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This is China's first time trying to build a commercial narrow body airliner, isn't it? Second – the ARJ21 was the first.
by inferiorhuman 7y ago
This is China's first time trying to build a commercial narrow body airliner, isn't it?
Second – the ARJ21 was the first.
- lazylizard 7y agoWhy not buy the remnants of fokker or dornier and carry on from there?
- inferiorhuman 7y agoDunno what's left of either of those two companies (or the willingness of the EU to sell to China) but neither really had anything that would compete with the A220/A320/B737. The ARJ was an attempt at a refreshed MD-80 with tooling from McDonnell Douglas and a ton of outsourced bits and it still flopped. Per the article COMAC is resorting to espionage, so I imagine they think going the legal route won't pan out for them.