Effort to build ourselves aircrafts are great.
Actually, I do expect to see China could develop your own aircrafts, your domestic market would be large enough for that.
Any aircraft manufacturer need market, no matter they are Boeing or Airbus...
Market is similar to competitive aspects like price, leading time, innovation, operation cost ... all related.
The 2nd post is about the article said that ARJ21 slightly cheaper but heavier means more consumption of fuel, and COMAC is famous with sacrifice the buyer because the delay after the delay, ... that's totally true.
The private buyers would never count on COMAC for their development plan, no matter how cheap the ARJ21 or later C919 is; because the delay cause innovation become obsolete by time.
If a small carrier gave their whole heart to COMAC, they could be betrayal because of delay. The good will could lead them to bankruptcy.
Keep your schedule just in time or with little delay, it's the way to take the buyer heart, or in another word "the market"
You could consider the so long time after delivery Nov 2015 to enter service dated 28 Jun 2016 and the current poor performance of ARJ21 as continuous delay. Refer to A-380 success.
The cost - effective aspect relates to many things.
The final target is making your customers rich.
My post is all about what a real buyer would think about ARJ21.
Btw, the budget to develop new aircraft is not small. Do you know how much is it ? Thanks in advance.
I don't deny the fact that you. But please use logical thinking.
1, China is in aviation industry, are not dependent on any foreign.
2, there are 200 countries around the world, but how many countries can make a plane?
31980-1988 iran-iraq war, is the peak of the J-7 exports in China, for China to earn a lot of foreign exchange. And Iraq and Iran can only rely on precious foreign exchange reserves to buy foreign aircraft, lose a cannot make up for.
4, why not spend the money you buy foreign aircraft, developed their own planes?