Chapter 374 Inviting to hold COMAC?!

Mr. Yu from COMAC Group never dreamed that before the C919 was officially delivered, it would have ushered in a small climax of orders.

There are already many orders for Airbus A320 aircraft, and the short-term orders have increased a lot recently due to high-speed WIFI, which has led to a much longer delivery cycle of Airbus A320.

This is actually cheaper C919.

The C919 has obtained a European airworthiness certificate, and its delivery cycle is much shorter than the A320. It also has the "Tongtian Satellite Aircraft Communication System" provided by Phoenix Group. In addition, the price of the C919 is $15 million cheaper than the Airbus A320, and the cost-effectiveness can be said to be directly full.

By this comparison, many European airlines and leasing companies have shown strong interest in the C919 for the first time.

final.

After fierce discussions, Lufthansa, as the top European airline, took the lead in reaching cooperation with COMAC Group and placing an order of five C919s!

Immediately afterwards, Serbian Airlines, Turkish Airlines and other airlines placed orders to order C919, completely igniting overseas orders for C919.

At the same time, the domestic competition for the five "current aircraft" to be delivered is also fierce.

The five C919s originally scheduled to be delivered to China Eastern Airlines were "out of" halfway through Sichuan Airlines, and "forced" China Eastern Airlines to transfer two orders with a price increase of 6 million yuan per aircraft.

Two of the remaining three aircraft were given priority to Lufthansa in the name of "opening up overseas markets".

The final batch of five aircraft was five, one aircraft from China Eastern Airlines, two aircraft from Sichuan Airlines, and two aircraft from German Lufthansa!

How can Mr. Yu not feel happy under such a good situation?

Soon, Mr. Yu's joy reached the top management, and Chief Li, who was in charge of economic activities, also received the news that C919 opened overseas orders.

Three days later, Chief Li personally came to the headquarters of COMAC Group in the Magic City.

"Chief Li, in the past few days, we have reached purchase orders with six overseas airlines and two overseas aircraft leasing companies, with a total order quantity of more than 30 aircraft."

"In addition, more than a dozen overseas airlines are negotiating orders with us. As long as we can guarantee the delivery cycle, it will be no problem to win their purchase orders!"

In the conference room, President Yu reported to Chief Li with a brilliant face and reported the outstanding achievements he had made in recent days, and all the executives present also looked excited.

Chief Li laughed happily when he heard this. No one expected that when C919 was about to be delivered, he relied on the help of Phoenix Group to achieve such impressive results in overseas orders!

You should know that the beginning is the most difficult step. It is like tearing a hole in the monopoly market and letting the C919 get in. He believes that once the C919 shows a level that is not inferior to Airbus and Boeing in overseas airlines, the C919 will stand firm in the market!

"You still have to thank Phoenix Group. This time they helped you COMAC Group a big favor!"

Chief Li smiled and sighed, and then said:

"The European airworthiness certificate for C919 was helped by Phoenix Group, and it was also actively deployed by Phoenix Group for Boeing."

"If Phoenix Group hadn't specifically targeted Boeing aircraft this time, I guess the overseas situation of our C919 would not have changed so much! They are losing their own interests to help our COMAC Group!"

"It's really amazing!"

yes!

As Chief Li sighed, the atmosphere in the conference room became much more solemn, and everyone kept nodding.

That's true.

I originally thought that Phoenix Group rejected COMAC's request to monopolize the "Tongtian Satellite Aircraft Communication System" for money, but now I found out that Phoenix Group has quietly played a big game and silently helped COMAC.

After careful consideration, Phoenix Group's operation not only solved the problem of European airworthiness certificates, but also made C919 go overseas, and the results achieved were even better than the exclusive functions of C919.

The only thing that is not bad is, as Chief Li said, is that Phoenix Group has lost its own interests.

Alas! It’s so great love, I sacrifice myself for others!

"Indeed, our COMAC Group really owes Phoenix Group a big favor this time."

"I misunderstood Phoenix Group! With their strength, they could have been a global aircraft service provider safely and earned money from several aircraft manufacturers. Unexpectedly... Alas, really, I cried to death!"

"I was wrong, too. I used to think that Phoenix Group was a company that only focused on interests. It was because I was not judged by the villain's heart. I was wrong, it was really wrong!"

"I have to say that he is worthy of Mr. Hu. This pattern and mind are convincing!"

The criticism gradually arose in the conference room. Everyone had complained about Phoenix Group before, but at this time, the real best result was in front of everyone and they realized how superficial it was before!

The Phoenix Group was wrongly blamed!

