True.
But once CJ1000A is certified, put into mass production, it only need to prove its reliable. It will be the LEAP engines that will be the alternative as Chinese Airlines flying C919 at home don't required any foreign made engines.
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But once CJ1000A is certified, put into mass production, it only need to prove its reliable. It will be the LEAP engines that will be the alternative as Chinese Airlines flying C919 at home don't required any foreign made engines.
China Southern Airlines received the first domestically produced C919 aircraft this year
According to this:
"南航C919已开通7条航线，今年计划接收12架。国航、东航今年计划分别接收10架C919。"
We should be expecting 31 more C919 deliveries this year
In addition, the reporter also learned from China Eastern Airlines that China Eastern Airlines will begin to receive a new batch of C919 aircraft in the near future. This year, China Eastern Airlines plans to receive another 10 C919s, and the size of the C919 fleet will reach 20 aircraft.
i didn't expect this. but looks like USA plugged the switch. they Paused the Engine sales to China. The move is a response to China’s recent restrictions on exports of critical minerals"
looks like trump wants a deal for RE minerals. this is why he stopped engine sales. but nevertheless CJ-1000A coming guys. USA forced China to switch on domestic engine. this could threatened entire C919 fleet. COMAC might replace all imported engines. let see
U.S. Pauses Exports of Jet Engine Technology and Chip Software to China
Now this is a very interesting development. It would come sooner or later anyway. Trump allowed the sales of the LEAP 1C engine to go through during is first term, but now it appears to be part of his art of the deal pending future trade negotiations with China. It is a developing story and not clear how strict the suspension will be (all US-origin C919 components, or just some that China could source domestically or from EU, or in between). Waiting BIS updates. Either way, changes to C919 components (particularly the engine) would require recertification with CAAC, which would delay the C919 programme by several years. We could be seeing the Huawei/ZTE moment for COMAC.
In return, China would almost certainly (but quietly) suspend purchase of Boeing airliners. Chinese airliner travelers would have to be stuck with Airbus and workable Boeings for the time being. China's superior airline safety record is a plus nonetheless.
In short, this will likely benefit China's heavily-indebted high-speed rail industry, which I argue has a genuine overcapacity, particularly for lines constructed west of the Guanzhong Plains, in sparsely populated places like Inner Mongolian, Ningxia, etc. However, if one intends to travel to a place within a 5-hour train ride distance (particularly if there's a regularly scheduled train every hour or two), one should choose trains as opposed to more expensive air travel. HSRs are also more "e n v i r o n m e n t a l l y f r i e n d l y", to put it in a Baizuo Woke manner.
In the long-term, there would likely be more incentives to construct C919B using the domestic CJ1000 engines and fully-domestic C929. This would be a win for China, but it will probably take 5-10 years. It took Huawei from 2018 until late 2023 to finally decouple from the US and recover from sanctions. For an industry (like commercial airliners) that China has long fallen behind the West, it could take longer.
I think this will take several years. But from an long-term industrial policy perspective, it is nonetheless a great start and kills any incentives within COMAC to cut corners by relying on imported components on C929 and future C919s.
yeah to replace all LEAP engines it will take time.. but CJ-1000A will be ready for small scale production by next year.
C929 all core parts are domestically produced. include APU/Engine , Landing gear system , avionics. suppliers openly advertising. just recently they showcase the APU for C929.