Cathay Pacific CEO: In the future, the aircraft market will be divided into three parts by ABC
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According to Fortune Chinese, early this year, an emergency door fell off an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft. After that, U.S. federal officials discovered dozens of manufacturing problems. CEOs of major airlines have publicly spoken out. Boeing is required to pay attention to safety issues. This may provide opportunities for COMAC to stir up the market. In the first few months of this year, COMAC demonstrated the C919, which competes with the Boeing 737 and Airbus A320.
Cathay Pacific CEO Lin Shaobo is also paying close attention to the developments. At the Fortune Innovation Forum held in Hong Kong on March 28, Lin Shaobo said in an interview with Alyson Shontell, editor-in-chief of Fortune magazine, that the future aircraft market is expected to be divided into three parts: "ABC": Airbus , Boeing and COMAC.
Lin Shaobo said that "triangular competition" is beneficial to the aviation industry, and we very much hope to have another source of competition.
Over the past few months, airline leaders have complained about Boeing's spate of safety and quality problems. In January this year, United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby pointed out that the temporary grounding of the 737 Max 9 was "the straw that broke the camel's back."
On March 27, Emirates CEO Tim Clark told the U.S. Consumer News and Business Channel (CNBC) that Boeing needs "strong leaders with engineering backgrounds" and that "the governance model must pay special attention to safety and quality."
Cathay Pacific operates both Boeing and Airbus aircraft. On March 28, Lin Shaobo was optimistic that Boeing "will soon be able to make a strong comeback." "Boeing has some problems that urgently need to be solved, but I am very confident."
Lin Shaobo was one of the first airline CEOs outside mainland China to comment on COMAC's entry into the market.