Neither is present in this segment.
Airbus never was(A318 is well above), and last Boeing was 717 model, inherited from Mcdonnell Douglas.
Chinese Aviation Industry
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Airbus never was(A318 is well above), and last Boeing was 717 model, inherited from Mcdonnell Douglas.
b787
Captain
the closest equivalent are not from Airbus or Boeing, but from Embraer and Bombardier.
And the rate is far too low see
and far too low for Airbus
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broadsword
Brigadier
b787
Captain
To be honest i do not what to say, perhaps might sell a lots of aircraft to be honest i do not know, time will tell.
Regarding the ARJ-21, i think the jet is becoming obsolete, i think China if they have a winner might be the C-919, the ARJ-21 is basically a re-vamped DC-9 variant, regardless they say it is original and so like they say J-11 or J-15 are Chinese designs.
The airliner market in Asia, is the world largest, and China and Japan are part of this market, but i see China has a Soviet style marketing system COMAC sales are to Chinese airliners backed and founded by the Chinese government.
The market might justify it, but beyond China i do not see any success to the ARJ-21s.
MRJ are trying to sell it beyond Japan in a way COMAC has not been successful.
The C-919 has an advanced design perhaps it might get some oversea sales in quantity.
Hendrik_2000
Lieutenant General
ARJ 21 is not obsolete It has its place as feeder aircraft China now has a lot of small airport serving isolated small city specially in the west NO it is not a copy of DC 9 It has critical wing. new engine for high altitude take off
It is a bit heavy since China does not have carbon fibre technology when they first designed the plane
MRJ is no more successful than C919. It has been postponed over and over again And wont; be available until 2020 if not postponed again
b787
Captain
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Hendrik_2000
Lieutenant General
It is nothing but speculation of western press just because aircraft resembled doesn't mean it is copy
To begin with it has different engine, different wing, different avionic, serve different segment of market, has higher attitude capability since most Chinese airport in the west is on higher plateau. which DC9 doesn't have
If the fuselage is the similar so what most of the aircraft in the world has similar looking fuselage
So what if they used existing tool ! unqualified journalist who doesn't a &&& about aircraft
SamuraiBlue
Captain
I don't see b787 claiming it is a COPY.
In his own words he states that it is;
Big difference there.
In his own words he states that it is;
Utilizing notes stating;
Which basically meaning it's belongs to the DC-9 family with others like the Fokker100, ERJ 145 and Bombardier CRJ but not exactly the same.
Big difference there.
Quickie
Colonel
No one is saying the Dreamliner and the A350 is a copy of each other although they probably have closer specs than that between the ARJ21 (with its super critical wing design) and its contemporary equivalent, not to mention the DC-9.
The ARJ-21 is incomparable to the DC-9 since the latter wouldn't be able to operate in the kind of conditions that the ARJ-21 is designed for.
The ARJ-21 is incomparable to the DC-9 since the latter wouldn't be able to operate in the kind of conditions that the ARJ-21 is designed for.