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This will be interesting to see if western airlines or middle eastern airlines buy any of these planes. My guess is they will probably rely on the chinese centr

This will be interesting to see if western airlines or middle eastern airlines buy any of these planes. My guess is they will probably rely on the chinese central banks to give cushy loans to developing nations to build out their air fleets and to chinese airlines as well to build up enough demand to sustain. China could go the route of helping regional airlines in Africa for instance get the planes they otherwise couldn't afford (with chinese construction firms getting the contracts to rebuild the local airports, and other infrastructure).

nrki 9y ago
"Comac...had orders and commitments from 23 buyers for 570 aircraft as of November 2016. Other than...[GE], all are from local companies. China Eastern Airlines Corp. ... will be the first carrier to take delivery."
nullnilvoid 9y ago
China is by far the largest aviation market in the world. They don't need other markets to succeed. If they can replace Boeing and Airbus with their home-made airplanes, that is a huge success. According to research, China needs more than $1 trillion worth of airplanes in the coming decade. That is HUGE.
- pinaceae 9y ago
  Expect the Chinese state to create a very friendly environment for those domestic planes. Did it in other markets, currently under way against the iPhone. Airbus and Boeing are toast in China.
  - intellegacy 9y ago
    They did it against Google, Facebook, and Youtube as well.
    - visakanv 9y ago
      As a 3rd party observer with no stake in either the US or China, I wonder how the USA would react if China was the #1 in the world economically, and exporting Facebook, Boeing, etc. I imagine we'd see some American protectionism.
      - candiodari 9y ago
        Euhm. Not to blow your bubble, but the US is extremely flexible and open economically. Far more so than any other country on the planet. Europe is pretty inflexible, compared to the US. E.g. there is no free market for most agricultural products in the EU. And before you say it, no this is not due to US meats having hormones in them. Firstly, those taxes and rules apply to everything, whether or not produced with EU rule compliance, and secondly, there isn't even a free market within the EU for many products (e.g. wine in France. Olive oil (or other oils) in Southern Europe, ...). And of course, the EU is certainly not neutral when it comes to other products as well, e.g. Boeing vs Airbus. China is extremely INflexible and hostile to free trade, even today. VERY few commodities trade freely with China, even just taking the published import tariffs and conditions. Add to that that the Chinese state famously owns pretty much every large Chinese corporation (state owned enterprises) and it's influence and restrictions over what products are welcome in China goes above and beyond the officially published rules. So I believe a fair assumption would be that no, the US would not object too much to large Chinese companies being successful in the US. In fact, I do believe there's large scale examples of that if you search just a little bit. For a practical example of the US allowing large non-US businesses to operate freely in the US, even where it hurts local industry, you only need to look at the steel industry.
      - pinaceae 9y ago
        The WTO was created to prevent these shenanigans. Europe and US play ball, mostly. EU/NAFTA/CETA/TTIP all part of that leveling of the playing field. China does not play ball, at all. Literally don't give a shit about the Wests opinions or approaches to deals. Perceived in the West as cheating, but that is just a cultural viewpoint.
      - Animats 9y ago
  - notahacker 9y ago
    Airbus and Boeing will do just fine in China selling widebodies (and probably continue to sell A320/737s in somewhat smaller numbers too unless the C919 turns out to be an exceptional aircraft as opposed to a half-decent aircraft with subsidised purchase cost)
  - dv_dt 9y ago
    I think you can add Furniture and Solar Panel markets too... really India should be large enough to make some of the same plays fostering domestic industry too, but they either don't do it as much or you don't hear about it as much in US media.
- LordKano 9y ago
  They don't need other markets to succeed. They don't "need" those markets but they want them. It will help to solidify China's position as the third superpower. There are incentives for those African nations to help this happen as well. Beyond the local benefits of increased commerce, they are thinking about negotiating better rates for their natural resources than they currently receive from the west.
  - nullnilvoid 9y ago
    Boeing and Airbus want those markets as well. They don't want them any less than China does.
    - LordKano 9y ago
      They want them just as much but don't have nearly as much to offer in return.
    - gozur88 9y ago
      Boeing and Airbus have higher costs, though. They can't pay Chinese wages.
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  - codewithcheese 9y ago
    Serious question. What is the second superpower? EU?
    - LordKano 9y ago
      The USSR was the second superpower. The USSR no longer exists and there isn't currently a second superpower but I think of it like spouses. If you're married and divorced twice, when you marry again you may have only one spouse but that is your third spouse.
      - pdelbarba 9y ago

nrki 9y ago

"Comac...had orders and commitments from 23 buyers for 570 aircraft as of November 2016. Other than...[GE], all are from local companies. China Eastern Airlines Corp. ... will be the first carrier to take delivery."

