bullyxtreme Chapter 306: $1 Sky-High Price Passenger Plane, Two Fighter Jet Heroes Appear
Chapter 306: $1 Sky-High Price Passenger Plane, Two Fighter Jet Heroes Appear
"How much? A million dollars?"
The vice president of Lufthansa exclaimed.
"Yes sir, I suppose it's worth the price?"
Zhu Yurong, the sales director of the Guguo Commercial Aircraft Manufacturing Group who was in charge of the reception, replied with a smile.
One million US dollars for one aircraft is considered very expensive in this era.
You should know that the DC-2 twin-engine passenger aircraft of Douglas Corporation of the United States only costs 7.8 US dollars.
Even a four-engine DC-4 passenger plane costs only about $20.
The A-909 airliner costs as much as one million, more than four times the price of a DC-3 airliner.
That's why the vice president of Lufthansa couldn't help but exclaim when he heard the offer.
The price is indeed high, but if you are operating an intercontinental route, you can earn back your principal in about 5-8 years, and the rest is pure profit.
At the same time, he muttered in his heart: "The ancients must have calculated this. How cunning."
Since there is profit to be made, we can purchase some for operation to seize the domestic civil aviation market in Hans and not give other airlines any chance.
"We need to purchase 28 aircraft, and we don't know how long it will take to start delivering them."
When Zhu Yurong heard this number, her eyes lit up, and then the smile on her face became even more enthusiastic.
"Our aircraft manufacturing plant has started operations and we will be able to deliver the first aircraft within half a month and complete the delivery of 28 aircraft within two months."
So fast?
28 aircraft were delivered within two months, with a monthly production of 14 aircraft.
This is a large, long-range passenger aircraft with four engines, so the delivery speed is not slow at all.
Currently, COMAC has only invested in one civil aircraft manufacturing center in Shenzhou.
This manufacturing center relies on the aircraft manufacturing industry chain in Northeast China, so the manufacturing cost is relatively low.
However, due to the lack of skilled workers and the fact that the production line has not yet been fully run-in, the speed has not been increased.
If production efficiency and production volume are improved, costs can be further reduced.
The current manufacturing cost of the A909 passenger aircraft is US$37, and the profit is US$63 per aircraft.
There is absolutely no problem in further compressing it to less than $30.
In addition to the manufacturing center in Shenzhou, COMAC also plans to invest in the construction of a super-large manufacturing center in Shanghai.
When the vice president of Lufthansa signed his name on the letter of intent, Zhu Yurong felt relieved.
This order is a good start for the ancient COMAC Group.
This is a huge order worth 2800 million US dollars.
And this $2800 million is just the beginning for the A909 aircraft.
"In addition to the A909 passenger aircraft, our group has also developed a passenger/cargo aircraft for short-haul transportation. It is very cheap, only $15 per aircraft."
The vice president thought for a moment and then said, "I think I can find out."
The passenger aircraft promoted by Zhu Yurong is mainly aimed at the short-haul regional aircraft market.
Its code name is ARJ-10 'Dream Boat', a twin-engine short-haul passenger aircraft, which is a modified DC-5 passenger aircraft.
It is powered by two turboprop engines with a power of 1200 horsepower each.
The maximum flight speed can reach 700 kilometers per hour, the maximum range is 3200 kilometers, and the practical ceiling is 8000 meters.
It can carry about 30 passengers or about 3 tons of cargo.
COMAC launched this passenger aircraft to compete with Douglas' DC-3 passenger aircraft.
However, its performance far exceeds that of the DC-3 passenger aircraft.
At the same time, it will also be widely used in the domestic civil aviation market.
There are more than 100 intention orders in China alone.
As the domestic economy takes off, the scale of the civil aviation market will become larger and larger.
The market potential of this small and medium-sized passenger aircraft is still huge.
Sure enough, after seeing some core data, the vice president was tempted.
Currently, the most common aircraft models in their company are passenger aircraft produced by Douglas and Junkers.
Among them, Douglas's is naturally the DC-3.
The passenger aircraft produced by Junkers is naturally the three-engine JU-52.
However, the performance of these two aircraft is very different from that of the Dreamliner.
What ultimately led Lufthansa to choose to purchase it was another sentence from Zhu Yurong.
"Our Dreamliner also uses a turboprop engine, which is also a type of jet engine."
He knew that the A-909 passenger aircraft used a turboprop engine.
This is also due to the fact that it uses a jet engine and has an extremely long range.
It is currently the only passenger aircraft that can be used to fly intercontinental routes.
So they accepted the $100 million offer.
The performance of the Dreamliner is indeed good, but its price is much higher than that of Douglas and Junkers.
But if a jet engine is added, the competitiveness will increase immediately.
"As we are expanding the civil aviation market in Xizhou, we can continue to purchase 17 Dreamliners for trial operation."
