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by sofixa 833 days ago
> Bombardier

Protectionism bullshit by Boeing forced them to sell to Airbus, they only do business jets now.

> Embraer

Regional jets only. They saw what happened with Bombardier and they're highly unlikely to move upmarket in short haul jets.

> Mitsubishi

Cancelled their regional jet, so nothing.

> UAC

Severely hampered by the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the resulting supply chain collapse and sanctions. The MC-21 and SSJ-100 were decent planes on paper, but cannot be manufactured because critical components are European or American (like the engines). The Tu-214 is back in production but it's a pretty obsolete plane by modern standards.

> Comac

By most accounts, roughly a decade behind equivalent Airbus planes in terms of efficiency, but realistically the only real alternative to Boeing/Airbus in the medium term.