AirInsight has released a report entitled “The Coming Aerospace Squeeze – a review of commercial aircraft programs in Brazil, Canada, China, Japan and Russia.” This report summarizes current and planned aircraft programs in each of these countries and the potential impact of those programs on the commercial aerospace market.
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Authored by noted analysts Ernest S. Arvai, Scott Hamilton and Addison Schonland, the report provides insight into emerging programs ranging from the five countries, including China’s COMAC C919, Japan’s Kawasaki YPX, Canada’s CSeries and Russia’s UAC MS-21, and their potential impact on Boeing and Airbus. The 57-page study also examines the new regional jet programs: China’s ARJ21, Japan’s MRJ and Russia’s Superjet, and the impacts faced by the four current players, Airbus Boeing, Embraer, and Bombardier, to meet this new competition.
Among the conclusions in the study:
“Boeing and Airbus are feeding the hand that will come back to bite them” said co-author Ernest S. Arvai, of The Arvai Group, Inc., who indicated that “technology transfer to emerging aerospace countries is enabling new competitors who will each take a piece of the market. Our projections indicate that the 100-200 seat market shared by Airbus and Boeing with an 88% market share today could see that share fall to nearly 40% if all of the new competitors are successful and achieve their market goals. While that is unlikely, a significant market share shift will occur over the next two decades, and additional industry capacity will have an impact on the supply/demand balance, pricing and margins.”
“New entrants for the 150-seat market segment in China, Russia and potentially Japan will have an impact on Airbus and Boeing,” said co-author Scott Hamilton of Leeham Co. LLC. “While we don’t expect these programs to be particularly successful outside the home markets, these domestic sales will significantly eat into the market shares of Airbus and Boeing. To compete effectively, Airbus and Boeing will need to re-engine their current models around 2015, and introduce break-through technology in the 2020-2024 time frame to leap-frog these emerging competitors.”
“For the first time, a new generation of engine technology will be introduced by firms other than Airbus or Boeing, as the geared turbo-fan from Pratt & Whitney will launch with the Bombardier CSeries. While aerodynamics and materials have an impact on performance, engine technology is the primary driver for economic improvements, and the new international competitors will for the first time have the most efficient airplanes,” said co-author Addison Schonland of Innovation Analysis Group.
The report examines a number of new programs in detail, including the E-Jets and future developments from Embraer, the CRJ-1000 and CSeries from Bombardier, the ARJ-21 and C919 from China, Mitsubishi MRJ and Kawasaki YPX from Japan and the Sukhoi Superjet 100 and UAC MS-21 from Russia.
About AirInsight
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Contacts:
Ernest S. Arvai
+1.603.894.0000
Scott Hamilton
+1.425.392.1160
Addison Schonland
+1.858.536.9900
Category: Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier, Embraer
Tags: Airbus, ARJ21, AVIC, Boeing, Bombardier, Brazil, C919, Canada, China, Comac, Embraer, Japan, Kawasaki YPX, Mitsubishi MRJ, MS-21, Russia, Sukhoi, Superjet
Outside of China, Comac is a threat to nobody. Nither are the russians. I wouldn’t set foot on a commercial jet built in either country, and any airline in the west nutty enough to buy them will suffer greatly.
The MRJ is another matter. From a quality/performance standpoint. But it will simply dilute an already crowded market segment.