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Chapter 835 Illusion?

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

The airline company Xiaoyun founded in Europe is called Tower Air, with its headquarters in London, and has already completed the preliminary preparations.

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

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

And no food will be provided on the plane because this airline is currently only flying to mainland Europe.

Moreover, the flight attendants recruited are older and their number is very small.

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

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

So many people still take the train.

Liu Hai knew that there was a low-cost airline in Europe that opened hundreds of routes in Europe in 2020. When the worst happened, only these low-cost airlines made profits, while the others did not.

In April 1988, Paris made a big splash when the Paris government announced that reservations could be made online by email.

That is to say, if you want to do something at a certain government agency in Paris, you can send an email at any time, and the government will email you back and tell you how long it will take to go.

This time, Paris is at the forefront of the world, making its neighbor London grit its teeth in anger. It also announced that government agencies will accept email appointments.

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

This company has just become independent, and many investors are waving their cash to invest.

With the opening of email reservations in Paris and London, other European countries have followed suit.

There is no way. Public opinion in Western countries is sometimes still very strong.

Of course, when they face high-pressure fire trucks, there is no such thing as strong or weak.

The email appointment system has indeed made it more convenient for the public, because emails can be sent anytime and anywhere. In the past, when making appointments by phone, the line was either busy or the employee was not at work.

Now with the email appointment system, you just need to send an email, wait for the other party to reply to your message, and then go when the time comes.

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

This has been well received by the public.

Tower Air received a C4 in April and the first route it launched on a trial basis was from Paris to Cologne.

Of course, the crew members have been trained in advance. The chief pilot was transferred from China and was trained by the tower company itself, and his training has not yet ended.

The fare is 20% cheaper than the same route.

Everything about Tower Air is done in accordance with the low-cost airline operating model.

We usually fly at night when it is not busy.

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

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

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

But Ian had no choice because he was fired from another airline. The reason for the dismissal was that he was sick and unable to do the job.

Moreover, the shareholder background behind Tower Airlines is very complicated, giving people a feeling of unknown origin, with some newly established companies as shareholders.

The only thing that makes Ian satisfied is that the price of the C101 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, television, and even in taxis.

Ian expressed his incomprehension of the decision made by the company's top management, and to be honest, he felt that the seats on the C101 aircraft were a bit cramped.

The seats in C101 are arranged according to the modern seating layout.

The data on airplane seats in the 2020s and s was much larger than that in .

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

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

The company chose to promote itself on the Internet.

This made Ian feel very unreliable. Anyone who could afford to buy a computer to access the Internet would definitely not be short of the money for a plane ticket.

On April 25, 1988, users of the QQ chat and dating software received a push message about huge discounts on air tickets. How much did it cost to fly from Paris to Cologne? (I couldn't find the exact airfare at the time, ugh!). For more information, please search for Tower Airlines, or click on Tower Airlines on the home page of the navigation page.

The navigation page has now found a way to make money, which 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 last.

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

Tower Air's website describes itself as an airline for the common people.

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

Although most people ignore the push messages from QQ chat and dating apps.

But don't forget that the number of users of QQ chat and dating software has reached 100 million, while Tower Airlines only needs 206 people to take its plane.

Tower Air's consultation phone was flooded with calls, and the operators kept patiently explaining that everything shown on the website was true, and it was exactly that much money, but one had to read the ticket purchase instructions carefully.

The first test flight of Tower Air was in the early morning of May 5, which was midnight of April 1.

What Ian didn't expect was that according to the message sent on April 4, all the round-trip tickets for this flight were sold out by noon on April 25, and there were still people booking tickets for the next few days.

This route is not far away, and was originally planned to be opened only on a trial basis.

Then the tower company opened other routes, but unexpectedly, the seats on the routes were booked out in less than a day after the opening.

What worries Ian now is that he only has one C101, and he can't make any money from it.

Summer vacation is coming soon. During the three months of 678, many people will travel.

Ian reported the matter to the shareholders, but the shareholders were helpless in dealing with the situation because the production capacity of C101 was limited.

At 4 pm on April 30, C 10 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 flight is so cheap because of the reduced services and the flight time window in the middle of the night.

Before boarding the plane, John looked at this slender passenger plane, which looked graceful 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.

But now everyone feels very comfortable, no one is urging or rushing.

The flight from Paris to Cologne didn't take much time, so no one bought anything.

