Chapter 371 Boeing is anxious

As soon as he said this, Airbus Vice President Pierce's face changed immediately.

If Boeing does not provide services, it means that among the mainstream international flight aircraft, only the Airbus series aircraft can have these functions.

Not to mention short-distance regional flights, if they are really exclusive to the Airbus series of aircraft, it will definitely be a great benefit for Airbus on international routes.

This...is very likely because several technologies have caused a huge impact on Boeing's 747,777 international flights!

After a moment, Pierce's extremely keen business acumen began to measure the gains and losses of the deal.

What Phoenix Group needs is the airworthiness certificate for C919 in Europe. Although the aircraft of C919 is not bad, it will take a long way to go to a new passenger plane if it really wants to gain favor in the international market.

Pilot training, ground service, flight attendant, airport, airline, etc. all require a lot of time to adapt, and it is by no means possible overnight.

and.

If the C919 is put into the European aircraft market and Boeing can’t get these services, it will definitely be a huge deal!

Compared with Boeing, C919 is obviously not a match of the same level!

In an instant, Pierce had an answer in his mind, but at this time he didn't want to show up very urgently.

From Airbus' standpoint, he certainly hopes to get more.

"Hu, I have to say that your proposal is very attractive, but we need to make a long-term plan for this matter, and I need to report it to the board of directors first."

"I'm not sure whether the board of directors will agree to it in the end."

Hu Lai knew that he was already moved when he saw Pierce's expression, and it didn't matter that Pierce's official politeness. He believed that the Airbus board of directors would definitely consider it carefully.

As long as the Airbus Board of Directors nods its approval, it will be very easy for C919 to obtain a European airworthiness certificate with Airbus Group's influence in the European Air Traffic Agency.

so.

Hu Lai was very confident. The next question was nothing more than how much benefit Airbus used airworthiness certificates to exchange from Yan Country, but this had nothing to do with him.

"No problem, Mr. Pierce."

"But I'm sorry to you to hurry up. If I change my mind in a few days, it may not be possible."

...

On the other side.

The news that Phoenix Group announced on its official website that it would provide services to global aircraft manufacturers was also noticed by COMAC.

Mr. Yu of COMAC has been sighing these days, but from the perspective of Phoenix Group, it is understandable.

In desperation, COMAC could only focus on obtaining European airworthiness certificates again.

but.

It is also extremely difficult for COMAC to obtain a European airworthiness certificate.

As early as two or three years ago, COMAC had already carried out large aircraft evidence test flights with the European Aviation Administration, but it is well known that neither Airbus nor Boeing want the C919 to enter the European market, so the progress is extremely slow.

The biggest conflict of interest is that Airbus Group has the greatest resistance.

Thinking of this, Mr. Yu frowned slightly, and after hesitating for a moment, his eyes fell on the landline phone on the desk.

Calculate the day, today is exactly the day for the European Space Agency to test flight and evidence collection. It is time to do so. I am afraid that the progress of this test flight and evidence collection is still not optimistic.

Mr. Yu couldn't help but shake his head, but at this moment the phone on the table suddenly rang.

"Hey, I'm Yu Qinghua."

"Mr. Yu, good news, great news!"

"The European Space Agency has collected evidence through our C919 test flight today. Now they have taken the initiative to ask us about the follow-up questions!"

What!

Mr. Yu only felt the blood surging, and the sudden surprise made him stand up suddenly.

"Xiao Liu, what did you say?! The European Space Agency has passed our test flight to collect evidence?!"

"That's right, Mr. Yu, the staff of their test flight team have clearly told us today that the test flight evidence collection stage has been passed, and there are some other matters in the future, but they are relatively simple."

Mr. Yu, who received the confirmation news again, opened his mouth wide, and he really didn't expect happiness to come so suddenly.

But after a moment, he felt very strange in his heart, why did the European side suddenly let go and his attitude changed so quickly?!

Mr. Yu didn't wait too long. After the phone number for the good news was hung up, more and more news from Europe also came back.

News from all sources shows that the European Space Agency has made a clear decision to release the C919 airworthiness certificate this time, but the driving force behind it is actually...

Phoenix Group!

Mr. Yu was stunned when he received the news. The next remote conference call with the European Space Agency also forced him to believe that this was indeed the Phoenix Group was pushing behind the scenes!

