Late at night in Xiangjiang, at nine o'clock in the morning in Seattle, Boeing Vice President Connie Akarin came to the office of President Stiem Cole.

Early this morning, he received a silence from the Xiangjiang side, a press conference held by the Xiangjiang Airlines a few hours ago, that is, at 4 p.m. in the afternoon.

The order of up to 60 aircraft, without contacting them Boeing, was directly determined to be purchased at Airbus, which was a very big blow to their Boeing.

Xiangjiang Airlines has always been one of their key customers, and they have been half of Airbus at most, and many times because of their Boeing's greater advantage in ultra-long-haul, Xiangjiang Air Transport Group is more willing to purchase their Boeing products, and this time they are not even qualified to negotiate.

Connie Akalin, who has always had good ties with the Lee consortium, is very disappointed by this, knowing that if Hong Kong Airlines no longer buys their Boeing products, its Cathay Pacific is likely to follow, which are currently the two fastest growing airlines in the world.

As their biggest rival to Boeing, Airbus is really likely to be evenly matched with them once they seize this opportunity, and it is likely that Boeing will be a joke to suppress them.

Connie Akarin knows why the Lee consortium is doing this time, and just today, the US Congress will pass a government proposal to increase tariffs on some foreign imports, including the Lee consortium's products.

This aircraft purchase is only the first round of measures for the Lee consortium to fight back, and there will definitely be more moves in the future, if they Boeing does not take it seriously, it is likely to lose more airline orders in the future, and he does not dare to underestimate the influence of the Lee consortium in Asia.

The Western European market has always been Airbus's own territory, and the first choice of airlines there must be Airbus, and this aircraft manufacturing company is what Western Europe wants to fight them against.

Without the Asian market, it would be difficult for Boeing to suppress the development of Airbus, and the Heung Kong Air Transport Group is the top priority, and they Boeing will definitely not let this big customer lose.

Connie Akarin said to Stim Cole: "Cole, this time we have suffered an unwarranted disaster, the Xiangjiang Air Transport Group has just announced the group's expansion plan, a one-time purchase of 60 aircraft, but this time there is no Boeing share, this is hundreds of millions of dollars in profits, some forces do things, but let us pay, I really want to beat people when I received this news." ”

Stiem Cole has also received the news from Xiangjiang, and he is also very unhappy in his heart, this is an order of sixty aircraft, and at present, there are only hundreds of planes in the top airlines, and the regional airlines will not even have sixty, and such a large order has slipped away like this, how can he be willing in his heart.

And this is not just a problem with these 60 planes, once such a stalemate continues, in the future, the Heung Kong Air Transport Group of the Lee consortium and Cathay Pacific Airways, which is controlled by the Heung Kong consortium and the Singapore consortium, will no longer cooperate with Boeing, and the losses will be huge.

At present, the Heung Kong Air Transport Group has more than 120 aircraft, with four bases in Xiangjiang, Taoyuan, Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok, and with the continuous expansion of the aviation market in the future, 500 aircraft will not be able to meet their needs.

Cathay Pacific is also growing rapidly, with Singapore and Jakarta as its bases, and is constantly adding more routes, at least 300 aircraft in the future.

I don't know how it will develop in the future, but Boeing does not want to lose these two extremely important customers at the moment.

The Heung Kong Aircraft Engineering Company, a subsidiary of the Lee consortium, has established maintenance companies in various places, or joint ventures, which have a great impact on the airlines in these regions, and the choice of aircraft by the two major airlines will affect the local companies to a certain extent.

For example, China Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, Singapore Airlines, Thai Airways, Indonesia Airlines and other companies, these companies' aircraft are maintained by Heung Kong Aircraft Engineering Company or its joint venture, and Heung Kong Airlines has a very good relationship with them.

According to the news obtained by Stiem Cole, proposed by Hong Kong Airlines, Japan's All Nippon Air, South Korea's Korean Air, Treasure Island China Airlines, Qantas, British Airways, Malaysia Airlines, Thai Airways, Singapore Airlines, Indonesia Airlines, American Airlines, plus Xiangjiang Airlines and Cathay Pacific, a total of 12 Canadian airlines will form an alliance, and the alliance members can cover most city routes.

In addition to the American airlines, the procurement will obviously favor them Boeing, other airlines and their Boeing do not have too strong feelings, once British Airways and Xiangjiang Airlines all choose Airbus, then the influence in the alliance is very large.

Targeting the Lee consortium Auto Group and the Mobile Phone Group will not do them any good, but will only strengthen the strength of its rival Airbus. If this continues, Stiem Cole fears that one day Airbus will knock them Boeing to the ground.

He said to Connie Akalin: "Akalin, you will go to Xiangjiang today, to personally visit Li Guangyu, this time for their products and our Boeing has nothing to do with it, and I hope he can treat our Boeing fairly, and at present, ultra-long-range passenger aircraft, only we Boeing have, Xiangjiang Air Transport Group is mainly long-distance routes, and their purchase of Airbus products outweighs the losses." ”

"Cole, I'll book a ticket to Xiangjiang later, but this time we are afraid that we won't be able to do it, if there is no accident on the part of the Congress, we will definitely pass the adjustment of import tariffs for this time, especially the products of the Li consortium and the major Japanese consortia, this time it is for them." As you know, there are some members of the consortium who are now advocating the threat theory of the Lee Foundation, proposing to restrict the development of the Lee Foundation, and do not want the Lee Foundation to become the second Japanese foundation. ”

Although Boeing has nothing to do with these, they still know that in recent years, several major Japanese consortia have brought pressure to some American consortia, from the very beginning of textiles, to the later steel, to the automobile and electronics industries, which has made some American consortia very uncomfortable.

This time, the Li consortium actually joined forces with two major Japanese consortia and many Chinese families to jointly invest in the Marandou super iron mine, and its influence made some American consortia really feel threatened.

In addition, the shareholders of Motorola and the core personnel of the consortium behind several major automobile groups will deliberately target the Lee consortium, and the American consortium has now put the Lee consortium and the Japanese consortium in the same position.

These conglomerates are already agitating the government to strengthen the yen as a way to hit Japan's exports and give domestic industries a chance to grow.

They didn't want the Japanese consortium to be suppressed again, and the Lee consortium developed again, and this was the first time that these consortiums had beaten the Lee consortium.

Originally, they Boeing and the arms consortium behind them sat on the mountain and watched the tiger fight, ignoring the battles of several parties, but they did not expect that they would be the first to suffer.

It seems that the Lee consortium is unwilling to sit still, and it is not a submissive master, and Stiem Cole has no idea what will happen in the future.

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