"This is a brand new plane!" "The seats are better than expected!"

"Just think of it as taking the bus. It doesn't take very long anyway."

"If I wasn't in a hurry, I wouldn't take this kind of plane." Someone else murmured.

The flight attendants are middle-aged women who have worked for other airlines and are very skilled in their jobs, 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 very few planes taking off at night, and there is no need to repeat the interaction with the tower many times.

Sometimes taking off during the busy daytime hours can be a life-threatening experience.

The main pilot is a domestic pilot who is fluent in English and German.

Under the command of the tower, Tower Air's first flight took off successfully.

Because there is a direct flight between the two, it only takes more than half an hour to arrive, as 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 seven hours to drive.

"I haven't even finished reading a newspaper yet!"

“The airfare is within my budget!”

"Let's go find a hotel and have a good sleep, just in time for my errands tomorrow morning!" This is the advantage of taking low-cost airlines to fly within Europe. Although it is not comfortable, it is definitely more comfortable than taking a bus. Europe itself is not very big, and the most convenient way to travel between cities is by plane.

The plane then flew from Cologne back to Paris, also full.

Then I flew from Paris to Munich.

Then I flew back to Paris from Munich.

Then I flew from Paris to Murcia, Spain, and back again.

The flight schedule for this plane ends today.

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

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

The same goes for cleaning airplanes; low-cost airlines just do a sweep 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 round-trip flights on three routes, and all are fully booked for the next three days.

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

This airline is packed, so where do their customers come from?
Didn't you see any advertisement?

There is nothing we can say about the low-priced tickets because they are discounted tickets and the normal prices are the same.

Industry insiders were quick to do the math based on C101's debut in Europe.

I found that this profit margin is quite considerable.

Some industry insiders even think the situation is not good because the entire aviation market is so small and it is very likely that these customers of Tower Airlines originally belonged to them.

That is to say, if more people take Tower Airlines, then there will definitely be fewer people on its own airline.

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

If the tower company had 100 planes and hundreds of routes, 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. They believed that Tower Air's low-cost operating model would subvert the entire market.

If there were 100 C101s, profits for other airlines across Europe would drop rapidly.

"In fact, we all overlooked one point: a half-hour flight and three or four hours on a train, as long as the price is acceptable, just treat it as a half-hour bus ride."

“I think more routes should be opened, especially long-distance routes.”

"For customers who need to transfer on other airlines, we fly directly in a straight line."

"We can also open direct flights to some small cities, once or twice a week, so that guests from small cities will take our direct flights whenever possible instead of flying to other nearby cities!"

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

"I have a bolder idea. European aircraft manufacturing companies should produce C101. Can we use the C101 produced by European aircraft manufacturing companies to make money at the home of the bald eagle?"

"Will this stop the bald eagle from flying?"

"All the planes are made in Europe. If he bans our planes, we will ban his."

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

"Wrong, it is produced all over Europe."

"In fact, I don't think it's necessary. Apart from the bald eagle, there are still vast markets. Don't forget South America."

"We need to increase our orders and beat other airlines, especially Bald Eagle's airline!"

"The C101 is only cost-effective if it is produced in certain Eastern countries. First of all, the aircraft itself is cheap."

"I'm afraid that the Gallic roosters next door will be dissatisfied with this, after all, the European aircraft manufacturing company is in Gallic roosters."

"That has nothing to do with us. Anyway, our country's engines can be sold. Even for European passenger aircraft, we are just selling engines. We can also sell them to certain Eastern countries or to blast furnace engines."

"First, we need to increase orders and develop routes to Africa and Europe, which are our base. Then we can develop South America. For now, we can forget about Asia because we cannot compete with airlines in Eastern countries."

"Then place an additional order for 50 aircraft?"

"For the time being, let's add 50 orders. We must also step up the training of pilots and crew members!"

1988年5月， C101又接到海外客户50架飞机订单，和顺航空公司又向罗罗公司订购100台发动机。

The news made European airline executives feel uneasy, as if something was wrong.

However, Heshun Airlines' production capacity is limited as 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 airliner companies and Boeing: Are we heading in the wrong direction? No way, absolutely no way. Who would be willing to take a plane with no service, no quality, and no comfort? This route is only a short one within Europe! No one would be willing to take it for a long time.

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

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

A family of five can travel and save the airfare for two people.

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

(End of this chapter)