Chapter 2112 Layout of Regional Aviation

"Life in America ()"

2112

After Yang Cheng expressed his attitude, he asked again, "I remember that two years ago, Delta ordered 50 wide-body aircraft from Airbus? What model is it? 350?"

Bastian confirmed, "Yes, this order includes 25 A350-900 and A330-900neo each, equipped with Rolls-Royce Trent XWB and Trent 7000 engines respectively."

Yang Cheng frowned and asked, "Counting this order, how many orders have not been delivered?"

Bastian said without hesitation, "Delta currently operates nearly 160 Airbus single-aisle and wide-body aircraft, including 57 A319s, 69 A320s, 11 A330-200s and 21 A330-300s.

Including this order, Delta Air Lines still has a total of 105 Airbus aircraft orders waiting to be delivered. In addition to these 50 passenger aircraft, there are 10 A330-300 and 45 A321 aircraft orders that have not yet been delivered, but they will be delivered one after another starting this year. .

These new aircraft will be used to replace the old models, and the replaced old models will be sold to leasing companies, which can be leased to airlines in small countries to continue to generate profits. "

Yang Cheng tapped her finger on the table, "It's been a bit long, put a little pressure on Airbus, if we can't deliver according to the contract time, we will cancel the order."

Bastian nodded and reminded, "Understood~ A350 is worth waiting for."

Of course Yang Cheng knew, he just wanted to tell the French to pay attention to efficiency. The A350XWB wide-body aircraft is the latest generation of Airbus' mid-sized long-range wide-body aircraft series, and it is the latest member of Airbus' very successful wide-body aircraft family.

With excellent ride comfort, a large number of innovative technology applications and unique technological processes, A350XWB has a very obvious competitive advantage in the same class of aircraft, and its fuel consumption is reduced by 25%.

The A350XWB project has been extensively listened to by customers, which has enabled it to set new industry standards in many areas such as ride comfort, operational efficiency and cost-effectiveness.

Needless to say, the Airbus A330 series includes passenger planes, cargo planes, military transport tankers, business jets and other derivative models, and has received more than 1,300 confirmed orders so far.

It is currently one of the most efficient aircraft in the world and has extremely high operating economy. Airbus invests about 150 million US dollars in the continuous improvement of the A330 project every year. The latest improvement is the launch of the A330neo.

The A330neo inherits the proven economy, flexibility and reliability of the A330 series, and further reduces the unit fuel consumption by 14%.

The A330neo series consists of two models, A330-800neo and A330-900neo, equipped with the new Trent 7000 engine produced by Rolls-Royce, with a fan diameter of 112 inches and a bypass ratio of up to 10:1. seats, aerodynamic improvements and the introduction of new cabin technology.

A330, A350XWB and A380 constitute Airbus' complete series of wide-body aircraft, covering the market from 250-seat to 500-seat. Delta Air Lines is definitely a major customer. How dare they ignore the opinions of major customers?

"By the way, how is Boeing's branch plan going?"

Bastian firmly said, "Self-research is impossible, and it will definitely be annexed. This will be an acquisition worth billions of dollars, and it will be difficult to complete in a short time."

"What is their goal?"

"Airbus took over the Canadian Bombardier, and Boeing has few targets to choose from. It should be the core business of Embraer."

Yang Cheng nodded thoughtfully. Once Boeing merges the core business of Embraer, it will mean that the world's largest regional aircraft business will be absorbed by the Americans, and the world's civil airliners will almost be completely monopolized by Boeing and Airbus.

Bastian continued, "I heard that Boeing and Embraer are planning to establish a joint venture covering the manufacture of civilian airliners.

The joint venture will be responsible for Embraer's commercial aircraft and services business, in which Boeing will hold an 80 percent stake in the joint venture and Embraer will hold a 20 percent stake. "

Yang Cheng laughed and said, "This so-called merger plan is to spin off Embraer's most valuable regional airliner business and sell it to Boeing."

Bastian spread his hands, "That's right~"

Founded in 1969, Embraer is currently the world's largest producer of jet regional jets. Its headquarter is located in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Its annual net profit is close to 3 billion U.S. dollars, ranking second only to Airbus and Boeing in the world. The main models of regional airliners are divided into two series of regional airliners: ERJ145 jet series and E jet aircraft.

Among them, the ERJ145 jet series includes four models, namely ERJ145 with 50 seats, ERJ145 long-range version with 50 seats, ERJ140 with 44 seats and ERJ135 with 37 seats. This series has accumulatively produced more than 1,000 aircraft, and it is the earliest regional airliner product that Embraer focuses on.

The E-jet series also includes four models, namely the E-170 with 70-80 seats, the E-175 with 78-88 seats, the E-190 with 98-114 seats and the E-195 with 108-122 seats. This series has also produced nearly 700, and has hundreds of orders.

Yang Cheng shook his head, "I don't think Brazil's government will let go easily. Embraer's aviation industry is one of the few pillar industries for them. If it is acquired by Boeing, Brazil will have nothing to play in the future.

After all, after Embraer's most valuable regional airliner business is divested, it will still retain its business jet business and defense business, but it will lose its manufacturing capacity for aircraft with more than 50 seats. What's the point?

Relying on military orders alone is not enough for the Brazilian industry to support so many employees, let alone issues involving national enterprises. The Brazilian government will not let it go easily.

However, the Brazilian industry must have taken advantage of Boeing and will definitely try its best to facilitate the birth of this merger.

So the rest depends on the game between the two sides, and Boeing will definitely not give up.

Just as Airbus has formed a full-spectrum airliner product line, once Boeing integrates with Embraer's branch business, it will inevitably enhance its comprehensive competitiveness in the field of commercial aircraft.

As early as the turn of the century, it completed the construction of three major business systems - Civil Aircraft Group, Military Aircraft and Missile Department, Aerospace and Communication Equipment Department - and became a modern enterprise integrating aerospace and electricity, as well as military and civil aviation. On the road of full-category competition, Boeing has gone far earlier and farther than Airbus.

In recent years, Boeing has continued to make moves in expanding its business chain and leveraging the capital market:

In 2014, a 777X wing production center was built in Everett, specializing in the manufacture of carbon fiber composite wings and empennages.

In 2017, the avionics business department was established to directly provide navigation, flight control and information management systems for future new aircraft, posing a posture of competing with traditional specialized avionics companies; a new venture capital company named HorizonX was also established to invest in Applicable technologies for autonomous vehicles, machine learning, additive manufacturing, wearables, and more.

Isn't this clearly about to play a big game of chess? "