Chapter 835 Illusion?

Generally speaking, C101 has a very good reputation in China now, and there are many customers watching from abroad.

The airline company founded by Xiaoyun in Europe is called Tower Airlines, with its headquarters in London, and has made preparations in the early stage.

Anyway, everything that can be saved is saved, and only a bottle of mineral water is provided to each guest, and all other services are not provided.

This bottle of mineral water is sponsored by a domestic mineral water manufacturing company.

And no food is provided on the plane, because this airline only flies to Europe for the time being.

And the flight attendants recruited are also old, and there are very few of them.

The routes of low-cost airlines, on the one hand, are direct flights, and on the other hand, the time window selected is not the busiest time window.

There are many countries and cities in Europe, and the number of travelers is also required. However, the price of air tickets is higher than other travel methods after all.

So many people still use trains.

Liu Hai knows that there is a low-cost airline in Europe. In 2020, hundreds of routes were opened in Europe. When the worst happened, these low-cost airlines were profitable, and the others were not profitable.

In April 1988, Paris made a big splash. The Paris government announced that appointments could be made online via email.

That is to say, if you want to go to a certain unit of the Paris government to do something, you can send an email anytime and anywhere, and then the government will send you an email and tell you how long you have to go.

This time, Paris was at the forefront of the world, making London next door angry and announcing that government units would accept email appointments.

This was beyond Liu Hai's expectations, so Liu Hai urgently separated the email system into a company, and the headquarters of this company was located in Paris.

As soon as the company was independent, many investors waved their money to invest.

As the two cities of Paris and London opened email appointments, other European countries followed suit.

There is no way, the public opinion of Western countries is sometimes very strong.

Of course, when they face high-pressure fire trucks, there is no such thing as being strong or not.

The email appointment system is indeed convenient for the public, because you can send emails anytime and anywhere. In the past, when making appointments by phone, either the line was busy or it was not working.

Now the email appointment system only requires sending an email, waiting for the other party to reply to your message, and then going when the time comes.

No need to make an appointment by phone or queue up.

This has been well received by the public.

In April, Tower Air received a C101, and the first trial route was from Paris to Cologne.

Of course, the crew members have been trained in advance. The main pilot was transferred from China, and the pilot trained by Tower Air has not yet finished training.

The ticket price is 20% cheaper than the same route.

Everything in Tower Air is based on the operating model of low-cost airlines.

The flights are also at night when it is not busy.

Ian is the CEO of Tower Air. Anyway, Ian himself thinks that if he is asked to catch a flight at nine o'clock in the middle of the night, he will definitely not go, because it is time to enjoy.

Moreover, the number of flight attendants on the plane is the minimum, and there is no service, only free water.

Of course, guests can buy food or drinks from the airport and bring them on the plane.

But Ian himself has no choice, because he was fired from other airlines. The reason for the dismissal is that he is sick and unable to do his job.

Moreover, the shareholder background behind Tower Airlines is very complicated. Anyway, it gives people a feeling of unknown origin. All shareholders are newly established companies.

The only thing that makes Ian satisfied is that the price of the C101 aircraft is slightly lower than that of the A320, but it has 48 more seats.

Ian proposed a series of marketing plans, all of which were rejected, including advertising in newspapers, magazines, TV, and even in taxis.

Ian did not understand the resolution of the company's senior management, and to be honest, Ian felt that the seats of the C101 aircraft were a bit narrow.

The seats of C101 are arranged according to modern seats.

The data of aircraft seats in the 1980s and 1990s was much larger than that in 2020.

In 2020, many airlines changed the classic 333 seat layout to 343, that is, a row originally had 9 seats, but later changed to 10.

If you have long legs, it is best to choose the first row or a seat close to the emergency exit.

The company chose to promote on the Internet.

This made Ian feel very unreliable. Those who can afford to buy a computer to surf the Internet now will definitely not be short of the airfare.

