On July 3, China's three largest airlines jointly took action and contributed a super order of 292 A320neo series aircraft to Airbus. The heated discussion caused by this is still shaking. Although 240 billion yuan is the list price, and the discount will be considerable, 292 aircraft is not a small number, especially in the current situation that airlines are generally losing money, why was the largest order in history given to Airbus instead of the C919, a domestically produced large aircraft that was about to be delivered?
At present, China's domestic large aircraft C919 is already in the airworthiness certification stage, and the first aircraft will be delivered to customers as soon as the end of this year. However, the three major airlines have handed over the share of aircraft iterations focusing on the next few years to Airbus. Why did they choose Airbus? Moreover, not long ago, German Chancellor Scholz made an official visit to China.
On the first day of his visit to China, China gave him a big gift. China and Germany signed a framework agreement on the purchase of 140 large Airbus aircraft, including 132 A320 series aircraft and 8 A350 aircraft, with a total value of about 17 billion US dollars. All signs seem to indicate that the C919 has been forgotten, so why does China give so much market share to Airbus instead of its own domestic aircraft C919?
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