China’s Jet Buyers Go Large
Large-cabin business jets currently are most popular among Chinese buyers, but industry observers predict the narrowbody, lower end segment will make inroads as the industry evolves.
Large-cabin business jets currently are most popular among Chinese buyers, but industry observers predict the narrowbody, lower end segment will make inroads as the industry evolves.

With demand for business aircraft weak in traditional markets like the United States, many manufacturers are looking to China for growth. At the Asian Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition (ABACE) last year, Bombardier–which now claims about a third of the Chinese market–said it expects the number of business aircraft in the country to increase dramatically by 2030. The company predicted that, by then, Chinese customers will have taken delivery of more than 2,300 new business jets, a nearly tenfold increase from the present number. Embraer, meanwhile, forecasts that, over the next decade, the country will need 635 such jets, worth $21 billion.