keep their birds in the air. One reason you never see an old Airbus flying is because they automatically decertify their planes after like 35 years even with perfect maintenance.
Comac is not meant to replace Airbus or Boeing.... China will need 10,000 planes by 2050.. The local market is big enough.
The only constant is change. In the 50's and early 60's Russia was the biggest producer of commercial aircraft and also had the biggest airline in the world by any metric so China could and will catch up quickly.
I've been waiting 45 years for them to catch up quickly. Their bureaucratic + technical delays have led to a situation where whatever speed they move at, the Western airframers move that much faster.
I think COMAC will be a lot like Airbus was in its early days. “A government run program that may sell a few dozen jets and then file for bankruptcy.” A former Boeing executive claimed that about Airbus in the mid 1970s and now look how far Airbus has come. By the mid to late 1980s Airbus was a MASSIVE SUCCESS & even helped break up the Boeing McDonell Douglas duopoly in the 80s and by the late 90s Airbus was a major player in the aviation industry and even helped lead to the demise and eventual bankruptcy of McDonell Douglas merging with Boeing in 1996. Perhaps COMAC 🇨🇳 will be the next “Airbus like startup” and eventually become a major player and maybe even lead to the demise & insolvency of Boeing. It seems very likely, especially since Boeing is experiencing many of the same problems that were associated with McDonell Douglas and its eventual bankruptcy. Poor quality control, a bad safety culture and lawsuits and litigations against the company about their lackluster safety and deaths of family members from a few fatal accidents! 😱 I believe the 737 MAX will be the DC-10 of Boeing and all the conditions line up for this and for Boeing’s eventual failure! ☠️
Airbus actually built products but also developed concepts and technologies .. Comac are copying designs and insourcing prior generation tech to built their future product .. not really comparing the same things.
Also the Elephant in the room is how much will the CCP really want to sink into Comac commercial division when it is struggling on other economic fronts ... a lot of companies are divesting assets in China and moving out to other locations, this is robbing them of foreign income and the ability to invest in money losing projects.
In all fairness, the DC-10 was a great ride (once they sorted it - but yes, damage done).
In this case, pray for Airbus not to merge with Boeing having its management replaced by Boeing's one ^^
@@youloulou6591 there's no need to even imagine such impossible scenarios
@@youloulou6591 If a merger goes that way, the Europeans will insist in running things.
Even if it’s great, no airline will touch a new plane without a robust parts network. In Mexico, Interjet had to cannibalize some of their own Sukhois just to keep others flying because they couldn’t get parts. Time will tell if they can do this domestically…
There is no issue with production capacity for the C919 components made in China. Parts sourced outside China is a different story. Soon even the turbofan engines (CJ-1000A)will be sourced from China.
Practically everything that makes the C919 more than a static display is sourced from outside China. If operating it as it is now is already a money suck, it will be even worse with the early edition Designed in China substitutes. And the debt load and economic trajectory of post-COVID China makes it unlikely that they'll reach break-even before more fundamental troubles to the Party appears.
China is new to this industry and needs to develop its own technology. Reliability is their first concern rather than overall efficiency for the moment.
I concur.
They can't buy the C919 cause its not certified in Europe or America yet, Airbus didn't sell any A300s until Eastern Airlines was offered to test the type out for example. So its too early to write the program out as a complete failure.
The program is a success without doubt.
I’d hesitate to call it a failure quite yet. Aside from the big domestic China routes, 3000 miles range reaches Pakistan, India, all of Indonesia, most of the interestingly mineral rich parts of Russia, Dubai at a stretch and in all, half the population of the world. That’s a pretty solid target market there.
You can buy a lot of jet fuel to cover the shortfall in engine efficiency with the cash you save when you build the aircraft and then sell them to yourself, with finance from banks you also own. Adding experience and production capability along the way.
I’d take it seriously already, their slow production may be from strategic development of robot construction that could leapfrog our CADCAM production technology.
I wouldn't write of china just yet... If their planes turn out to be reliable, fuel efficient and selling at a fair price, profit chasing companies would 1000% jump ship to "cut costs". 💁🏾♀️
Individual Americans may frown on Chinese made products, but corporations could care less.
