Chapter 437

High level Nepalese government official in charge of contacting with China for highland hawk series aircraft, Janan delafei, did not feel surprised that Tengfei aviation manufacturing corporation took out so many models all at once. Instead, he thought that this was the normal performance of a mature and reliable aviation manufacturer.

As a high-level official in charge of aviation management and equipment procurement in Nepal, Gyanendra has been in touch with aviation manufacturing in western developed countries in recent years. It's normal operation to get seven or eight sub models for one model and dozens of derivative models. It's conscience to want to take off Aviation Manufacturing Corporation to only do three basic models with different configurations, namely a, B and C Enterprises.

Of course, what is more important is the abnormal operating environment of Nepal's lukala airport, which makes Gyanendra's choice very small.

This is mainly because the definition of short take-off and landing aircraft in the world's aviation manufacturing is very polarized. Either it is a small sport oriented aircraft with a take-off weight of less than one ton, a carrying capacity of less than five people and a range of less than several hundred kilometers.

And then there are high-tech equipment that can do vertical short take-off and landing, such as the British harrier fighter or the Soviet Union's jacques-38 fighter.

What Nepal wants is a short takeoff and landing aircraft that can carry a certain number of passengers and is comfortable and safe. After all, Nepalese people want to make money from this kind of aircraft.

As a result, the carrying capacity of small sports aircraft is too small to maximize economic benefits, and harrier and jacques-38 are even more impossible. They are weapons and equipment, and Nepal does not want to spend money to buy some of them every day.

The problem is that the aircraft that can meet the requirements of Nepal is very rare in the world. After all, at this time, the segmentation of the international aviation market has not been fully developed, and there are many market gaps.

Among them, there are medium and high-end small transport aircraft carrying 10 to 15 passengers with short takeoff and landing capability.

Donier-228 of Germany is to see this market gap, and spared no effort to develop this model, intending to seize the market before other competitors did not respond. As a result, the German found a pig teammate in New Delhi, and directly destroyed a good high-quality model.

At the same time, cessna-208 in the United States was also an excellent representative of this kind of aircraft. However, there was a strong demand in the United States. Cessna, which had just been acquired by general motors, was preparing to expand its market share by taking advantage of the big money in this segment, stabilize its basic customer base, and pave the way for the next large aircraft with larger tonnage and more advanced performance.

So there is no time to take into account the overseas market, so that in the past, Janan de la Baba's contact, what he got was not only the extremely expensive offer, but also the waiting period of at least three years.

Because Cessna has just signed a supply contract with FedEx to produce 120 special cessna-208 cargo planes for FedEx, the production capacity can not be turned over.

If the manufacturer of dhc-6 twin otter aircraft on hand in Nepal does not close down and the supply of spare parts does not stop, Gyanendra may have to wait, after all, the cessna-208 is excellent enough in all aspects.

The problem is that the reality doesn't give him the time to wait at all. Because of the lack of spare parts, half of the dhc-6 twin otter planes that fly between Kathmandu and lukala are already lying in their nests. Without new models, Nepal will lose tens of millions of US dollars in economic benefits every year.

So when Gyanendra got in touch with the highland hawk, her mother-in-law was really happy to see her son-in-law. She couldn't be one of the few small medium and high-end transport planes in the world that could carry 10 to 15 passengers and have the ability to take off and land in short distance. The overall performance of the highland hawk was no worse than that of the similar models in Europe and America, and even had some problems in some aspects transcend.

But just because of this, Gyanendra is very tangled. There's no way. The price performance of several plateau eagles is very high.

The entry price of donier-228, which is stinked by New Delhi, is about $3 million, and the 19 seat extended version is nearly $5 million.

The entry level of cessna-208 in the United States is OK, but it costs 2.6 million US dollars. The problem is that it is a pure cargo aircraft that needs nothing. If it wants to be converted to passenger transport, a series of supporting facilities such as air conditioning, seats, cabin doors, etc. have to be changed.

It's just like a clean water house to be decorated. After the house money goes in, it is bound to add a lot of decoration money, so the price of cessna-208 soared to more than 3.5 million dollars.

This is still the entry-level price. With the increase and improvement of avionics, weather radar, pod and other supporting equipment, the cost is even higher.

On the other hand, the plateau eagle of Tengfei aviation manufacturing corporation has a top configuration of only US $3.6 million. Who dares to say that it is not cost-effective to buy a luxury aircraft with top configuration of business aircraft at entry-level prices in Europe and the United States?

As for Zhongpei's Highland Eagle B, even if all the accessories are added, it's less than 3 million US dollars. It's heartbreaking.

Of course, the lowest configuration of highland hawk a, Gyanendra, has not been considered. Since you can buy Chinese and high configuration, who still likes simple configuration.

However, even the two kinds of configuration also make Gyanendra a a headache, because Nepal can allocate only 15 million US dollars.If you choose the high altitude hawk C, the comfort and range will be guaranteed, but the size of the fleet will be reduced; if you choose the medium altitude hawk B, the size will be increased, but the high altitude hawk C, who can start with biting his teeth, is not very willing.

In a word, Gyanendra is just like a bottle dissatisfied, half bottle sloshing pseudo rich, standing in a well-known brand car 4S shop, I don't know whether X3 is more cost-effective or X5 is more suitable for himself.

"I'm generally satisfied with your plateau Eagle series, but you know, my dear Zhuang, your aircraft still has obvious shortcomings."

After struggling for several days, I don't know how many times I have come to Tengfei aviation manufacturing corporation. After visiting the plateau Eagle series of static exhibits for many times, I once again offered my own bargaining method.

Zhuang Jianye has been familiar with this for a long time. These days, like an old woman who loves vanity and is not willing to spend more money, Gyanendra has been honing the patience of the very enthusiastic leaders of ministries and commissions for a long time.

You are not a fool. You know the market in Europe and America, don't you know that the position leader is in this line? If you pay money and get the goods quickly, the leaders can still smile. Who cares about all kinds of mother-in-law? So at first, there was a senior official accompanying janandara. Now, Zhuang Jianye, the client who can't push away, is left.

But even so, Zhuang Jianye is also like sleepwalking, with a gentle smile. He doesn't know what to think in his head, so he listened to Gyanendra continue to say: "first of all, the problem of single engine, the safety is a little poor, but the most important thing is the airworthiness certificate. If we can't get the airworthiness certificate from European and American countries, it will have an impact on our operation, so..."

As a result, Zhuang Jianye, who was sleepwalking, shook his head and interrupted: "I've said it countless times, Mr. Gyanendra. Because our highland Eagle series adopts brand-new materials and process standards, there is no such aircraft in Europe and the United States. How do you ask them to judge the standards? To judge, it should be our CAAC to judge similar aircraft. So you have to be clear about one thing, China's standards represent the future. "