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We will explore the chinese aviation market and the four chinese jets that will rival Boeing and Airbus for the next century, everything from small regional jets to lumbering craft to rival the Boeing 747 and Airbus A380. What are they? what will they be like to fly? And why the west hates them. Let's crack open this fortune cookie and find out.

The aviation market is made up of two big players - Boeing and Airbus (and embraer) but soon, there might be a third player who rivals the two friendly giants - COMAC.

COMAC, which stands for the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China. Essentially China's economy is snowballing so much that they need to ensure they have their own aviation industry to keep up with demand.

China plans to build an extra 200 airports over the next 15 years to cope with the relentless growth spurt. And only last year, Boeing's own Commercial Market Outlook projections said China would require 8,090 new passenger aircraft plus related aviation services over 20 years -- a market worth $2.9 trillion.

What does COMAC stand for?
There is the ARJ21, which stands for Advanced Regional Jet, nicknamed the Soaring Phoenix.
Then there are the three brothers, the C919, C929, and the C939. C stands for COMAC, 9 for forever and the last two digits for how many tens of passengers it can carry.

The ARJ21 had its first flight in 2008, but it took seven years to be delivered to customers. 32 are currently flying across China, and there are 208 reported orders. There are two versions, a 90 seater -700 and a 105 seater -900. The base model only has a range of 1,200 nautical miles, which is the equivalent of the first Boeing 737 from 1967, but there is an optional upgrade to boost it up to 2000 nautical miles. While small, as its designed for regional travel in china, it doesn't require to the distance—Thats for the next series.

Next up, we have the C919, equivalent to the Boeing 737 and the Airbus A320. there is only one version, that can seat 168 passengers in an all economy layout, or 158 with business class. Its has simular engines as the Boeing 737 MAX series which allow it a range of 2,200 nautical miles. Again, there is an extended range version that can push this up to 3,000. This aircraft will be popular and has already secured 1008 orders.

Side note: orders for these aircraft need to be taken with a grain of salt, as they are nearly all from either Chinese carriers who owned by the government and encourage to purchase locally made aircraft, nations in developing regions and engine manufacturers like GE. No western nation has shown interest in them yet - but we will get to that later.

Next up we have the C929 or the Craic CR929. It has two names because of its a joint venture between COMAC and the Russian United Aircraft Corporation, or UAC. This aircraft is an attempt to replicate the success of the Airbus A330 and Boeing 787.

The aircraft would fit up to 291 passengers with two classes or up to 440 with a single seating class. Or... it could even fit all of my current subscribers! If you want to get on the Chinese plane, hit that subscribe button down below and i'll be sure to send you a ticket! There will be three versions of the plane, progressively offering more seats for less range.

Speaking of, It will have a range of 6,480 nautical miles, 12,000km, and the two partners believe that there will sell 1000 of these aircraft over the next 10 years for a total investment of 13-20 billion.

Now for the last and most significant of the aircraft, the C939. Now very little is known about this aircraft, or if it even is built in the age of Boeing 747 retirings and Airbus A380 production line shutting down.

What we do know is that the C939 will seat over 400 passengers in a twin-engine, twin aisle configuration, much like the biggest 777X and the Airbus A350. It could even be expanded to the same size as the 747, although at this point all these ideas are irrelevant, because outside of China they may find few customers.

Part of the reason why Chinese made aircraft are not popular is because of the engines. at the moment, China can't produce the same level of quality jet engines - for all of these projects they will need GE, Rolls Royce or others to power their aircraft. And it doesn't just stop with the engines.

Plus, if your an airline and you ordered the aircraft - how will you maintain them? China doesn't have a worldwide spanning maintenance and parts network that airlines can easily access. Unless you on the border of the nation, it will be very expensive to operate these aircraft, and likely you will suffer the same fate as Interjet and their Russian made regional jets.

Thanks so much for watching!

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