Originally Posted by
BoeingDriver99
But when China is wants to do something; they do it. Might take a long time but they’ll get there.
Maybe. Russia and other countries have been trying to break into the same market for over 50 years and have yet to “make it.” And it has nothing to do with xenophobia or any other word you choose to use. The reason is mostly technical and centers around how much they are willing to change their aviation system. Regardless, while China has been trying to buy credibility with the purchase of a number of western aviation companies, they still haven’t seen the light and put in place the processes that will give them a more direct path to international certification of the 919 and other aircraft. And this is self-evident by the number of aviation audits they continue to fail.
The one thing the 919 does have in its corner is that 50%+ of its parts and components are imported from existing internationally certified vendors. However, even with that positive point I seriously doubt COMAC will expand beyond a limited provider in the global market based on my experience with the CAAC and other national aircraft producers.