What a stupid comment. The airlines will not by the craft because consumers will not fly in it
@@stephenday1520 lol If people are willing to fly spirit airlines, they're definitely willing to fly in a chinese made plane. 🤣
That is ridiculous with no undersanding of consumer behaviour at all. I for instance would not fly on an aircraft made in china and would not use an airline that flew them. Might change my mind in 10 years based on the safety providence. But I don't think the outcome would be positive. And I am not American.
@@stephenday1520 So if you yourself are not American, then how can you say what "Americans" would or would not do? 🤦🏾♀️
I get it, YOU would not feel comfortable flying on them, and that's fair. But it's pretty bold of you to assume the rest of the world would think exactly like you do.
No one knows how reliable they are yet. And they’re much less efficient apparently last generation equivalent.
China was entirely an agririan country before 1949. They developed rhe heavy industry between 1949 and 1978. Then thzy focused on consumer products since the 1980s. They barely started to focus their resources on aerospace two decades ago. Of course, it will take some time (maybe several decades) for them to catch up.
You can't run when you are just learning to stand up.
Unfortunately, it is "No one wants it" issue, it is "no one can get it" problem, only five C919 get out of the production line so far. It will take circa two years to complete the fabs and bring the "pulse production lines" up to full production rate - around 200 per year. provided, the parts from foreign suppliers are abundant. well guess no one, include COMAC, anticipates the collapse of Boeing in such a fast pace.
Is the C919 even certified to be flown outside China? Last I heard at least not in the EU and the US. As long as it isn't, no serious airline would even look at it for a second.
It’s not even certified in China it’s in process
The 5th, 8th, and 10th largest airline in the world are all Chinese. 1st, 2nd, and 4th are American. But it seems to me that there are a lot of customers still for COMAC. Only a quarter of global air passenger flights start or end in the US. 75% doesn't touch the US.
@@danielch6662 And in which other markets is it certified? The only thing I can find, is that Brunei is concidering a certification, maybe late this year. Not much of a market. It's clear the Chinese government can just force domestic companies to operate it, sure, but having a commercial plane programm be profitable is hard enough, even if you are not restricted to a fraction of a small fraction of markets.
Sure, China is communist. They can just decide its worth it to them to tank those losses indefinitively, but given the sorry state of the Chinese economy right now, that will hurt.
@@danielch6662and what about the EU? The EU’s official website writes that there were 6.3 million commercial flights in the EU in 2023. Now, whether they mean within, incoming or outgoing, that’s still a lot of flights. Meanwhile, in 2019, (I know it’s not fair to compare different years, but those are the statistics I can find), there were 60k flights between China and the US. Again, apples and kumquats, but if we assume, (fairly), that flights between China and every other country are fewer than the China-US path, it doesn’t look good.
@@autarchprinceps in next few years they have more than 8000 orders only from china. boeing is peace of shit
I find it funny that you mentioned GallopAir's C919 order. Yes, it's a Brunei airline, BUT, if you look at its Wikipedia page, it's owned by a CHINESE businessman. So, while GallopAir is in Brunei, it's Chinese-owned. As for TransNusa, the Indonesian operator of the ARJ21, 49% of it is owned by CHINA Everbright Limited, so that airline is 49% Chinese owned. I know 51% of TransNusa is Indonesian-owned, but the point still stands.
As for the OTHER foreign orders for the C919, being AerCap (20) and BOC Aviation (20), while both aren't Chinese-owned, they DO have offices IN CHINA. So.... Yeah.....
Edit: I was just informed that "BOC" Aviation stands for "Bank of China" aviation, which, after research, I can confirm this, and thus the sole foreign-owned company that ordered the C919 is lessor AerCap (20), who has a location in China.
As for the claims that the owner of GallopAir was actually Taiwanese-American... After looking him up, he owns an investment firm in Shaanxi, China, so he does indeed have an ulterior motive for buying the C919.
So?... A Chinese can't own an airline?
@@andrewwong2605 Not.... The point... The point I'm making is that people get hyped about Comac orders for operators not located in China, only for many of these "foreign" airlines being either Chinese-owned or having operations in China, so it shouldn't be surprising that they're ordering Chinese planes.
BOC Aviation stands for Bank of China Aviation 😂 and TransNusa did say in an interview that they received financial aid from China’s Import and Export Bank for buying the ARJ21.
