2024.0413

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introduction：越捷航空确实在几天前与中国商飞举行了签约仪式，但订购的机型并非C919飞机。

** Author| ** First Finance and Economics Chen Shanshan

Vietnam's second-largest airline, Vietnam's second-largest airline, has signed a contract with Comac and is likely to become the first confirmed overseas user of the C919, according to a number of local media. However, the above news has not been officially confirmed by Vietnam Airlines and Comac. According to the exclusive knowledge of the reporter, Vietnam Jet Airlines did hold a signing ceremony with Comac a few days ago, but the aircraft ordered was not a C919 aircraft, but a Chinese-made regional plane ARJ21, and was introduced in the form of lease. The C919 is China's first completely independently developed trunk airliner, while the ARJ21 is the first short-and medium-range regional turbofan aircraft developed by China in accordance with international civil aviation regulations and with independent intellectual property rights. At present, ARJ21 aircraft has been delivered to Chengdu Airlines, Tianjiao Airlines, Jiangxi Airlines, Air China, 123 Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Huaxia Airlines and Lingya Airlines, of which Lingya Airlines is its first overseas user. On December 18, 2022, ARJ21 was officially delivered to Indonesia's Lingya Airlines, and the second aircraft was delivered in June 2023, and the two aircraft were put into commercial passenger transportation on April 18 and June 20, respectively. It is worth noting that in March 2020, China Aviation Leasing (01848.HK), a subsidiary of Everbright Group, acquired a 35.68% stake in Indonesia's Lingya Airlines through indirect investment. The main purpose of this acquisition is to operate Chinese-made ARJ21 aircraft through Lingya Airlines and accumulate experience for ARJ21's overseas operations. The current orders for C919 aircraft mainly come from domestic airlines and leasing companies. At present, China Eastern Airlines, as the first user, is already operating five C919 aircraft, and the company has signed an agreement with Comac to purchase 100 additional C919 aircraft. It is expected that China Eastern Airlines' C919 fleet will reach 10 in 2024. According to the reporter, the other two of the three major state-owned airlines this year, Air China and China Southern Airlines, also plan to receive their first C919 aircraft, while Jinpeng Airlines, a subsidiary of HNA Group, also plans to receive a C919 in the fourth quarter of this year. In September last year, Baoji Airlines, which was set up by Shaanxi Tianju Investment Group in Brunei, signed a "letter of intent to purchase large aircraft made in China" with Comac. The order covers a variety of current models of Comac, including 15 C919 ARJ21 airliners, 3 ARJ21 freighters, 1 ARJ21 medical aircraft, and 1 CBJ business aircraft. At the plenary meeting of the main forum of the 2023 Pujiang Innovation Forum held last year, he Dongfeng, chairman of Comac, revealed that the latest order for the C919 has exceeded 1,000.

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