On April 25, 1988, users of QQ chat and dating software received a push message, saying that air tickets were greatly discounted. How much did it cost to fly from Paris to Cologne? (I didn't find the exact airfare at that time, embarrassing!) For details, please search for Tower Airlines, or click on Tower Airlines on the homepage of the navigation page.

The navigation page has now found another way to make money, that is, website ranking. If your website pays more, it will be ranked in the first row. If you don't pay, I will rank you at the end.

Of course, Tower Airlines paid a sum of money, so it is displayed in the first row on the hao123 navigation page.

The self-introduction of Tower Airlines' website is to be a civilian airline.

Then there are the flight times from Paris to Cologne, and the ticket prices, as well as ticket purchase instructions.

Although most people ignore the push information of QQ chat and dating software.

But don’t forget, the number of users of QQ chat and dating software has reached 1 million, and Tower Airlines only needs 206 people to take its own plane.

Tower Airlines’ consultation phone was blown up, and the operator kept patiently explaining that everything shown on the website was true, that is, this much money, but you have to read the ticket purchase instructions carefully.

Tower Airlines’ first test flight was in the early morning of May 1, which was midnight on April 30.

What Ian didn’t expect was that the message sent on April 25, at noon on April 26, all the round-trip tickets for this flight were sold out, and even people booked tickets for the next few days.

This route was not far away, and it was originally just prepared to be opened experimentally.

Then Tower Company opened other routes, but it didn’t expect that the seats on the route were booked within less than a day after the opening.

Now Ian is anxious that there is only one C101, and he can’t earn the money he has earned.

He can’t help but watch that summer vacation is coming soon. Many people will travel during the three months of summer vacation on 678.

Ian reported the matter to the shareholders, and the shareholders had no choice in the face of such a thing, because the production capacity of C101 was limited.

The time came to 10 o'clock in the evening on April 30, and C 101 took off for the first time.

"Not bad!" John's job requires long-term business trips. Although he saw in the ticket purchase instructions that the ticket price of this plane is so cheap because of the reduced service and the flight time window in the middle of the night.

Before boarding the plane, John looked at this slender passenger plane, which looked very beautiful and unique in appearance.

At 10 o'clock in the evening, the terminal hall seemed empty. John actually didn't like the messy and crowded feeling.

Now everyone feels very comfortable, no one urges, and no one rushes.

It doesn't take much time to fly from Paris to Cologne, so no one basically bought anything.

"This is a brand new plane!"

"The seats are better than expected!"

"Just take the bus, anyway, it doesn't take long."

"If I'm not in a hurry, I won't take this kind of plane." Some people also muttered in a low voice.

The flight attendants are middle-aged women. They have worked in other airlines and are very skilled in the business, but their image is not that good.

One of the two pilots is from China, and the other is trained by the tower company itself.

The pilots of the tower company also feel very comfortable because there are too few planes taking off at night, and there is no need to repeat many times when interacting with the tower.

Sometimes taking off during the busy daytime is simply a life-threatening task.

The main pilot is a pilot from China, who is proficient in English and German.

Under the command of the tower, the first flight of Tower Airlines took off successfully.

Because the two are direct flights, it took more than half an hour to arrive, because the straight-line distance between the two is only about 400 kilometers.

It takes at least three hours to take the train, and at least 7 hours to drive by yourself.

"I haven't even finished reading a newspaper when I arrive!"

"The airfare is within my budget!"

"I'll find a hotel now to get a good night's sleep, just in time for tomorrow morning's work!" This is the advantage of low-cost airlines flying within Europe. Although it's not comfortable, it's still more comfortable than taking a bus. Europe itself is not very large, and the most convenient way to travel between cities is by plane.

Then the plane flew back to Paris from Cologne, which was also full.

Then it flew from Paris to Munich.

Then it flew back to Paris from Munich.

Then it flew from Paris to Murcia, Spain, and then back.

The flight time of this plane ends today.

Because the time window is when the airport is not busy, passengers can get on and off quickly, and the plane can take off as soon as possible after getting on.

When the airport is busy, it is possible that passengers will have to wait for an hour or even longer before the plane takes off.