There are many options for short-haul passenger aircraft, and its specific performance is still unknown.
So he just cautiously placed an order for 17 aircraft.
If the market feedback is good and they can make money.
Then they will definitely place more orders next.
Another order worth 255 million US dollars was completed, and Zhu Yurong was in a very good mood.
And Lufthansa is just the beginning.
As the international sales director, she met with representatives from one airline after another.
It is obvious that these companies are very enthusiastic about developing intercontinental routes.
Orders for the A909 passenger aircraft also soared.
Among them, Citigroup United Airlines from the United States has ordered 12 larger A909 aircraft.
The number of seats can reach 125, and the maximum range can even reach kilometers.
The engines used are four more powerful 4500 shaft horsepower turboprop engines.
A-909-125 is also an extended version.
The price is naturally more attractive, reaching 115 million US dollars per aircraft.
While the ancient COMAC was enjoying the meat, another company that took a different approach also got a taste of the soup.
This company is one of the subsidiaries of Nanhua Group - Nanhua Airlines.
The person in charge of this company is Huang Jiahui herself.
As the eldest daughter of the Huang family, she is not just a pretty face.
When she learned that the ancient government wanted to vigorously develop the aviation industry and open up the international civil aviation market, she keenly sensed this opportunity.
However, it is absolutely impossible to compete with COMAC in terms of funding and technology.
So she turned her attention to the small plane.
However, although the market for small aircraft is large, the competition is also fierce.
Because it is not just Nanhua, a private enterprise, that has set its sights on this track.
Capital has a very keen sense of smell.
She thought there would be a market for developing a luxury business jet.
Because my eldest brother Huang Shuye needs to travel back and forth between the ancient country and Southeast Asia three or four times a year, he can only take a ship each time.
But if you take a passenger plane, you don’t have that much freedom in terms of time.
If you have a private business jet, you can fly whenever you want and go wherever you want. It is very free.
It can also be used to receive customers.
After she told Jiang Hua about this idea, she naturally got Jiang Hua's approval.
Jiang Hua, who comes from modern time and space, knows very well how big the market for private jets is.
However, the private jet market is still a blank and an undeveloped desert.
If you can be the first to try something new, there will be absolutely no problem in becoming the leader in this field in the future.
So the newly established South China Airlines launched their first private business jet, the S-36 small business luxury aircraft.
It uses the same power as the Dreamliner, but is smaller in size.
The interior decoration is very luxurious. It is a passenger plane specially built for business and wealthy people.
The price is also very attractive, reaching 24 US dollars per unit.
At present, this S-36 passenger aircraft has attracted the attention of many people.
More and more wealthy people come to watch, and it is obvious that they are also very interested in this private luxury jet.
By the afternoon, the S-36 private business jet had received its first order.
By the end of the day, a total of 6 orders had been received.
This is definitely a good start for South China Airlines, a small private aircraft manufacturing company.
In the ground display area on the other side, the best stars of the show are still two export-oriented jet fighters.
These two export-oriented jet fighters are produced by Chengdu Aircraft Manufacturing Group and Shenzhou Aircraft Industry Group respectively.
These two military aircraft manufacturers are also the northern and southern giants in the ancient country's fighter jet manufacturing, and the two sides are in a competitive relationship.
Among them, the Chengdu Aircraft Manufacturing Group launched the FC-86 "Saber" jet fighter.
The Shenzhou Aircraft Industry Group launched the FC-15 'Sharp Knife'.
This jet fighter is a domestically produced version of the MiG-15.
These two jet fighters were also a pair of bickering rivals in the original time and space, and they had fought many times, with both sides winning and losing.
In this time and space, these two fighter jets come from the same country.
However, what is certain is that there is a high possibility that these two fighter jets will fight in the air in the future.
Emile Calvin's eyes kept moving back and forth between the two jet fighters lined up side by side.
This was also the first time he had such close contact with the rumored jet fighter.
As expected, as the rumors said, the performance of jet fighters far exceeds that of propeller fighters.
Take the FC-15 fighter jet, for example, which he thinks is short in appearance.
The maximum take-off weight is 5.1 tons, the maximum speed is 1080 kilometers per hour, the range is 1700 kilometers, the climb rate is 50 meters per second, and the ceiling is meters.
These data can instantly kill all the current propeller fighters.
When propellers face a jet fighter, the chances of survival are slim.
He knew that when these two jet fighters appeared on the international military trade market, it would mean the end of piston propeller aircraft.
In the future, no country will invest a lot of manpower and material resources to research piston propeller fighter jets.
"God, they're so good."
The Hans also shared the same idea.
Representing the Hans Air Force this time was Lieutenant General Yorick, head of the Air Force Command's Quartermaster Department.
When he saw these two jet fighters, he couldn't take his eyes off them.
At this time, he also understood that the future would definitely be dominated by jet fighters.
The desire to purchase jet fighters became particularly strong.