Nvidia was founded by a Chinese man. That does not mean Nvidia is a Chinese company.
@@yiqunyThat Chinese man is an American with Taiwanese roots.
I would love to see these bird fly in the states. The way I see it competition is a healthy way of improving technology and let's be honest you can't discard someone's achievement just like that.
It can't be worse than Boeing. If they had lowered the quality standards to Boeing, they would produce 10 times more planes per year. But the most funny part is the "owned by government" statement. What about the other companies, are they fully private with no subsidy?
You've conflated subsidy and government ownership; they are miles apart. How often have we seen government takeovers of business fail utterly? I can't count that high.
I think you’re jumping the gun here and not really doing a good job of explaining the real situation. Comac is not approved in the EU or US, so that cuts out a ton of potential customers. As others have commented, Honda was laughed at in the early days in the US, now they are well respected.
What about Russia? Iran? Middle East? Southeast Asia? There are plenty of markets that will approve it but no airlines in those regions have bought it either. I think you’re jumping the gun and assuming the whole world is just the US and EU
Russia, Iran, Middle Eastern countries, and China's airlines couldn't buy much or any for reasons like it isn't certified for international flight. I noticed alot of BS in this video and critics from Anti-China comments.
All starters have teething problems, and China is able to overcome them little by little. It will definitely increase the availability of quality local parts for their planes. It's just a natural course.
Just you wait, just you wait.
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Your right about how the West disregarded Honda decades ago. Now it has a sedan that is one of the bestselling in automotive history with Toyota right behind them. The distinction is the Japanese weren't stealing tech and intellectual property.
They weren't hacking western commercial industry. None the big Japanese players did. In fact it was GM who approached Toyota in the mid 80's to learn the way of the “Kaizen” philosophy. These two opened a shuttered GM facility in Fremont, CA in a joint venture.
No one is doing joint ventures with the Chinese at this scale. Tell us why?
We are moving to multi-polar world with two major power blocks deciding their own standard and use geo-politics against each other in favor to protect each themself. Major component/ parts in this aircraft are produced by foreign companies, in the same time every foreign component/ parts, the Chinese has their own substitute even now GE might be forced by Washington DC to stop providing the engines even with a presidential order, the Chinese will still be able to fly this aircraft. No nation on earth can produce 100% of the parts used in any aircraft by themself. This is changing, The Chinese know their weakness and strength and, how many years they expect to catch up.
Communism is like a virus your body has been infected with, this virus will sooner or later be killed or removed out of your body.
If we look at bullet train maglev 20 years ago China started with zero, look at where they are today? For the Western Fake Media and also the Chinese Fake Media it's easy to say they steal everything, or we are using 100% self developed technology which is completely bullshit, but talking about stealing, which country bullet train can operate at a speed of 600Km/h, next development is 1000Km/h perhaps after 10 to 15 years it's ready for the public. Tell me which country got it ready now? Where did the stole it from? I am waiting for the proof.
Chinese Civil Aircraft development will follow the same path like the bullet train and maglev for the coming years ahead. Latin America, Africa, Middle East, South East Asia, Central Asia market is big enough for the Chinese. This is the market where Boeing Airbus has an abolsolute advantage but for how long? 10 years or 20 years? After C919, C929 C939 will come no matter the cost and time of developing it.
In the end more choices mean better competition and reducing cost for the customer to purchase a ticket to fly. I don't see any disadvantage for the consumer market.
The Chinese have developed the CJ-1000A turbofan engine so if the USA cuts off the LEAP engine supply it's not a problem for China.
We all now see big problems with Boeing transparency related to safety, and it’s a private company. Now imagine the kind of transparency provided by owner of the COMAC, ie CPC. I think that’s the issue #1.
COMAC had previously said that its C919 orders exceeded 1,000 and came mostly from Chinese airlines.
Air China just ordered 100 C919s. Chinese market itself is able to make any industry thrive, like EV's.
Definitely.
Air China just ordered 100 C919s. Air Asia, Vietnam Air and Malaysia Airlines are interested.
Interest and orders are 2 different things
The C919 is not meant to compete w/ Boeing and Airbus, at least not for many years. It aims to replace Boeing and Airbus w/ domestically produced aircraft. Every one C919 in service means one fewer order for the big two. Regional flights in China is a big market by itself. The big two losing this piece is a kick in the groin.
