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25架ARJ21飞机将出口美国

来源：东方网-文汇报

　　本报珠海11月4日专电 (特派记者张晓鸣)国产支线飞机ARJ21将改变航空格局。今天，中国商飞公司在珠海与美国通用电气金融航空服务公司签署25架ARJ21－700支线客机购机协议。这是拥有中国自主知识产权的ARJ21－700飞机首次进入西方市场。

　　中国商飞公司董事长张庆伟在签约现场表示，25架国产支线客机将出口美国，这是中国迄今为止最大的飞机外销协议，标志着ARJ21－700飞机得到了世界高端客户的认可，是中国民用飞机走向世界的重大突破。

　　通用电气航空集团民用飞机项目副总裁罗杰告诉记者，在经过数月技术、商务谈判和调研评估后，他们最终认为ARJ21－700飞机是中国研制的面向全球市场的新型飞机，完全满足需求。不过目前这25架飞机的具体航线还没有敲定。

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中国支线客机首获海外订单

The Chinese national aircraft manufacturer, Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, will announce today that it has secured the first overseas order for its regional jet, worth about $750m, from General Electric's leasing unit.
中国国有飞机制造商——中国商用飞机有限责任公司(CACC)今日将宣布，其支线飞机已获得首笔海外订单，价值约7.5亿美元，订单来自通用电气(General Electric)旗下租赁公司。

The announcement, which is set to be made on the opening day of the Zhuhai air show, confirms China's commitment to the ARJ21 70-seater aircraft and its determination to challenge more established participants in the regional aircraft market, such as Bombardier of Canada and Embraer of Brazil.
上述消息将在珠海航空展开幕式当天宣布，这将证实中国对开发ARJ21型70座飞机的承诺及其挑战支线飞机市场上加拿大庞巴迪(Bombardier)和巴西航空工业公司(Embraer)等老牌公司的决心。

GE's leasing unit, GECAS, is set to buy 25 ARJ21 aircraft, at an estimated cost of $30m each.
通用电气商业航空服务公司(GECAS)将购买25架ARJ21飞机，每架价格估计为3000万美元。

However, GE is already a supplier of engines for the ARJ21, and the US company said that the new aircraft would be earmarked for leasing to Chinese air- lines rather than foreign carriers.
不过，通用本来就是ARJ21的发动机供应商。而且该美国公司表示，新飞机将租给中国航空公司，而非外国航空公司。

When GE was selected by the Chinese as the engine provider for the aircraft in 2002, the companies estimated that about 500 ARJ21s would be sold over 20 years, with a potential value of $3bn to GE.
2002年通用被中方选为该型飞机的发动机供应商时，双方估计，20年内将可卖出约500架ARJ21，对通用的潜在价值为30亿美元。

Since then, however, analysts have noted that the ARJ21 project has been running behind schedule.
但分析师指出，此后，ARJ21项目的进展落后于计划。