COMAC Competition?

I do not think that the C919 will receive FAA certification. While China is a major production country, most of the items that say "made in china" have a short life and come with a number of warnings. They are more quantity over quality. It also does not help that they already have a failed attempt to certify an aircraft, the ARJ-21, under their belt. For arguments sake, if the C919 did receive the certification, I do not think it would pose many problems for the U.S. carriers. In regards to the public perception, I feel that a majority of the people will not want to fly in an aircraft made in China because as I said above, the quality of their products is not that great. In terms of aircraft purchases, the only real upside is that the cost would be cheaper. However, the U.S. carriers needs to keep in mind the public perception and the possibility of losing passengers because they are flying a Chinese plane.
COMAC is the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China. They are a state owned limited liability company and were formed with the approval of the State Council along with six other corporations. (COMAC, 2015) The Chinese Government supports COMAC, they offer funding and the day the plane was pulled out, there were nearly 4,000 government officials in attendance. If they succeed it will only bring them in more money and what businessman doesn't want money. The airlines also back up COMAC, as they already have orders for around 500 aircraft, mostly from the Chinese carriers. (Newser, 2015) There are plans for a new plane, C929, which is similar to the 919 but a twin aisle and this is a joint effort with Russia. (Leeham, 2015)
Even if this aircraft received FAA certification, it is going to be quite a while before we can consider them a competitor with Boeing or Airbus, let alone any other company of no significance.
The response of Boeing and Airbus was to re-engine their planes, taking away the economic advantage from COMAC. (Leeham, 2015)


COMAC. (2015). Introduction. Retrieved from http://english.comac.cc/aboutus/introduction/

Leeham News and Comment. (2015, November 3). No fear of C919 for a generation. Retrieved from http://leehamnews.com/2015/11/04/no-fear-of-c919-for-a-generation/

Newser. (2015, November 2). China Just Rolled Out Its Answer to the Boeing 737. Retrieved from http://www.newser.com/story/215397/this-is-chinas-answer-to-boeing.html