The Chinese government is known for its long-term strategic planning. When it targets a specific industry, it often aims for dominance within a couple of decades. For example, China began focusing on the electric vehicle industry in 2004, which has since grown significantly and became very competitive . Similarly, it's only a matter of time before China's commercial aviation sector becomes competitive.
I wonder why the Embraier and Bombardier won't step in. I mean, they have decades of experience building planes. I am not saying that they can compete head-to-head with the two giants but if there will ever be a need for a third player, a more experienced company stands a better chance
their planes are regional and meant for very small airports
Bombardier is owned by airbus.
@@derekschootsno it isn’t, Bombardier sold the CSeries to Airbus, not the whole company (Bonbardier also sold the CRJ series to Mitsubishi), bombardier still is an independent company but they only build business jets now.
Bombardier doesn´t have the capital needed and this is why they sold the C Series to Airbus who are working to optimize the program to scale it.
How do the seating capacities compare for the biggest Embraier vs the smallest Max and NEO?
Some airlines might not want to be seen buying jets directly from the CCP…
They can always buy them indirectly from the CPC.😀
I think the main reason why COMAC aren't selling the C919 is the risk of US-driven sanctions. With lots of foreign-made parts in the C919, including engines and avionics, it would make little sense for COMAC to ramp up production now, and put them and their customers at the mercy of Washington. Note that also non-US companies can be and have been forced by the US to limit sales and services to China, e.g., Dutch ASML for semiconductor production, or Taiwanese TSMC for actual chips.
Meanwhile, another Chinese company, AECC/ACAE, is working on a new, China-made engine, the CJ-1000A. According to Wikipedia, they're flight-testing it now, but don't expect to deploy it before 2030. Which just happens to be when COMAC expect to start selling the C919. For now, Comac have all the time in the world to perfect their design, which includes replacing parts from foreign sources, and also to monitor how the few planes that are in commercial operation perform. And maybe they have a few ideas about making the design a little more efficient, too.
By the way, COMAC also make a smaller aircraft, the MD-80-like ARJ21, which they do mass-produce, although in comparably small number. This means that they do have some experience with aircraft production, and don't have to start from zero.
Airbus is the new Boeing. Comac is the new Airbus. Boeing is, well let’s see.
50 years ago Airbus was the underdog. Just the position Comac has now.
50 years ago Boeing was the market leader. Airbus holds that position now.
Boeing is the not-so-new MD
And what about certification ? Is the plane certify to fly outside of China yet ?
From what I read online, it is very costly and time consuming to certify planes. Supposedly, to certify for the FAA or EASA, i read that the plane has to complete 75 test flights, each testing a specific paramter/feature of the plane. The C919 has so far completed 7-9/75 required test flights. That said, if there is such a huge domestic demand (even if it was artificially created by the CCP), why bother to spend the time/money to certify this first gen plane to fly internationally? Might as well save the money until the 2nd gen is ready and certify that instead.
That can come later after a decade or so.
I don’t see EU or USA ever certifying it.
You didn't mention pilot training. This is a major reason airlines rarely switch between Airbus & Boing and a large factor in the two 737 max incidents
Absolutely, and also the supply chain.
Any airline would need to have maintenance techs trained in the aircraft, as well as spare parts on the shelf to minimise downtime.
If you chose Comac, you're doing that for the long run, not as an interim, unless it's a wet lease.
A large factor in 737 Max crashes? Why? Explain please?
I assume you mean the factor that Boeing lied and covered up the need for training on the max, thereby causing the 2 crashes.
We can never trust Boeing ever, we need to ban Boeing from selling any planes outside the USA ever.
@@stabilo3170 One of the reasons for installing the MCAS system on the Max was so that pilots certified for older 737s wouldn't need a whole lot of training for the Max, despite the plane handling much differently due to the larger engines and their adjusted placement on the wings. The idea was that MCAS would adjust for this difference automatically, so the plane would handle similar to older models, and the motivation was that removing the need for extra pilot training would make the Max much more attractive to airlines, (since training pilots is a really big expense for airlines). However, it was the malfunctioning of this MCAS system that eventually caused the two crashes. So I guess you could say that the pressure of accommodating airlines and their dislike for extra training costs played a role in the accidents.