After a while, seeing the crowd's discussion gradually weakening, President Yu, who was presiding over the meeting, suddenly stood up and looked at Chief Li.

"Chief Li, this time Phoenix Group has indeed helped us COMAC a lot!"

"It happened to be half a month later that we have a delivery ceremony for C919. We hope to invite Mr. Hu Lai and Mr. Hu of Phoenix Group as a special guest to attend. Do you think...?"

Special guest?

Chief Li agreed without thinking.

"There is no problem at all. Mr. Hu Lai is fully qualified to participate in the delivery ceremony of C919."

"Qinghua (Mr. Yu), you'll just make the arrangement!"

Speaking of this, Chief Li became concerned about the delivery ceremony of C919.

As the leader in charge of economy, he will attend the event as the top leader on the day C919 is officially delivered.

He looked at Mr. Yu curiously:

"By the way, having said that, have the guests invited by the event arranged? What is happening at home and abroad?"

Mr. Yu did not dare to neglect and said quickly:

"The itinerary has been confirmed in China. The bosses of major airlines and director Wang of the Ministry of Industry and the leaders of the Civil Aviation Administration will be present in person."

"For foreign countries, we have sent invitation letters from major European airlines. Some airlines have replied to confirm that they will participate, but some have not responded accurately. In addition, a small number of airlines have clearly refused to attend."

Chief Li nodded slightly, and at that time, as long as some overseas airlines participate, the goal will be achieved.

Now C919 has won a lot of overseas orders, and it will not be deserted when it comes to overseas airlines.

Mr. Yu continued:

"In addition, we also specially invited Airbus Group to participate."

"Airbus and the others finally agreed to send their vice president Pierce to the scene in person."

Pierce!

Chief Li was stunned for a moment when he heard Pierce's name, then a smile appeared on his face and nodded with great satisfaction.

He knew Pierce.

As the vice president of Airbus Group, he is responsible for Airbus Group's most important external business and can be said to be the third person in real power of Airbus Group.

The fact that he was able to invite such a competitor to participate on the important day of the first delivery of the C919 is enough to prove that COMAC Group has already had a certain influence in the civil aviation passenger aircraft industry.

"Qinghua, you did a good job this time, and the guests invited were all heavyweight!"

"But you must pay attention to logistics, and try to estimate the number of guests as much as possible, and logistics catering guarantees must be implemented!"

"This is the first time C919 is unveiled. We will do our best to do our best in the landlords. By the way, we can sign more contracts if we do more details!"

"Yes, yes, yes... Don't worry, Chief, I've arranged all these."

"After witnessing the delivery of the first C919 at the airport, we will transfer to the indoor exhibition center to display our C919 in more detail; at the same time, the Chinese food and exchange meetings have been arranged, and we also made optimistic estimates for the guests, and everything is fine!"

"Okay, that's good!"

Chief Li felt relieved, and he also believed that Mr. Yu would not make any mistakes in such matters.

After the discussion of this matter, the prelude to this meeting finally came to an end.

He didn't rush to speak, but instead picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip. Then he coughed gently when the warm water entered his throat.

The conference room suddenly became quiet. At this time, Chief Li glanced at everyone and said softly:

"I just saw everyone happy, but I actually didn't want to disappoint everyone."

"But I came to our COMAC headquarters in person today and brought something bad to me, I have to say."

With a slight pause, Chief Li's voice slowed down a little.

"According to our internal information, Boeing is now in frequent contact with GE, and we analyze that Boeing is very likely to use GE to put some pressure on us on the engine."

"Although Boeing may not be successful, we have suffered many losses in this kind of choke-off, and we have to make the worst plans."

When the senior officials present heard Chief Li say this in person, the joy that could not be hidden on his face was immediately diluted.

General Electric is the engine supplier of C919.

Due to the long-term backwardness in the field of civil aviation engines, the C919 has to adopt a fully imported General Electric LEAP-1C engine.

In other words, once General Electric has some ideas, then the production orders of C919 will be in trouble.

This kind of thing cannot be said that Chief Li has been worried about too much, but the people of Yan Kingdom have really seen too many things over the years!

But, this involves the issue of domestic production!

Not only the engine, but also many parts on the C919 are purchased abroad. Many key parts are not blocked abroad. If there is really insufficient production capacity, it will have a great impact on the C919 order.

However, there is nothing we can do about this.

Everyone showed a hint of worry on their faces, and Chief Li continued:

"Our C919 felt the pressure brought to us by General Electric at the beginning of its delivery, and I think it's a good thing!"
To be continued...