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Gyanendra, a high-level government official in Nepal who is in charge of contacting China with the Plateau Eagle series aircraft, is not surprised that Ascendas Aviation Manufacturing Corporation has so many models at once, but believes that this is the normal performance of a mature and reliable aviation manufacturer. .

You should know that as a high-level official in Nepal responsible for aviation management and equipment procurement, Gyanendra has been in contact with the aviation manufacturing of Western developed countries in the past few years. It is normal to have seven or eight sub-models for one model, and dozens of derivative models. To operate, it is a conscientious enterprise to make only the basic A, B, and C three models with different configurations like Ascendas Aviation Manufacturing Corporation.

Of course, what is more critical is the abnormal operating environment of Nepal's Lukla Airport, which makes Gyanendra's choice actually very small.

This is mainly because the definition of short take-off and landing aircraft in the aviation manufacturing of various countries in the world is very polarized. It is either a small sporty aircraft with a take-off weight of no more than one ton, a carrying capacity of less than five people, and a range of several hundred kilometers. .

Then there are high-tech equipment like the British Harrier fighter or the Soviet Yak-38 fighter that can do vertical or short takeoff and landing.

What Nepal wants is a comfortable and safe short take-off and landing aircraft that can carry a certain number of passengers. After all, Nepalese people want to make money through this type of aircraft.

Therefore, the carrying capacity of small sports aircraft is too small to maximize economic benefits; as for Harrier and Yak-38, it is even more impossible. They are weapons and equipment. Nepal does not want to spend money to buy a few uncles to provide them every day.

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

Among them, there are mid-to-high-end small transport aircraft that carry ten to fifteen passengers and have short takeoff and landing capabilities.

Germany's DORNIER-228 saw this market gap and spared no effort to develop this model, intending to seize the market before other competitors did not react. As a result, the Germans found a pig teammate from New Delhi and directly put a good quality. The model is broken.

At the same time, the Cessna-208 in the United States was also an excellent representative of this type of model. However, as the domestic demand in the United States is strong, Cessna, which has just been acquired by General Motors, is preparing to expand the market through the explosive models in this segment. Share, stabilize the basic customer base, so as to pave the way for large aircraft with larger tonnage and more advanced performance.

So there is no time to take care of the overseas market, so that when Gyanendra Baba’s past contacts, he received not only staggeringly expensive offers, but also a waiting period of at least three years.

Because Cessna has just signed a supply contract with FedEx, and plans to produce 120 dedicated Cessna-208 cargo planes for FedEx, and the production capacity cannot be turned around.

If the manufacturer of the DHC-6 twin Otter aircraft in Nepal does not go bankrupt and the supply of spare parts is not interrupted, Gyanendra may gritted his teeth and waited. After all, the Cessna-208 is excellent enough in all aspects.

The problem is that the reality does not give him time to wait at all. You must know that due to the lack of spare parts, half of the DHC-6 double otter planes between Kathmandu and Lukla are already lying down. If there is no new model to supplement , Nepal will lose tens of millions of dollars in economic benefits every year.

So when Gyanendra got in touch with the plateau eagles, Gyanendra was really an old mother-in-law looking at her son-in-law, and she became happier as she watched them. She couldn't be one of the few in the world to carry ten to fifteen passengers and was capable of short takeoffs and landings. High-end small transport aircraft with high capabilities, the overall performance of the Plateau Eagle is not inferior to similar models in Europe and America, and even surpasses in some aspects.

But precisely because of this, Gyanendra is extremely entangled, there is no way, it is that several plateau eagles are very cost-effective.

The Dornier-228, which has been stinky by New Delhi, costs three million dollars in entry, and the extended version with nineteen seats is close to five million dollars.

The American Cessna-208 entry-level is okay, but 2.6 million US dollars. The problem is that it is a pure cargo plane that needs nothing. I want to change it to passenger transportation, air conditioning, seats, doors, etc. Series matching must be changed.

It's like a clean water room to be renovated. After the money is put in, it is bound to add a lot of decoration money, so the price of Cessna-208 suddenly soared to more than 3.5 million US dollars.

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

On the other hand, the plateau eagle of Ascendas Aviation Manufacturing Corporation has a top configuration of only 3.6 million US dollars. It can buy top-tier business jet-level luxury aircraft at entry-level prices in Europe and the United States. Who dares to say that the price is not high?

As for the plateau eagle B in the middle, even if all the accessories are added, it is less than three million dollars, which is a conscience.

Of course, the lowest match of Plateau Eagle A Gyanendra has not considered, since you can buy middle and high match, who still loves to watch simple match.

However, even with the two configurations, Gyanendra is very troublesome, because the funds that Nepal can allocate are no more than 15 million US dollars.

If you choose the high-equipment Plateau Eagle C, comfort and range are guaranteed, but the size of the fleet must be reduced; if you choose the mid-equipment Plateau Eagle B, the scale will increase, but you can start by gritting your teeth. The plateau Eagle C is not reconciled.

All in all, Gyanendra is like a bottle of dissatisfaction, a half-bottled pseudo-rich, standing at a well-known brand car 4S shop, I don't know if X3 is more cost-effective or X5 is more suitable for him.

"I am generally satisfied with your Plateau Eagle series, but you must know, my dear Zhuang, your aircraft still has obvious shortcomings."

After struggling for many days, I don't know how many times Gyanendra came to Ascendas Aviation Manufacturing Corporation. After visiting the static exhibits of the Plateau Eagle series for an unknown number of times, he once again sacrificed his own bargaining method.

Zhuang Jianye has long been surprised~www.readwn.com~ These days, Gyanendra is like an old lady who loves vanity and is reluctant to spend more money, all kinds of haggling, mother-in-law’s buckling the price, long ago The patience of the leaders of the ministries and commissions who were very enthusiastic at the beginning has been smoothed.

You are not a fool. You Gianendra knows the market in Europe and America. Isn’t it clear that the position leader is doing this? Pay the money and get the goods quickly, and the leaders of the department can still smile, and whoever takes care of all kinds of mothers-in-laws, so Gyanendra, who was accompanied by high-ranking officials at the beginning, is now accompanied by Zhuang Jianye, a party who can't push it away.

But even so, Zhuang Jianye is like sleepwalking, with a gentle smile and not knowing what to think in his head, so he listened to Gianendra to continue saying: "First of all, there is the issue of single shots. The security is a bit worse, but the most important The issue is still about the airworthiness certificate. If the airworthiness certificate of European and American countries cannot be obtained, it will have an impact on our operations, so..."

Before Gianendra could finish speaking, the sleepwalking Zhuang Jianye was like returning to his soul. He shook his head and interrupted: "I've said it countless times, Mr. Gianendra, our Plateau Eagle series uses It is a brand-new material and process standard. There is no such aircraft in Europe and the United States. How do you let them make standard judgments? To judge, it should be our Civil Aviation Administration who judges similar airplanes for them. So you have to be clear about one thing. Chinese standards represent the future."