Boeing Decisions: Resold part of China 737max orders!

On September 15, local time, according to Reuters reports, Boeing executives said that the resale parts were delivered to the 737MAX aircraft originally planned to Chinese customers.

According to surging news, on September 16, the relevant person in charge of Boeing China responded to reporters, "China is an important market for our aviation industry. We have supported China's civil aviation development for 50 years. Although the demand for our planes is still strong, But the timing of progress also depends on other factors. In this dynamic period, we are working closely with customers. "

The person in charge also said, "The good news is that the demand for other global markets is very strong. In the environment where the supply chain is limited today, the existing inventory provides a kind of flexibility. Risk plans to re -assign existing inventory. This cautious approach enables us to deliver the aircraft to customers who are ready to receive them, and at the same time ensure that we can still deliver the aircraft to Chinese customers when the timing is appropriate. "

According to a number of foreign media reports, Brianwest, chief financial officer of Boeing, said at a event, "Boeing has been postponed for a long time before how to deal with these plans to be delivered to China 737max Decision. "DaveCalHoun, CEO of Boeing, did not specify which Chinese airline's aircraft orders would be affected.

When it comes to re -selling the necessity of 737 MAX, Karkhorn said that the resumption of delivery in China is vital to the future of Boeing, but he said that the prospect of selling aircraft to China within one or two years is not optimistic.

"But I think one day we will return to the original stage. I just don't think this is a fast date." For the future outlook, Karkhon said that he did not see the slow demand for the plane.

At the end of the second quarter of this year, the average productivity of Boeing 737 increased to 31 each month. Boeing Chief Financial Officer Brian West said at an analyst at the analyst that there were 290 unprepared 737 MAX aircraft at the end of the second quarter, about half of which were provided for Chinese customers. This year's delivery volume will be around 400, lower than the company's earlier prediction earlier this year.

In the first half of this year, Boeing revenue was US $ 30.672 billion, a year -on -year decrease of 5%. It is recognized that the net profit under the principle of accounting is -1082 million US dollars, and the same period last year was $ 06 million. In the second quarter, revenue was lower than market expectations, a year -on -year decrease of 2%year -on -year. It is recognized that the net profit under the principle of accounting is 160 million US dollars, a year -on -year decrease of 72%.

Boeing 737max has two air crash successively

It has been stopped in China for 3 years

In October 2018 and March 2019, two Boeing 737MAX-8 aircraft were affiliated to Singapore Lion Air and Ethiopian airlines, which caused a total of 346 people. Due to the doubts pointing to the design problems of Boeing 737max-8, the Civil Aviation Administration of China was in On March 11, 2019, he was the first to announce the ban on the model.

Subsequently, many countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa immediately announced the suspension of the model. On March 14, 2019, the United States announced the suspension of the model. At this point, Boeing 737MAX-8 aircraft grounded around the world.

The accident investigation report at the time determined that the two air crash were related to a series of fatal errors from Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration. These two air crash are not caused by simple technical failures, technical mistakes or improper management.

First of all, both accidents are related to the maneuverability enhancement system (MCAS) on the 737MAX-8 aircraft. When the plane is in a state of artificial flight and the wing is closed, the wrong high -angle input will repeatedly activate MCAS, resulting in the horizontal stable surface repeatedly lowered the head and flattening. Under the interference of multiple alarms, the flight unit cannot effectively identify the position failure and take measures to take measures. In the end, the aircraft lost control.

Secondly, Boeing knows that there are defects in the design of 737max-8, and deliberately conceal information to airlines, pilots and regulators, and affect the management and review of regulatory agencies through business relations. The Federal Aviation Administration has also been criticized for serious negligence, lacks approval and supervision of Boeing 737mAX-8, and bets on the public's life safety during the critical period between two air crash.

In order to solve the above security issues, Boeing launched a design change work and submitted the air supervision agency of various countries for approval. In November 2021, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) took the lead in lifting a flight ban on 737max. Subsequently, more than 180 countries approved the restoration of 737mAX operations. Screenshot source: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

According to media reports at that time, the China Civil Aviation Administration had previously responded to the US Civil Aviation Administration of Aviation's approval of Boeing 737mAX to resume news at that time. Based on these three principles, we did not set the timetable for the 737max-8 resumed flight. As long as this require We must continue to be subject to strict airlines to ensure safety.

The specific content of the three principles is:

1. The design changes of the aircraft must be approved by air flights;

2. The driver must be fully trained;

3. The conclusion of the investigation of the two accidents must be clear, and the improvement measures are effective.

In December 2021, the Civil Aviation Administration of China issued a voyage instruction to submit specific operating instructions to the airline on the 737max change design and change content. The Civil Aviation Administration said at the time that domestic airlines completed the work of aircraft modification, stopping aircraft, and driver training based on the instructions of the aircraft. After the existing operation of the supplementary operation, the commercial operation of the current domestic fleet was expected to be at the end of 2021 or early 2022 in 2022. The recovery of the new aircraft will be restarted.

But Fufei has not yet made progress. Boeing Chief Financial Officer Brian West revealed in the above September 15th meeting that in February 2022, some Chinese airlines began flight testing, but then suspended again since then, "the reason includes epidemic restrictions, etc.". Or affected by this, Boeing has not delivered 737mAX aircraft to Chinese customers since 2019.

It is worth mentioning that in July 2022, the three major Chinese airlines in China: Southern Airlines, Air China, and China Eastern Airlines have officially announced the signing of A320NEO passenger aircraft orders with Airbus.

China Southern Airlines, Air China, and Eastern Airlines will buy 96, 96, and 100 A320NEO series aircraft from Airbus, with the basic prices of about $ 12.248 billion, US $ 12.213 billion, and $ 12.796 billion, respectively. The three airline orders have a total of 292. According to the directory price in January 2020, the total price of the three major air orders was about 37.257 billion U.S. dollars, converted to more than 240 billion yuan. Airbus is the main competitor of Boeing.

At that time, Boeing was dissatisfied with this. The company said that geopolitical differences continued to restrict US aircraft exports and were "disappointing."

Edit | Cheng Peng Yi Qijiang Du Hengfeng

School Division | Wang Yuelong

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