Chapter 2473 Opening of Tourist Routes

The peak tourist season in most countries is usually summer.

For example, skiing in countries such as Switzerland and Sweden is usually only enjoyed by the rich. The tourist season that ordinary people like is summer.

Therefore, to measure a country's tourism income, summer income accounts for the vast majority of the proportion.

And if it is a country with a tropical rainforest climate, it will be even more happy. Except for the rainy season of two or three months, most of the time is sunny and hot, which is suitable for people to travel.

Ok.

They are talking about countries such as Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Maldives.

These countries have a suitable climate, beautiful natural scenery, strong ethnic customs, cheap prices, and good public security, so they are deeply loved by Europeans, Americans, Japanese and Korean tourists.

Over the years, Chinese people have gradually become richer, so they are not limited to domestic travel, and like to travel abroad.

Countries such as the United States, Europe, Japan and South Korea are more expensive, and it is impossible for too many people to go there, but a trip to Southeast Asia is only about 5,000 people per person, what can’t afford it?

What's more, domestic tourism has been a mess these years. If you take a random trip, you may be slaughtered. It is not impossible to spend thousands of dollars, so I would rather go to a place with a mature and well-planned foreign tourism market. I am too lazy to accept you. gas!

There are not a few Chinese people who hold such thoughts.

Moreover, as the tourism markets of Thailand, Malaysia and other countries have made many improvements for Chinese people, including the addition of Chinese services, etc., the vision of the people to travel to these countries has been increased.

As for those "famous scenic spots" in China, just stay where it is cool!

According to Xiao Qi's knowledge, by the end of 2013, the income of these "famous scenic spots" has been declining for several years. It can't be said that there are few people, but compared to the crowded situation when the Golden Week just started, it is simply less. Not only half of them.

Under the expectation of such a hot tourism background, Huaguo's tourism in Southeast Asia is becoming more and more popular year by year. Whether it is a travel agency or an airline company, they are all working hard. I want to get a share of this big market.

As a newly opened airline, as an airline that has just set foot in tourism projects in Southeast Asia, Qiwen Airlines is naturally targeting this market first.

In fact, when it bought United Eagle Airlines before, Qiwen Airlines owned 3 319 and 2 320 passenger planes, but at that time, these five planes were usually only used for hot projects in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, so it cannot be said that it was losing money. However, due to the limited scale, it didn't make much money, and it was far from the glory of the freight department.

You must know that the Freight Department not only makes money in the cargo transportation of Xiaoyao Logistics, Xiaoyao Express, and Xiaoyao Mall, but also made great contributions to transporting the wounded and disaster relief materials during the super earthquake in 2008. When Boss Lian Bian and No. 1 came to Rongcheng. They all specially praised them a few words, this kind of honor is simply enviable to others.

Therefore, a group of high-level people in the passenger transportation department have already suffocated. Want to compete with them.

The same goes for Luo Tangman, thanks to the cargo department of Qiwen Airlines. It's not his at all, it's all due to Xiao Qi, so it doesn't show his ability.

If he wants to gain a firm foothold in Qiwen Aviation, he needs to make a name for himself.

Now the opportunity has finally come.

At the end of February, Xiao Qi fully purchased Xinnan Airlines in Xiangshui, and took 12 of their 737-400 aircraft, which are probably new, and then bought 25 737-400 and 737-800 aircraft from Japan Airlines. Aircraft, Qiwen Airlines has 42 passenger aircraft at once, ranking 12th in the national airlines, it can be said that it is not powerful.

With so many planes. Luo Tangman immediately started his own plan.

First of all, seven 737-800 aircraft can fly to the three airports of Chitose, Tokyo, and Osaka in Japan. Two planes form a route, and the remaining one can be used as a spare or as a rotation during repair and maintenance.

Japan's economy has already been affected, and the shareholders behind Japan Airlines are very powerful in Japan, so it is not a problem to open three routes. The consulate in Yuzhou even issued a special announcement, welcome Southwest For tourists from the three provinces and Yuzhou to travel to Japan, the visa procedures will be greatly simplified.

With such convenient measures, and Qiwen Airlines set the ticket price very reasonably, which is basically one-third cheaper than that of Shuchuan Airlines. Therefore, after the flight started operating in May, there will be four flights a week. , The attendance rate has reached more than 90%.

Thanks a lot to the tour groups. Because of the simplification of visa procedures in Japan, the appreciation of the renminbi and the depreciation of the yen, the tour groups are very keen on developing the three southwestern provinces to travel to Japan. 80% of the seats are booked by the tour group. .