@@ReiyICN "The pressure of accommodating airlines and their dislike for extra training costs played a role in the accidents."
I totally disagree with the above statement. It is solely Boeing responsability to inform all operators about a major modifications in a flight control system (ATA27) requesting a specific training . Any financial considerations are to be disregarded. In this case Boeing hid the very existence of the MCAS to the flight crews leading to the first crash (Lion Air 610) and a second crash (Ethiopian 302) after providing an erroneous procedure to counter MCAS pitch down orders. This was purely criminal behaviour from Boeing.
Not mentioning the yo-yo manoeuver in case of pitch trim runaway known also as "roller coaster" manoeuver still valid for all 737 types, here the FAA and the EASA are both guilty to maintain the "Type Certificate" for such dangeourous aircraft. The Grand-father rights they say ...
Probably will still fly better than what Boeing has done with the max
Comac received more than 1000 orders from Chinese domestic airlines. “nO ONe WAnTs iT”
They are afraid 😅
He said only China wants It and It's true
@@JuanPerez-lu6ckconsidering the size of that market, sprinkled with patriotism from sanctions and you can see long term success
No one wants it because if you have it and the US sanctions comac, you are bankrupt, never forget that very real risk
But if I have a choice, atm airbus is the best offering by far
How dumb r u exactly?
No entity that isn't subservient to the Chinese regime wants it. That is correct.
Sincerely, China is no stranger to manufacturing civilian commercial airliners, the Chinese aerospace industrial complex has been doing it for more than 70 years, initialy their production focused on licensed Soviet designs, later they started to work their own indigenous designs for its domestic market. What COMAC is doing is attempting to replicate the requirements of foreign airlines, passangers and certification agencies, to compete with them in the future.
I think that the 10 aircrafts produced thus far, are prototypes used to hammer down the kinks necessary to obtain international certification. I think their goal of 140 planes per year by the turn of the decade is a very conservative goal, but it's to promise a lower production target and deliver above to expectations, than to promise great many things and fail to deliver. I think they would reach those figures a couple years earlier.
In the end, they probably aren't expecting these planes to be their first big international hit, but as a learning step for it to gain the know how to design products with western standards in mind.
Also don't dismiss the fact that COMAC's clients are all companies owned by the Chinese Government, that also owns COMAC, because the Chinese market is huge, and the number of current orders for this plane alone makes it a successful program, how many North and South American, European, Australian and Japanese designs were considered a commercial success with far less units sold than that?
You may say that doesn't reflect its standing on the international markert, or among non-Chinese airlines, sure it really doesn't, but the government's money is as good as anyone else's.
Both Airbus and Embraer started the same way, making planes for state owned airlines and/or the military, that eventually drew enough atention to the products they used to enter the market, that their next generation designs became hits on international sales.
I think what COMAC is doing is more or less the same, but with a starting backlog of orders that neither Airbus, nor Embraer, could even dream about, when they were desining their first generation of products.
140 planes a year is not gonna fill their orderbook and you’re talking about that six years from now? At what point does the plane become obsolete and needs to be updated?
Sorry but they have around 900 booked planes to produce - how many 737 MAX has BOING in progress?
Success of COMAC doesn't depend on flying outside China. There are thousands of order in China alone to sustain COMAC development for decades.
In all honesty, I'd have more trust flying with the C919 than any of Boeing's current products. Politics and finger pointing will be the only reason they won't succeed outside of Asia.
There is a general stigma against Chinese products, including planes. To see how successful it is, we need to give it 10 years to see the results. And I, for one, am optimistic about COMAC
I disagree. China with a few exceptions where the tech does not exist can produce any level of quality the buyer is willing to pay for. Importers know that people will buy inexpensive junk so the have china build junk and they import it. So much of most what we buy is well understood consumer grade that can be made in many countries. Humanoid robots may switch things out so that quality products will become the norm if the robots are priced low enough.
@@danharold3087 but Boeing f…cked up even with such an experience
Even chinese airlines prefer boeing and airbus. And developing a proper airline industry takes decades. China still can't build the engines they need, which are still build in the west.
China did it for prestige. That's it. The CCP needs good propaganda
The stigma is true though.
Most of their massive investments and projects doesn't actually make any morey. Like their Belt and Road initiatives, or their high speed rail.
It's a symptoms of a rushed project.
