With this money you can buy almost two Airbus A320
China Air announced a plan to purchase domestic (that is, Chinese) aircraft – medium-haul narrow-body COMAC C919 and regional ARJ21. A price list with catalog prices has been published on the Internet, and they are impressive.
In total, China Air plans to purchase 17 aircraft. Six COMAC C919 are valued at $1.08 billion, costing 11 COMAC ARJ21 – $380 million. It follows that the catalog price of one C919 – 180 million dollars, although the amount was previously called 100 million dollars. It is unclear where such discrepancies came from, but 180 million – this is just a fabulous price. For comparison, the same Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 according to the catalog cost about $100 million.
The document states that the parties to the contract will negotiate and approve lower prices based on the principle of fairness. How much lower will the real price be than the catalog price – it is unclear, and it is unlikely that this will be announced at all.
As for the price of the regional ARJ21 (34.55 million dollars), it is also overpriced, but not significantly.