In October, an ARJ-21 equipped with two CC-1A engines landed on the runway of Chang 'an Flight Test Base.
A vice president of Shang Fei Group smiled and said to Wang Yong, the vice president of Sky High Aerospace Industry,"Deputy General Manager Wang, now all of our test flight projects have basically been completed. Your engine performed very well in this half-year test flight. There were no major problems at all.”
Wang Yong said modestly," You flatter me, you flatter me. Our engine completely meets your requirements. Then, I wish us a happy cooperation!"”
The vice president also smiled and reached out his hand to hold it."Happy cooperation. This time, I even brought the contract and team directly. I'm just waiting to sign the contract with you. But before that, I want to know how much production you have?”
Wang Yong said confidently," Please rest assured about this. There is no problem with our production capacity. We can guarantee that we can supply your needs. Moreover, our production capacity can continue to expand!"”
"Then we'll have a pleasant cooperation!"
The CC-1A was developed on the basis of the CC-1. The main change was the increase in thrust. Of course, with the increase in thrust, the fuel consumption also increased a lot. However, compared to the same level of engine, it was still very fuel-efficient.
For example, the current ARJ-21 was equipped with the GE engine of the CCF34 -10A. Its cruising fuel consumption was 0.65, while the fuel consumption of this CC-1A engine was only 0.45, which was 0.2 less than the CCF34 -10A engine.
Don't underestimate this 0.2, because they were calculated in tons. Every hour of cruising could save up to 0.2 tons of aviation fuel. After accumulating for a long time, it was obvious how much could be saved.
In addition, in terms of pollution, noise, and other aspects, this engine was far below international standards, and its maintenance cost and price were lower than the CCF34 -10A engine.
Moreover, its performance was also very strong. The thrust reached 10.5 tons. After testing, the maximum life had exceeded 8000 hours. The engine's consumption was not large, and the upper limit of life was still increasing.
It was also because of the powerful performance and cost-performance ratio of the CC-1A regional jet engine that Shang Fei was so anxious to find them because it would bring great benefits to their operations.
The price of a single engine was only 8 million yuan, which was much cheaper than the MCF34 -10A engine, which was worth six to seven million dollars.
Of course, this was also related to the cost of personnel and materials in each country. After all, the United States used US dollars, while the ancient countries used RMB. In this aspect, Sky High Airlines definitely had a greater advantage.
That afternoon, Shang Fei signed an official contract with Sky High Airlines.
In terms of the official contract, they would purchase 200 sets of CC-1A engines from Sky High Aerospace Industries, and the number of intended contracts would be 500 sets.
Of course, the contract of intent only expressed Shang Fei's intention. It did not mean that they would definitely purchase it. It was not even a reservation.
However, this also brought a good start to the company's PR-1A engine. These 200 engines also brought them a total of 1.6 billion yuan in orders. This price was not low.
The regional jet market in the ancient country was still very large, and it was far from saturated. The ARJ-21 regional jet equipped with the PR-1A engine would have a great advantage in operation.
When Qi Yin developed the CC-1 engine, he did not expect it to be applied to the civilian market. He only wanted to develop a power for the gyrfalcon drone, that was all.
However, he didn't expect it to become the first engine to be applied to a civilian passenger aircraft. This could only be considered an unexpected surprise.
However, since the performance of this regional jet engine was so excellent, Qi Yin had no reason not to open up the market. He directly set his target on two aviation companies, which were also the world's largest manufacturers of regional jets.
They were Bombardier Airlines of Maple Leaf and Basi Airlines of Basi. The regional jets produced by these two aviation companies occupied a large market share.
The main reason was that no giants came to compete for food. Giants like BA and Airbus did not care about this market at all, because even their own production could barely meet the market demand. They had no energy to spend on regional jets.
By the time they wanted to enter this market, these two companies had already developed. Forcing their way in would not be worth it.
The CC-1A engine that he developed was so excellent that Qi Yin believed that they would not make a wise choice. As long as one company adopted this engine, another company would have to adopt it.
The regional jet with the CC-1A engine would have a great operational advantage, which even the engine of the CCF34 -10 series could not compare to.
Qi Yin had to admit that this engine had received rave reviews since it began operating in 1992. However, Qi Yin's engine was more advanced. As long as it passed the test of time, it would surpass the CC34 -10 series sooner or later.
Since he had set his target on them, he had to first obtain the airworthy certificates of these two countries. This was a threshold.
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