The 3 big Chinese airlines just ordered 100 each of the C919
Of the Big 3 only China Eastern has a firm order. China Southern won't touch it with a three meter pole. Eastern only ordered it after their pilot murdered all those people and embarrassed Chairman Xi
That’s not saying much
Honestly, if you look at how fast they expanded the HST rails n the EV cars, you can't stop wondering if they can do what they did for HST & EVs. Unlike the Western countries thst go round boasting, the Chinese are modest. They say little but produce a lot.
Contrary to this video's headline, the C919 has been very successful. There are presently 933 units on order with options for an additional 120. That equates to about 10 years worth of production already booked solid.
The china market and the global south market is more than big enough to sustain comac for many years. Look that happened to the car industry.
For your info they already have 1200 orders mostly chinese airlines.Why not buy and fly your own instead of buying max that crashes?.
They have 1200 orders that they don’t have the capacity to fill. The plane has worse fuel mileage than airbus or Boeing.
And they don’t have the parts system set up for spare parts. They have a long way to go.
Back in June of last year, the C919 made its first commercial flight from Shanghai to Chengdu. Funny thing is, on the flight back to Shanghai, they swap out the C919 for an Airbus 320. Turned out, C919 had a problem, so they had to switched plane with the same flight number. It took the public about a week to realized it was not the C919 that came back. You’ve been warned.
Another third big problem to mention, is that IF they want to attract international buyers, they need the "infrastructure" in place globally - meaning locally stored spare parts at the major hubs, trained and certified technicians to service and / or repair planes from potential international buyers etc. etc.
I see nothing more than an American trying to blame a plane that literally didn’t get certified 😂
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Would rather fly comac than us made junk called Boeing.
Politics is why. The us will never go for a Chinese built aircraft
That's why usa lost
US evilizes China including the good part so US will progress very slow in this area
while China is trying to learn everything from u that could let them progress
Hmm..... the gate-keepers e.g. FAA, FDA are working for the Capitalist biz corps who push $$$ at the expense of the minions (able to vote counts almost nothing?). Same as to why very good pharmaceutical products from Japan cannot get into the consumer mkt in the US 😱😱🤪🤪
Politics can change. Never say never!
C919 just came online. There is still a very long way to go before COMAC can even lift up the production power. If you play order today it will take a few years to complete.
Nice how you say a 737MAX replacement when its an A320 clone.
The Neo is Airbus reengaging the 320 line and the Mx is Boeing reengineering the NG line... we really need community notes here to address the bots and idiots.
To eager to criticize with zero intelligent analyzes. Heavy in hatred and prejudice!
C-919 means 91% foreign parts and 9% local parts. So much for the term "homegrown."
Like, really? 1980s aircraft compared with 2020s.. They just started dude.
Your comments about the LEAP-1C are incorrect. The LEAP-1C is every bit as efficient as the LEAP-1A and LEAP-1B. The core of the LEAP-1C is the same, part for part, as the LEAP-1A. It bears no relationship to the CFM56.
But it's indeed heavier and less efficient compared to 1-A and 1-B.
It is not heavier. The published -1C weight includes the thrust reverser because it is part of the engine. The -1A and -1B weight do not report the reverser because it’s supplied by the airframer. The weights are equivalent. The efficiency is the same.
No it is not as efficient, and it is 800 LBS heavier …….800 POUNDS HEAVIER!! and way less efficient. Because we all know they will steal any technology they can. “Chinese blueprint” So yes they get the Harbor Freight variant.
@@blacksunshine489 See my comment above. It is not heavier. You can also see from the wikipedia page (which quotes the official data) that the efficiency (SFC) is the same. Not sure why people want to believe this version is worse, it is not. CFM produced the same engine as for Boeing and Airbus, adapted to fit the airplane.
@@jetlife2 So you do know that you or I can edit Wikipedia info, it is an open information format. My company has quarterly Leap/MAX briefings with engineers from CFM, Boeing and in house engineers that do updates on the MAX and questions on other players in the industry. It is not the same engine being sold to Airbus/Boeing.
Pretty obvious cause they don’t have many people who know about the planes and spare parts are only in China so no point in getting
There is also an expensive support network that need to exist. It is not going to happen with a few planes a year.