The same is true for cleaning the plane. Low-cost airlines just scan it and forget about it.

Moreover, when the airport is busy, security checks, luggage transportation, maintenance, refueling, etc. are not as convenient as at night.

There are six flights on three routes, and the next three days are all fully booked.

The full capacity of Tower Air's C101 flight made other airlines feel something was wrong.

This airline was full, so where did their customers come from?

I didn't see any advertisements?

And there was no way to say anything about the low-priced tickets, because this was a discounted ticket, and the normal price was the same.

Industry insiders quickly calculated the performance of C101 in Europe for the first time.

They found that the profit margin was still very considerable.

Some industry insiders felt that it was not good, because the entire aviation market was so small, and these customers of Tower Air were likely to have originally belonged to them.

In other words, if more people took Tower Air, then there would definitely be fewer people in their own airline.

However, this change did not cause enough alarm, because Tower Air had only one plane and only three routes.

If Tower Air had 100 planes and hundreds of routes, then other airlines would probably cry.

"I knew it, I knew it!" Several dealers sat together and watched the professionals' analysis of Tower Air's operations, believing that Tower Air's cheap operation model would subvert the entire market.

If there are 100 C101s, the profits of other airlines in Europe will decline rapidly.

"In fact, we all overlooked one point. It takes half an hour to fly and three or four hours to take a train. As long as the price is acceptable, it is just like taking a half-hour bus."

"I think we should open wider routes, especially long-distance routes."

"For customers of other airlines who need to transfer, we can fly directly."

"We can also open direct flights to some small cities, flying once or twice a week, so that customers in small cities will take our direct flights instead of flying to other nearby cities as long as they can!"

"I know that Mr. Jack never does things wrong."

"I have a bolder idea, European aircraft manufacturing The company should produce C101. We can use the C101 produced by European aircraft manufacturing companies to make money in Bald Eagle's home?"

"Will Bald Eagle ban flights just like this?"

"The planes are all produced in Europe. If he bans our planes, we will ban his planes."

"Bald Eagle does not allow planes produced in some Eastern countries to enter their country, so how can it not allow planes produced in our country?"

"Wrong, they are produced in the whole of Europe."

"In fact, I don't think it is necessary. In addition to Bald Eagle, there is a vast market. Don't forget South America."

"We must increase orders and defeat other airlines, especially Bald Eagle's airlines!"

" C101 is only produced in certain Eastern countries, so it has a high cost-effectiveness. First of all, the aircraft itself is cheap. "

"I am afraid that the neighboring Gauls will be dissatisfied with this, after all, the European aircraft manufacturing company is in Gaul."

"What does it have to do with us? Anyway, our country's engines can be sold. Even if it is a European passenger aircraft, we are just selling an engine. We sell it to certain Eastern countries and to blast furnace engines."

"First, we must increase orders and build up routes in Africa and Europe. This is our basic base, and then build up South America. Asia is temporarily forgotten. We cannot compete with airlines in Eastern countries."

"Then add another 50 orders?"

"For the time being, add 50 orders, and speed up the training of pilots and crew members!"

In May 1988, C101 received another 50 aircraft orders from overseas customers, and Heshun Airlines ordered 100 engines from Rolls-Royce.

This news made the executives of European airlines feel nervous, as if something was wrong.

However, Heshun Airlines has limited production capacity because it only has one production line, and the other production line will not start trial production until the end of the year.

The C101 order has silenced European airliners and Boeing: Are we going in the wrong direction? Impossible, absolutely impossible. Who would be willing to take a plane with no service, no quality, and no comfort? This route is only a short flight within Europe! No one would be willing to take it for a long time.

But these people have overlooked a fact: the longer the flight, the more the 20% price reduction will be, which is not a small amount.

A family of five can save one person's airfare by taking a low-cost airline.

A family of five can save two people's airfare for going and coming.

Besides, what if it's a little tiring and uncomfortable? It's only twice a year, and you don't take it every day, and you don't need to go on vacation every day.