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Airbus expects China rival in 20 years
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The aspiring large passenger aircraft manufacturers from Russia and China or Canada-based Bombardier will not be a big threat to Airbus and Boeing for about 20 years, John Leahy, Airbus’ chief operating officer, said yesterday.
“If you say, will Airbus and Boeing be under threat for the next 10 years? The answer is no. Twenty years, the answer is probably yes. So 20 years from now, it will probably be a Chinese manufacturer that will be a big threat to both Airbus and Boeing,” Leahy said at the Singapore Airshow.
He said Airbus was established in 1970, but it wasn’t until the 1990s that the European aviation firm began to gain significant ground against Boeing in the large passenger aircraft market.
China set up Commercial Aircraft Corp of China, or COMAC, in 2008 with the goal of producing large passenger aircraft. The company has been marketing its ARJ21, a twin-engine regional jet, and the C919 family of narrow-body airliners at the airshow.
The company also presented the C919’s cabin configuration and four different cabin configurations for the ARJ21-700.
Dang Tiehong, COMAC’s deputy general manager of sales and marketing, said the single-isle jet is expected to be in the final assembly phase by the end of this year.
“We hope the first flight will be carried out in 2015,” he said.
Dang said progress on the C919 is in line with initial expectations, despite some revisions to the timetable. Such revisions are normal on long-term projects like the C919.
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