Boeing slipped another order by when
everyone was thinking wide body and seats. The 737-800 is the choice. It
signals a pause with COMAC confidence as China's favorite own home grown single
aisle framer, as it falters at the development blocks. Adding the fifty to last
year’s 80 single aisle also confirmed, it brings China Eastern's organization
with 130 Boeing single aisle ordered in two years. It can't wait for home
cooking to age. This also signals a long term development plan for China
Eastern in the region. It is building its business plan on Boeing aircraft at
this time suggesting a long term investment of major proportion with Boeing
indicates COMAC is further away from its intended objective than China
Eastern's current growth allows.
The Puget
Sound Business Journal reported, "The Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, also called
COMAC, has delayed the first flight of its C919 — a 737 rival — until sometime
in 2016, Reuters reported Thursday."
Even though it was just announced
regarding COMAC’s plight of its C919, it seems Boeing knew this for quite some
time, and was waiting for the other COMAC shoe to drop. It did before Thursday having
Boeing announce this order for 50, 737-800 NG's, with China Eastern’s organization. This could be a bridge order for Boeing’s Max
Program, as it gains another couple of months’ worth of production with NG’s while expanding its NG remaining backlog. However, both the Max and NG will build
side by side in Renton, Wa. Eliminating any production gaps for single aisle.
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