Through the wealth life

Chapter 966 Heathrow Airport
At nine o'clock in the morning London time, Li Guangyu received Zhao Wenhua's discussion about the China Airlines incident.

Li Guangyu said to Zhao Wenhua on the phone: "You don't want to get involved too much in this aspect, and let the two of them solve the rest of the matter. The most important thing for you now is to strengthen the group's reserve talents and the group's infrastructure construction. At present, the new generation of Airbus A330 has undergone many sorties and long-term test flights, and it is expected to be launched for sale early next year, and the group must make preparations for this.”

The current main customers of this aircraft are Xiangjiang Airlines and Cathay Pacific Airways. If it weren't for the rapid expansion of the Lee consortium, they would not have started the development of long-range aircraft in advance.

In Airbus's original plan, it was to occupy the short- and medium-range aviation market first, and then develop long-range and ultra-long-range civil aviation airliners. After all, short-range routes are mainly used in Europe.

However, the rapid development of Xiangjiang Airlines forced them to enter the development of long-range and even ultra-long-range aircraft in advance. For this plan, Airbus invested more than 20 billion US dollars to develop two models of Airbus A330 and A340 to compete with Boeing 747 series aircraft.

After years of research and flight testing, the A330 has already reached the market sale standard, and they can sell the A330 to the outside world only after local governments approve the A[-] as an aircraft-suitable model.

At present, Hong Kong Airlines and Cathay Pacific Airways are relatively short of long-range and ultra-long-range aircraft. Airbus’s aircraft were mainly medium-range. need.

Many routes of the two major airlines are across the Pacific Ocean, and some routes even cross the Eurasian continent. The voyage is very long, and the medium and long-range aircraft cannot meet the needs of these routes.

At present, these routes are carried out by Boeing 747 aircraft. With the continuous increase of routes, the existing Boeing 747s of the two major airlines are simply not enough.

In addition, the relationship between the Lee consortium and the American consortium has not been harmonious in the past two years, so the two major airlines have not purchased Boeing-type passenger planes in the past few years.

For the expansion of the group, Zhao Wenhua is the happiest. He used to be the deputy general manager of Cathay Pacific Airways. At that time, Cathay Pacific Airways only had about [-] aircrafts. It was already a very good airline in Asia in the [-]s.

In addition to those giant airlines in the world, airlines in many countries and regions in Southeast Asia only have a dozen or so aircraft.

Since he came to Xiangjiang Airlines, the number of its aircraft has become larger and larger. At present, there are 150 passenger planes and [-] cargo planes. Think about China Airlines in Taiwan. At present, there are only two cargo planes. Zhao Wenhua himself decided to quit I feel very lucky to work for the Lee Foundation.

He said to Li Guangyu: "Li Sheng, I know how to do it. Regarding our maintenance and support bases, we are also stepping up the expansion. I believe that next year, the maintenance and support capabilities of the major bases will be doubled."

After Li Guangyu hung up Zhao Wenhua's call, he began to think about the layout behind the airline.

At present, the layout in Asia is almost done, and there is probably no chance on the mainland side. In the future, Air China, China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines will rule over there. He wants to establish a maintenance and support base there, and open the connection Flights are very difficult.

It's a pity that the relationship with the American consortium is not very good now, and it is not easy for him to go to the American market to grab food.

It is relatively easy for England. At present, it should be relatively easy for him to establish such a civil aviation maintenance support base.

Li Guangyu said to Gan Qin: "Go and contact the person in charge of Heathrow International Airport, and discuss with him about the airport becoming the hub aviation airport of our Xiangjiang Airlines, and build it according to the scale we have in Taoyuan."

Gan Qin knew that Li Guangyu was planning to let the airline expand in Western Europe. Heathrow Airport is the busiest airport in Europe, and Hong Kong Airlines uses this as its hub airport. The development prospects are worth looking forward to.

She responded: "Li Sheng, I will contact the general manager of the airport management company later, but the senior management of the company can't make the decision. I suggest that Zhang Ziyu communicate with Thatcher at the same time. We can do both at the same time. Achieve their goals."

At present, the management right of Heathrow Airport still belongs to the government, and Xiangjiang Airlines wants to enter, mainly needs the government's approval.

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At three o'clock in the afternoon, Zhang Ziyu came to Thatcher's office. She had been here dozens of times and was already very familiar with it.

Next year will be the time for general elections in England, which is why Thatcher insists on implementing privatization reforms.

The development of the Lee Consortium in England for so many years has already had a very close relationship with the Conservative Party. Next year, the Lee Consortium will also contribute to this to ensure that the Conservative Party can continue to be re-elected. will be faster.

Thatcher and Zhang Ziyu were also very familiar. After Zhang Ziyu sat down, she said with a smile: "Miss Zhang, do you need any help from our government when you come here today?"

"Ma'am, we are here to meet you this time. We, Li Sheng, hope that Heathrow Airport will become the hub airport of Xiangjiang Airlines, so as to better serve the citizens of London and England."

The relationship between the two was already quite familiar, and Zhang Ziyu didn't show too much courtesy to Thatcher, and directly explained his intention for coming.

Even the airline company is ready to be privatized. Naturally, Thatcher will not refuse Xiangjiang Airlines' wish to use Heathrow Airport as its hub airport.

However, she is currently selling British European Airlines, and there is no strong force to take over the offer. She wants to see if the Li Family Group is willing to take over the company.

She said: "Miss Zhang, I personally agree and welcome that Hong Kong Airlines wants Heathrow Airport to become one of your main airports, but there are many things involved in it, and I'm afraid it won't be decided for a while. , I have an opinion, which can make you the main airport in many of our British airports."

"Ma'am, do you have any good suggestions?"

Zhang Ziyu knew that Thatcher probably wanted the Li's consortium to take over again. In fact, she didn't need Thatcher to say, she knew that Thatcher probably wanted the Li's consortium to buy the British airline.

The fact did not go beyond Zhang Ziyu's expectations. Thatcher suggested that the Lee consortium acquire British European Airlines.

Zhang Ziyu said: "Ma'am, I also know that this airline takes the top three airports in the UK as the main airports, but at present we have limited financial resources, and we really cannot afford to acquire this company. I believe that as long as Madam is willing, Hong Kong Airlines will operate at Heathrow Airport." It's very easy to set up a logistical maintenance base."

Now the Lee consortium has no plans to take over British European Airlines. Accepting that company is a waste of money except for the useful routes. Those planes are old models, which are not suitable for Xiangjiang Airlines' plan .

Thatcher was not discouraged when Zhang Ziyu refused, so she just asked.

She said: "Miss Zhang, I will communicate with government officials and airport senior management about what you said before I can give you an answer. You also pass my opinion to Mr. Li and see what Mr. Li thinks."

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(End of this chapter)