Summary
Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury acknowledged China’s Comac as a rising competitor, potentially transforming the Airbus-Boeing duopoly into a “triopoly.”
Comac’s C919, a single-aisle jet similar to the A320 and 737 Max, is gaining traction with over 1,000 orders, primarily in China.
While still awaiting US and EU certification, Comac is expanding internationally, engaging with Saudi and Brazilian airlines.
Its success hinges on scaling production amid supply chain challenges. Airbus, recognizing the threat, is increasing A320 production in China to maintain its competitive edge.
As much as I don’t like the CCP, more competition is a good thing.
disrupt duopoly
Lmao
I can’t see western companies letting them get much traction, but frankly, some competition would be good.
Hopefully the threat of pressure will be enough.
I mean, it was going to happen at some point, just a matter of China scaling up.
It was a testing year for Airbus’ defense and space division. While its order intake was a record 16.7 billion euros, it reported a loss of 566 million euros — largely due to a 1.3 billion euro charge on its space programs.
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I didn’t even realize that Airbus did space.
I thought that the big domestic player in European space was Ariane.
goes hunting
Ahhh.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArianeGroup
Owners
- Airbus (50%)
- Safran (50%)
Ariane is half-owned by Airbus.
Very true.
Comac does import a lot of complex parts from the west, though (I’ll look it up if this thread gets traction (sorry, I’m lazy today)).
Edit: approx. 40% is foreign built. Here’s a list of the top 5 western suppliers.
Next week Airbus CEO telling that the sky is blue once you’re above the cloud
Get back to me once it meets international safety standards.
Comac? or Boeing?
They hid one A320 for months to copy everything they could and now want to flood the world market. I hope the EU never gives them certification, nor the US.
Although they are shady, this industry needs a shakeup and to stop being so centralized.
