After all, the discussion about Embraer can only be regarded as an extraneous branch, so it didn't take long for the topic between the three to return to the large aircraft production line in Shanghai.

"In any case, Hufei's assembly line and production line must be maintained as much as possible, which is the main tone set above."

Ding Gaoheng's words made Du Yishan next to him breathe a sigh of relief.

In the latter's view, if the high-level side wants to maintain the production capacity of Shanghai's large aircraft, then at least there should be nothing to worry about in this regard, at most it is to continue production despite losses, or switch to some less advanced models to practice.

In the most difficult time of the year, the various manufacturing plants in the aviation industry basically survived in this way.

But this is not the case for Chang Haonan, who knows the follow-up plot.

He knew too well what some people were capable of when it came to disobedience.

China's civil aviation market is the scale of thousands of mainline aircraft.

And in order to ensure safety, Huaxia's airlines, especially passenger routes, will hardly operate old aircraft that are too old.

So it's still a market that is forced to refresh every 8-10 years.

And the purchase of foreign aircraft, whether it is Boeing or Airbus, has a huge chain of interests hidden behind it.

Not to mention, these two companies spend tens of figures a year on public relations.

Once Huaxia was able to build its own passenger aircraft, especially the main trunk airliner.

Even if the design of the passenger aircraft is still foreign, even if this model is not so advanced, the civil aviation market in China will definitely use the aircraft produced by itself first.

Just like those MD82s that have been purchased in the past few years, and the MD90s that were originally planned to be purchased in the future.

In this way, there will be less room for "free competition" for other companies.

At the same time, it also means that the "profit margin" left for those compradors will be reduced.

And that's what those people don't want to see.

Therefore, the internal enemy is even more active than the external enemy in undermining the development of the autonomous aviation industry.

They are not going to stop because of the tone set above.

Sure enough, Ding Gaoheng then said:

"What the CAAC is saying is that if the MD90 program loses its prospects because of Boeing's acquisition of McDonnell Douglas, then we can consider the AE100 airliner program that Airbus has been recommending to us for the past two years......"

Hearing this, Chang Haonan sneered in his heart.

It's the same as the original timeline.

The AE100 project has not even been skimmed at this time, and the reason why Airbus found Hufei is also because it is not sure whether there is a market prospect for this kind of mainline aircraft the size of a regional aircraft, so it wants to pull a partner to share the risk.

Once the project improves, it will definitely find a way to kick out the latter.

It is true that China and Europe have common interests in the Boeing McDonnell Douglas merger.

But the development of an autonomous aviation industry is a different matter.

What happened in the previous life also proved that this idea was not successful, and the A318 passenger plane that Airbus took out after abandoning Shanghai Airlines was finally sold only about 80 and then hastily discontinued, and the airlines that bought this model soon chose to retire it.

In fact, the 100-seat passenger aircraft is a pure clown for the passenger density of Huaxia, and it is impossible to support the demand for major domestic routes.

Moreover, the take-off weight of AE100 is only 60 tons, which is also overkill for Hufei's production line.

In short, choosing to find AE100 to inherit the MD90 project can be said to be the worst solution, and it is even better to continue to make losses in MD90.

I can't think of any other reason than to deliberately sabotage China's aviation industry.

Ding Gaoheng's words just now continued:

"As Comrade Xiaochang just said, we have no initiative in choosing to cooperate with Airbus, and the other party's current upward momentum is very strong, so there is no need to completely put the production of an aircraft in our country."

"But what I can mobilize at present is only the strength related to the system of the Science and Industry Commission, and there is no way to compare with the civil aviation side in terms of resources."

Obviously, Ding Gaoheng needs a more sufficient reason to prove to the above why the AE100 is not working.

And this is actually an over-the-top question for him.

Because in the field of civil aviation industry, especially in terms of development routes that have nothing to do with specific technologies, there is nothing to do with the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense.

It was entirely because of the aviation industry standard turmoil that Chang Haonan made a few months ago that Ding Gaoheng and the Science and Technology Industry Commission had the opportunity to enter the game in an all-round way.

He himself is engaged in aerospace and missiles, and he does not even have the opportunity to buy in these two fields, and obviously there is no room for a comprador to live, so naturally he has never experienced such a scene.

It is not surprising that there is a need for a reliable foreign player with strong expertise.

I'm afraid this is the main purpose of looking for Chang Haonan and Du Yishan.

The discussion on how to deal with the Boeing McDonnell Douglas merger should only be regarded as an additional question.

It's just that Chang Haonan answered the additional questions.

And now, he's going to start completing the required questions.

"At this year's Xiangzhou Air Show, I saw this AE100 solution. Some Airbus technicians were also consulted. ”

Chang Haonan definitely can't directly scold the comprador for misleading the country in Ding Gaoheng's office, the aggression is too obvious, and if it is heard by outsiders passing by, it may also bring unnecessary trouble to the director of the Science and Technology Commission.

But he couldn't directly predict the fate of the AE100 without grounds, so he had to start with the air show he just attended:

"First of all, Airbus has only come up with a model, this model has not even entered the overall design stage, from my professional point of view, even if the efficiency of the engineer is high, it will take 2-3 years to complete the whole process from design to mass production, so even if the project progress alone, it is impossible to follow the MD90 project that may be terminated at the time."

"Secondly, according to the data given by the other party at the air show, the AE100 only has 100-110 seats, which is about two-thirds of the A320, but the occupation of airport resources is the same level as the latter, and there is no advantage in terms of operating costs.

"Finally, it is the problem just mentioned, Airbus is obviously impossible to build a new aircraft in accordance with China's aviation industry standards, which means that if Shanghai Airlines chooses the AE100 project, it will have to accept a new set of manufacturing and assembly standards, which may not be beneficial to the development of China's aviation industry in the long run."

After listening to a few sentences, Ding Gaoheng nodded again and again, obviously quite satisfied with this set of answers.

But Chang Haonan knew that this was still not enough.

When discussing such practical problems, you can't just ask the difficulties and not give solutions.

Therefore, the Commission of Science and Technology also needs to come up with a more feasible plan.

(End of chapter)