The next day, in a conference call between the European Space Agency and COMAC, the European side put forward their final request.

"Our Airbus has reached some agreements with Phoenix."

"However, before these agreements take effect, we need to negotiate some business orders with you."

"This time, under the pressure of Ami, we have released enough kindness to C919 obtain an airworthiness certificate in Europe. We also hope that you can show some sincerity and let us feel the sincerity of our fellow citizens."

"We hope that after we issue airworthiness certificates to the C919, you can purchase 1,000 of our Airbus aircraft. I think this requirement is not difficult for you."

As soon as he heard this, Mr. Yu immediately understood.

The European Space Agency, led by Airbus, is conducting its final bargaining deal!

When Mr. Yu heard the European Space Agency's order for 1,000 aircraft, he was not angry, but he felt relieved.

1,000 Airbus planes!

Although 1,000 aircraft sounds a bit too many, you should know that before Phoenix Group promotes it, Airbus will not talk about it at all!

Do you want to trade an order for European airworthiness certificate?!

No way!

I won't give you such a chance at all!

Europeans can tell whether they will never let C919 enter the European market or get some orders at one time. Europeans can clearly distinguish them!

"Mr. Sius, this matter cannot be decided by my authority, but I will report it to my superiors immediately."

"Once there is a result, we will restart the meeting with you as soon as possible."

"Okay, no problem."

After the call with the European Space Agency, Mr. Yu quickly reported the matter.

C919 is related to the transformation of Yanguo's high-end manufacturing industry. The issues of overseas orders and airworthiness certificates have always been the issues that senior management is most concerned about.

And it just so happened that it was Chief Li who was responsible for the work related to C919.

When Chief Li understood the reason for the European Space Agency's resignation, he stood there and muttered to himself.

"Phoenix Group...I didn't expect it to be Phoenix Group again!"

...

With Chief Li's personal intervention, the Ministry of Commerce quickly connected with Airbus.

After a fierce negotiation, Airbus finally reached an agreement with the Ministry of Commerce.

Companies in the Yan Kingdom will purchase 820 Airbus series aircraft of Airbus, and the European Space Agency will also pass the C919 European airworthiness certificate within half a month.

Hu Lai, who was behind the scenes, did not join in. This kind of national game is no longer a range that he can control. However, Director Wang of the Ministry of Industry and President Yu of Commerce came to thank him in person after the matter was finalized.

soon.

The news that Yanguo purchased 820 Airbus aircraft was released. The next day, the news that Airbus and Phoenix Group reached a cooperation was officially announced.

Unlike Yanguo's purchase of 820 aircraft, just a simple press release, the news of Airbus and Phoenix Group's cooperation this time is very detailed, and even all airlines around the world have received business emails from Airbus.

In addition to detailed introduction to the three new functions that will be available for cooperation with Phoenix on the latest A318 and A320 new aircraft, Airbus also specifically proposed to provide existing models such as A320, A330, A340 and other operations.

Upgrade and modify.

After this news was issued, it immediately attracted the attention of global airlines.

Because the three services provided by Airbus are not expensive, each aircraft has a service fee of only $800,000 per year, which brings about improved safety and "aircraft high-speed-WIFI".

The first move was the European Ade Airlines.

Foreign airlines are very competitive. After confirming that there is no problem, Ade's "Lufthansa" first took the lead in installing the "Tongtian Satellite Flight Communication System" on two Airbus A330 aircraft!

When two Airbus A330s were connected to the Tongtian satellite network, the wave of "aircraft high-speed WIFI" could not stop.

After "Lufthansa" was vigorously advertised and specially arranged on the busiest flights in Europe with "aircraft high-speed WIFI" as the highlight, it was like dropping a huge bomb on an ordinary flight route!

Passengers who have truly experienced the "aircraft high-speed WIFI" provided by Phoenix Group Tongtian Satellite have shared their ride experiences on the Internet. As expected, after just one day's trial operation, the two A330s of Lufthansa quickly became the Internet.

Red Popular Flights.

Not to mention air tickets within 7 days, even half a month's tickets are hard to get. Even after Lufthansa increased the fare by 10%, it was still hard to get tickets for two A330 flights.

European airlines, which are already fiercely competitive, can't sit still when they see such a hot flight situation, and have asked Airbus to install "aircraft high-speed-WIFI" configuration.
To be continued...