China's transport, tanker & heavy lift aircraft
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Re: China's Transport Aircraft
If chavez loses the election, something tells me that venezuela wont be so friendly to china. But thats OT.
If chavez loses the election, something tells me that venezuela wont be so friendly to china. But thats OT.
Re: China's Transport Aircraft
hmm, I think you mean 8? 37.5 million is not a lot compared to American product, but Y-8 is also at quite a disadvantage in performance compared to C-130. Just think about how much China originally signed IL-76 deal for, 37.5 million per Y-8 is not cheap.
hmm, I think you mean 8? 37.5 million is not a lot compared to American product, but Y-8 is also at quite a disadvantage in performance compared to C-130. Just think about how much China originally signed IL-76 deal for, 37.5 million per Y-8 is not cheap.
Re: China's Transport Aircraft
Yeah you are right, I meant 8. But I was not aware there is that much difference between Y-8 and C-130. They both have almost identical payload and flight characteristic.
And if safety standard is similar, I see Y-8 is a good deal.
IL-76 is a whole new different class than Y-8 and C-130. I remember for the 2nd batch of Chinese purchase, the Russian broke the contract and asked for a large increase in price, so that might not be as competitive anymore.
Yeah you are right, I meant 8. But I was not aware there is that much difference between Y-8 and C-130. They both have almost identical payload and flight characteristic.
And if safety standard is similar, I see Y-8 is a good deal.
IL-76 is a whole new different class than Y-8 and C-130. I remember for the 2nd batch of Chinese purchase, the Russian broke the contract and asked for a large increase in price, so that might not be as competitive anymore.
Re: China's Transport Aircraft
there is an entry on my blog comparing Y-9 to C-130. You can take a look at it. My point is that IL-76 is much larger than Y-8, but the original deal came about to be about $20 million each. Even the non discounted price was still $50 million. Consider how much larger IL-76 is over Y-8, you can see $37.5 million is quite a bit.
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What year was this 50 million dollar deal? Also would it be possible that it is a lot cheaper to operate and maintain the Y-8 than Il-76?
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Ok, I found it out, it was 1.5 billion signed in 2005 for 38 planes, which is 40 million a piece, in 2007, 2 years later Russia want to increase it to 1.9 which makes it 50 million a piece.
So who knows now in 2012, 5 years later what would the price by now. Maybe Venezuela even seek to purchase IL-76 from Russia but the sticker price was too high?
What year was this 50 million dollar deal? Also would it be possible that it is a lot cheaper to operate and maintain the Y-8 than Il-76?
edit...
Ok, I found it out, it was 1.5 billion signed in 2005 for 38 planes, which is 40 million a piece, in 2007, 2 years later Russia want to increase it to 1.9 which makes it 50 million a piece.
So who knows now in 2012, 5 years later what would the price by now. Maybe Venezuela even seek to purchase IL-76 from Russia but the sticker price was too high?
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