Aviation
Commercial /
China
market expansion
Embraer calculates demand for around 1,500 medium-sized aircraft in China by 2040
Lufthansa Embraer ERJ-190-200LR 195LR
Felix Gottwald, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Gabriela Ramos
9/28/2021
According to Embraer's forecast, in view of a market study presented by the company this Tuesday (28), China will demand around 1,500 new aircraft with up to 150 seats by 2040, 77% of which will be to meet the expansion market share and 23% to replace older aircraft. The study, which covers the next 20 years, was presented during the Zhuhai Airshow, China's 13th International Aerospace Aviation Exhibition, and was based on passenger demand for post-pandemic air travel.
According to the Embraer statement, there are currently 91 E-Jets in China, operating on 550 routes, connecting 150 cities and carrying around 20 million passengers a year. Embraer claims that during the pandemic, the E-Jets were one of the first models to restore frequencies on the country's air networks.
Over the next decade, revenue measured in number of passengers per kilometer (RPK) in Chinese aviation is expected to grow by 4.7%. Arjan Meijer, CEO of Embraer Commercial Aviation, says: “We believe that in the future the Chinese aviation market will be the largest in the world”. As part of the actions to develop infrastructure in the country, the Chinese government recently announced the construction of 200 new airports.
Guo Qing, Executive Director and Vice President of Commercial Aviation at Embraer China, says that “in the post-pandemic era, building a more efficient air transport system is of vital importance. The market demands a more balanced fleet profile and a route structure to serve more secondary markets. Therefore, we believe that, over the next 20 years, aircraft with up to 150 seats will unleash their full potential.”
E-Jet front view
Björn Strey, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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