US-China Tariff War: Amidst the tariff war, china gave a big blow to Trump, Jinping issued this order to Chinese Airlines
US-China Tariff War: The Chinese government has instructed its airlines to stop purchasing aircraft equipment and parts from America.
US-China Tariff War: The aviation sector has also come under the grip of the tariff war that started between America and China. china has ordered its airlines not to take delivery of jets from American company Boeing. The Chinese government has instructed its airlines to also stop purchasing aircraft equipment and parts from America.
America is now imposing tariffs of up to 145 percent on imports from China. China has imposed a retaliatory duty of 125 percent on American imports. According to a Bloomberg report, the Chinese government is considering helping aviation companies that lease Boeing jets and pay more for them. At present, there has been no official response from Boeing and the concerned Chinese airlines.
About 10 Boeing 737 Max aircraft are set to join Chinese airline fleets, including two each from china Southern airlines Co., air china Ltd., and Xiamen airlines Co., according to data from Aviation Flights Group. Some jets are parked near Boeing's factory base in Seattle, while others are at a finishing center in Zhoushan in eastern China, according to the production tracking firm's website. Planes whose papers and payments have already been done may get approval on a case-by-case basis.
China is the world's second-largest aviation market. China is expected to have a 20 percent share in global aircraft demand in the next 20 years. According to the report, last week Juneyao Airlines was delaying the delivery of the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft, which was to be delivered in about three weeks. Boeing supplied more than 25 percent of its total aircraft to china in 2018, but in 2019, china first grounded the Boeing 737 Max after two planes crashed.
Questions were raised about the quality of Boeing in the year 2024 when a door plug of the plane burst mid-flight in January.
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