nullnilvoid 9y ago

China is by far the largest aviation market in the world. They don't need other markets to succeed. If they can replace Boeing and Airbus with their home-made airplanes, that is a huge success. According to research, China needs more than $1 trillion worth of airplanes in the coming decade. That is HUGE.

pinaceae 9y ago
Expect the Chinese state to create a very friendly environment for those domestic planes. Did it in other markets, currently under way against the iPhone. Airbus and Boeing are toast in China.
- intellegacy 9y ago
  They did it against Google, Facebook, and Youtube as well.
  - visakanv 9y ago
    As a 3rd party observer with no stake in either the US or China, I wonder how the USA would react if China was the #1 in the world economically, and exporting Facebook, Boeing, etc. I imagine we'd see some American protectionism.
    - candiodari 9y ago
      Euhm. Not to blow your bubble, but the US is extremely flexible and open economically. Far more so than any other country on the planet. Europe is pretty inflexible, compared to the US. E.g. there is no free market for most agricultural products in the EU. And before you say it, no this is not due to US meats having hormones in them. Firstly, those taxes and rules apply to everything, whether or not produced with EU rule compliance, and secondly, there isn't even a free market within the EU for many products (e.g. wine in France. Olive oil (or other oils) in Southern Europe, ...). And of course, the EU is certainly not neutral when it comes to other products as well, e.g. Boeing vs Airbus. China is extremely INflexible and hostile to free trade, even today. VERY few commodities trade freely with China, even just taking the published import tariffs and conditions. Add to that that the Chinese state famously owns pretty much every large Chinese corporation (state owned enterprises) and it's influence and restrictions over what products are welcome in China goes above and beyond the officially published rules. So I believe a fair assumption would be that no, the US would not object too much to large Chinese companies being successful in the US. In fact, I do believe there's large scale examples of that if you search just a little bit. For a practical example of the US allowing large non-US businesses to operate freely in the US, even where it hurts local industry, you only need to look at the steel industry.
    - pinaceae 9y ago
      The WTO was created to prevent these shenanigans. Europe and US play ball, mostly. EU/NAFTA/CETA/TTIP all part of that leveling of the playing field. China does not play ball, at all. Literally don't give a shit about the Wests opinions or approaches to deals. Perceived in the West as cheating, but that is just a cultural viewpoint.
    - Animats 9y ago
- notahacker 9y ago
  Airbus and Boeing will do just fine in China selling widebodies (and probably continue to sell A320/737s in somewhat smaller numbers too unless the C919 turns out to be an exceptional aircraft as opposed to a half-decent aircraft with subsidised purchase cost)
- dv_dt 9y ago
  I think you can add Furniture and Solar Panel markets too... really India should be large enough to make some of the same plays fostering domestic industry too, but they either don't do it as much or you don't hear about it as much in US media.
LordKano 9y ago
They don't need other markets to succeed. They don't "need" those markets but they want them. It will help to solidify China's position as the third superpower. There are incentives for those African nations to help this happen as well. Beyond the local benefits of increased commerce, they are thinking about negotiating better rates for their natural resources than they currently receive from the west.
- nullnilvoid 9y ago
  Boeing and Airbus want those markets as well. They don't want them any less than China does.
  - LordKano 9y ago
    They want them just as much but don't have nearly as much to offer in return.
  - gozur88 9y ago
    Boeing and Airbus have higher costs, though. They can't pay Chinese wages.
- deleted 9y ago
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- codewithcheese 9y ago
  Serious question. What is the second superpower? EU?
  - LordKano 9y ago
    The USSR was the second superpower. The USSR no longer exists and there isn't currently a second superpower but I think of it like spouses. If you're married and divorced twice, when you marry again you may have only one spouse but that is your third spouse.
    - pdelbarba 9y ago