The three southwestern provinces plus Yuzhou have a population of more than 200 million, and the mere four flights a week can fully absorb it.

As for whether traveling to Japan is an unpatriotic act, it seems too heavy.

When Jia Yuwen asked Xiao Qi, Xiao Qi explained it like this.

Japan's economic development is better than that of Huaguo, its comprehensive strength is very strong, and the quality of its citizens is even better than that of Huaguo. Whether you want to admit it or not, these are real things.

Traveling to Japan, you can feel the gap between us and them, and you can see your own shortcomings. After you come back, you will work harder to support your family and contribute more to the development of the country. Isn’t this a positive meaning?

Just shouting slogans, but unable to accept the reality that we are not as good as the enemy, this is undoubtedly an act of deception, and it is not worth advocating.

Looking at the popularity of flights and tour groups proves that the public also has this demand, so don't think too much about it.

Of course, compared to the opening of routes in Japan, tourism in Southeast Asia is the focus of development.

Of the newly added aircraft, except for the 5 that joined the operation of domestic routes, the remaining 25 aircraft are all oriented to Southeast Asian routes.

Among them, Thailand, Malaysia and Maldives are the most important layouts.

In particular, Thailand, a tourist country that received 2.7 million tourists in 2012 and almost 4.7 million tourists in 2013 despite its small size, obviously has great tourism potential to tap.

According to the average passenger capacity of 160 passengers of 737-400 and 737-800, even if there is one round trip every day, there are only 2,240 passengers in a week, and only 116,800 passengers in a year, not even a fraction.

Although Luo Tangman didn't know the grand occasion of Thailand's tourism in the future, after careful investigation and thinking, he finally decided to start from April with three flights to and from Thailand every day, and then two flights to and from Malaysia every day, and two flights to and from Indonesia, a round-trip plan to the Maldives.

Xiao Qi doesn't like the country of Indonesia, but that doesn't mean that Luo Tangman won't consider it commercially. Of course, he chose the vicinity of the two most popular islands in Indonesia. This was also a decision made after discussing with the travel agency.

A total of 16 aircraft will be used in this batch, and the remaining 9 aircraft are temporarily on the sidelines. We will increase the number of flights for which route is popular.

Anyway, when it first started operating, it took a certain amount of time to adjust.

Moreover, Qiwen Airlines also has Shuchuan Airlines as a shareholder, and there are Xiao Qi's acquaintances in Shuchuan Civil Aviation Administration and China Civil Aviation Administration. It is very easy to change the route of adding or subtracting flights.

As a result, just halfway through April, Qiwen Air's Thailand route has directly changed to five flights a day, Malaysia has also increased to three flights a day, and even the Maldives has become two flights a day, only Indonesia has not changed.

This is basically a half-load operation. If each flight has to go back and forth every day, it is called a full-load operation. This will not work in the long run. At that time, we will have to buy 3-5 aircraft to replace it. use.

The reason why flights are so popular is that on the one hand, it is naturally a low-price strategy. For example, Sichuan Airlines flies to Phuket in the peak season, plus fuel tax and so on. , then only 1800, which is almost half the price of Sichuan Airlines.

In fact, Qiwen Airlines could have been cheaper, because the oil it bought from Xiannv Company was almost half the price of China Aviation Oil purchased by Sichuan Airlines, including flights to Japan, and the cost of the two was completely incomparable.

However, under the strong request of Sichuan Airlines, Qiwen Airlines still has no way to make it lower, otherwise Qiwen Airlines can do it with a ticket of 1,200.

On the other hand, people in the three southwestern provinces are really willing to spend money these years, and Sichuan Airlines has a relatively bloated organization. There are too few flights to Southeast Asia, especially Thailand. There are only five flights a week, which cannot meet the needs at all. And Air China's air tickets are expensive, and there is no cost performance at all.

Another one is that Thailand, Malaysia and other countries are indeed suitable places for tourism. With the addition of air tickets, usually 5,000 yuan per person can have a good time. Such high cost performance will of course be more attractive.

Entering June, it is the peak season for tourism, and more people go out to travel.

Because of the good service in the previous two months, and the customs and customs of Southeast Asian countries are very interesting, the recommendation of your relatives and friends has increased the group of people going to travel.

Qiwen Airlines' flights have become even more difficult to find. Luo Tangman temporarily added 20 flights a week, which can only barely meet the demand.

As a result, the passenger transport department of Qiwen Airlines finally felt elated.

We are also a department that can make a lot of money! ! (to be continued ~^~)