@@danharold3087 yeag
The Chinese just launched the C919, and its focus is the Chinese aviation market, arguably the largest in the world. I think C919 will be just fine.
Bad quality can no longer be an issue, Boeing is probably below COMAC's level.
Keep thinking comac as a failure.....but for chinese is it successful project they have 1000 orders from domestic market...western countries should not feel jealous
Chinese are actually quite smart, building their own jet for themselves. Less reliant on others
It will take some time for the C-919 to build trust. But eventually, especially against the backdrop of Boeing problems, it will. The Chinese domestic market is enough to sustain the C-919 even with no international adoption.
You’re assuming the C919 isn’t going to have any issues. It’s a new airplane from a new company.
@@neilkurzman4907 It might. The C919 remains untested. It might take decades to build trust. I am sure COMAC is aware of the extra pressure to ensure that nothing goes wrong because the Western media is ready to seize on any mishaps the plane experiences.
Sincerely, the only company that, with the necessary investments, currently has any chance break the Airbus/Boeing duopoly is Embraer, they have the engineering capacity, the qualified factory workforce, and the capacity to grow and ramp up its production capacity very fast for aviation industry standards.
What they don't have is a product to compete outside the regional market, and their plans for the foreseeable is to focus on new fuel and propulsion technologies as well getting the virtual monopoly on as many markets in which Airbus and Boeing aren't looking at the moment because their backlogs are so full that they barely can produce enough 737s and A320s to keep up with their current backlog.
Embraer’s management don't rule out making bigger planes, they just need a stronger reason to do it, than the momentary constraints in production capacity by Airbus and Boeing.
The current limitations on production capacity, and in Boeing's case also quality control issues, they will eventually pass, and the chances that a cleansheet design plane development taking more years than that from concept to the production to delivery are also very high. So Embraer would have to make sure to rave a product that is competitive even after the current constraints at Boeing's and Airbus' production are sorted out.
Embraer is going to get whacked like Bombardier if they ever encroach on Boeing or Airbus' share of the pie, and Brazil's government would be in no position to protect it, just like the Canadians couldn't protect their CS program.
The aviation industry is a representation of national power. As it stands COMAC is the best candidate to break the duopoly.
1200 orders and yet this channel claimed nobody wants it.
😂😂😂
Until the C919 is certified to fly in US and European skies, it's all but useless to most of Boeing or Airbus customers.
Yes bc only European and usa skies exist ..😂😂😂
@@jacksmith-mu3ee Follow the volume sales of Airbus and Boeing and I suggest that is indeed not China.
@@connclissmann6514 follow the faults and issues and again that's not china
Try your racism bs somewhere else white boi
Btw I am from florida
Australia, US and Europe are actually in the corners of aerial territories.......
C919 could actually fly around freely in Africa, Middle-east, Asia, Southeast Asia freely
and airlines from these regions are very interested in getting purchase order of C919
they didnt get it because its already over production capacity to just only server Chinese local orders
The issue of engine availability is another factor.
Those babies need to be built somewhere, and with the Leap 1A and 1B already being built, finding capacity to build the 1C too would be a challenge for CFM.
I don't think i'd fly in a Comac plane, much like i wouldn't fly in a Boeing plane, other than a 747, maybe, but those are rare these days.
One of the big advantages of doing a video on the C-919, Coby, is it racks up lots of comments from Chinese bot farms. Feels good, huh?
The COMAC C919 airliner is not currently certified to fly outside of China.
When China has built enough Comac C919, and if EASA and FAA refuse to certify it because of political consideration, China should ban Neo and 737 from China airspace. Like EU, US and Japan ban Russian planes from her airspace - and Russia retaliates. All the Western airlines have to take big detours.
Even their airlines opted for Airbus & Boeing
No.. Boeing 737 max not selling in China.. Nobody dare to fly in that plane.
Because they don't have their own until now. Comac already secured about a thousand orders from their local airlines.
@kamsunleong6648 that is a 1000 planes that airbus or Boeing won't be selling. It will probably be much more soon. At that point, the west will start sanctioning comac for "national security" reason. 😅
@@kamsunleong6648 These orders are from the chinese government who owns both, airlines and manufacturer ...
China's airlines aren't buying BA
hey coby, i was wondering how did you get the red glowing text for ur thumbnail?
