Chinese Aviation Industry

The present article explores innovation and imitation in the context of the commercial aircraft industry in China as a critical case. The rise of Chinese firms has been one of the most fascinating stories in global business during the past decades. In 2012, Chinese firms have outnumbered Japanese firms in the Fortune Global 500 ranking for the first time. Many scholars have focused on technological innovation and upgrading, or the absence thereof, as the primary explanatory variables for this phenomenal development. This study complements this perspective by examining non-technological forms of innovation such as a firm’s business model. It argues that Chinese firms are innovators as much as imitators of business models and do not necessarily converge with global industry standards. Such business model innovation can occur at the “top of the pyramid” and has potentially disruptive implications for competition in global markets.

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CCB Financial will buy 50 C919 passenger jets from state-owned aircraft maker Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China Ltd., or COMAC, bringing the total orders for China's first homegrown commercial jetliner to 330.

The purchase by the finance leasing arm of China Construction Bank Corp. and Bank of America Corp. (BAC) is the third order for the single-aisle C919 aircraft this year, COMAC said Wednesday. In June, the finance leasing arm of Agricultural Bank of China Ltd. ordered 45 of the jets, which followed an order in February for 20 jets by Bank of China's aircraft leasing unit, BOC Aviation.

COMAC didn't disclose details on pricing or delivery for the latest order. The C919 is expected to enter service in the later part of this decade.

The development of the C919 underscores China's ambition to compete against major aircraft makers Boeing Co. and Airbus.

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Jovian said:

Is there any news on "Yangtze 1000"? I read somewhere that it is the project code (or something) for the certification of a domestic engine for ... C919 or ARJ-21.

... is that true/correct?

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Want to know where that plane flying over your house is going? Or how many flights there are in the sky above New York? A new website makes it possible to track flights from all around the world from commercial airlines to private jets and even military aircraft.

Flightradar24's air maps are updated every couple of seconds. They allow you to track a specific flight across the globe and you can even see the plane's altitude and speed.

Wondering whether your loved one's plane will be delayed? No problem. You can log on and see which flights will land at any given airport in the next two hours. Stay at home until you see it on the map.

For really serious plane spotters, the website's data include aircraft model type, serial numbers and airline affiliation.

So how does it work?

Flightradar24 pulls data from the Federal Aviation Administration in the United States and the automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) system in other countries.

Then they simply upload that data onto user friendly maps.

And if you think there are a lot of planes in the sky, well, there are even more than you see here. Only 60 percent of airplanes that carry passengers are equipped with ADS-B, so the map isn't even showing every flight there is.

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Quickie said:

The engine undergoing certification process? That would mean the initial engine prototype testing has completed. Maybe reporting error here?

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hmmwv said:

Nah, that engine only exist as a dwg file right now.

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