Somes argue that Leap 1A, 1B and 1C have the similar efficiency. The short range of C919 is caused by the strength of body of the plane(or Comac and government are not confident about the strength of the plane), which makes C919 has the maximum takeoff weight 10 tons less than her western counterpart. So C919 carry less fuel than B737 and A320 do.
The way Coby framed it is basically an American trying too hard to dis the competition because Boeing is falling apart anyways 😂
No. It’s just facts. China doesn’t innovate. They steal, copy, and lie. They are incredibly insecure about it all and sensor their media to create a false narrative. Plus the absence of human rights for citizens and genocide for the groups it views as not fitting in with the great plan. One doesn’t even need to try in order to dis the competition.
Boeing is literally failing out of the sky. Good luck to them going through chapter 7 bankruptcy. At which point there might be a dupoly of airbus and comac. Lol
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If Boeing fails, then airbus will be the monopoly.
Why are airlines not buying the E2?
because of scope clause
@@Randomvideos-zi7pe seems to be a US thing. Plenty of airlines outside the US...
@@FalconX88because it isn’t that good compared to other aircraft
@@MrSchwabentier it's definitely better than the older Embraer planes the airlines use and it's not too far off an A220 in many use cases (while being mich cheaper). If you can't get your hand on other planes it does seem a reasonable option for short to medium haul.
@@FalconX88 but there isn’t that much demand for small planes anymore nowadays. Just look at the A320 family. While 20 years ago the A320 was the model popular variant, today it is the A321
I remember when Hyundai and Kia entered the automobile market and nobody took them seriously as they were garbage back then, and now look at them! It would be a big mistake to underestimate this Chinese company.
Airliners aren't cars as the complexity is much greater, but new tech can quickly overcome this issue. Plus China invests a ton of money creating talented teams of hackers, spies and insider employee plants - all of which are solely dedicated to stealing whatever tech and manufacturing techniques they need to quickly become competitive and successful.
I think the supply issue could be addressed in part by a tech upgrade for previous-gen Airbuses and Boeings. New engines, wing enhancements, new winglets and new interiors have been done many times in the past, especially years ago at McDonnell Douglas, where aircraft were stretched, re-engined, wings modified and avionics upgraded.
What a massive mistake it was to allow Boeing to buy MD.
The mistake was the former MD CEO Mr. Stonecypher agreeing to a duopoly with Airbus so that Wall Street could loot Boeing like the oligarchs looted Soviet industry
Steven He: "HAIYYYYAAAAAAAAA FAAAAIIIIILLUUURRREEEEEEE"
Well, the realistic competitors for a 3rd in the market are Embraer and Bombardier, as those two build commercial aircraft in numbers and for decades already. They just don't have a model ready for this sudden occasion.
Embraer is growing fast for years though.
I wouldn’t be so dismissive. Yes, they might not have any customers now but they have a strong value proposition. They’ll tell their prospects that Boeing is more concerned about shareholder value than building quality products. And that won’t change. They can make them cheap because that’s what China does, and over time they’ll figure it out. American greed is Boeings problem more than anything and that affects us all.
Consumer confidence.
Aviation safety assurance requires transparency and accountability. The Chinese Gov offers neither.
Correct! Just like their EVs?
Why is C919 a failure? CR919 is a new aircraft and will take time to build up support. I heard the C919 was made for the Chinese Market. After all, Airbus has a backlog for the A320 family. Boeing? Everyone knows what is going on with Boeing. I would fly on C919 over a 737MAX.
Even with the problems Boeing is having, you would really rather fly a Chinese made aircraft? Ill take my chances with a Boeing!
For it to be viable it works also need to be serviceable at various bases and have a supply of pilots who carry that type rating.
It's not just about efficiency, airlines can't readily switch plane providers on a whim. It's a huge commitment that requires *training pilots* on the type, and investing in having a relationship for many years. Embraer is better positioned to enter this market and has way more experience than COMAC, and yet it would still be a massive gamble for them to start competing with the A320 Neo and 737 Max, just like it would be for airlines to order their planes if they did start providing such an alternative. Inertia is enormous in this industry.
LOL. You ignored the massive elephant in the room: nobody outside of China will fly in an airplane made in China.
I don't trust it with my life.
@@tymw3637I trust it over boein😊g
Is sold out cupcake😂