After entering 1912, although the world was a little tense, it was also peaceful.
If there is any sensational event, it is the Titanic. The world's largest and most luxurious cruise ship, owned by the British White Star Line, hit an iceberg on its maiden voyage and sank.
It directly resulted in the death of 1,517 of the 2,224 crew members and passengers, and only 333 of the victims' bodies were recovered. The casualties caused by the sinking of the Titanic were the deadliest maritime disaster in history, and it triggered a wave of shock throughout the world.
It caused a sensation. Major newspapers reported on the tragedy of this shipwreck. For this reason, people all over the world expressed their condolences for this shipwreck in their own ways. In addition, President Taft of the United States, King George V of the United Kingdom, and Emperor Wilhelm of Germany
II and others all delivered condolences to express their grief over the shipwreck.
The Titanic disaster also shocked the maritime transportation industry. Many shipping companies have strengthened training for crew members on how to deal with various situations encountered by ships.
Of course, this is also a remedial test. For ships that have suffered shipwrecks, we can only mourn with a heavy heart.
Of course, due to the impact of the Titanic disaster, the performance of the shipping industry will be affected in a short period of time, but it should recover quickly, because the flow of people and cargo from various places will not stop.
Of course, the sinking of the Titanic also had an impact on another emerging industry, which is the aviation industry.
The aviation industry has developed rapidly in recent years. Although it is still not at a level that ordinary people can afford to sit on, after all, the aviation industry has incomparable advantages.
According to the most authoritative statistics, the world's aviation industry carried 50,000 passengers and more than 700 tons of cargo last year.
Among these data, Alitalia accounts for two-thirds.
Speaking of which, Alitalia, as the first aviation company, has a very high reputation. After the Swan airship sailed around the world, it became famous all over the world. Everyone knows Alitalia.
Alitalia, which has become famous, has subsequently entered an era of great development. First of all, the banking industry is very willing to provide loans to help it develop. In addition, countries are also very willing to let Alitalia build aviation terminals, so that their own countries can also
Enjoy the convenience of air travel.
Of course, as the aviation industry prospers, competitors also appear.
However, these competitors cannot yet shake Alitalia's position. On the one hand, Alitalia has rich aviation management experience, and on the other hand, Alitalia has sufficient friendships in the field of airship manufacturing.
Currently, Germany and Italy have absolute advantages in the field of airship manufacturing. Currently, only the Zeppelin Company of the two countries and the Naples Airship Manufacturing Company of Italy are capable of manufacturing giant and large-scale airships.
Countries such as the United Kingdom, France, and the United States, due to late technology and research and development, are not yet able to manufacture large airships, let alone giant airships.
Small and medium-sized airships cannot participate in the most profitable intercontinental voyages.
Therefore, this also led to the fact that the two airship manufacturers, which were fully booked with orders from Alitalia, had no choice but to give up orders from other airship companies first.
This also resulted in Alitalia’s dominance in the aviation industry.
One more thing needs to be said here: the airships currently used for transportation all use helium.
Although this has pushed up the cost of airships, airlines have adopted a default attitude towards this, and no one has thought of using cheap hydrogen.
It’s not like I haven’t thought about it. When the aviation industry was developing rapidly two years ago, a newly established airline filled the airship tanks it purchased with hydrogen for cost reasons. This was later reported in the newspapers. As a result, the newspapers reported extensively,
Describing it as letting passengers fly with bombs on their heads, the airship company subsequently cooled off.
It is unknown whether there were any promoters from other airlines behind this. However, after this, airlines no longer had the idea of using hydrogen.
In fact, not using hydrogen is a very good thing for airlines. Because problems with airships in the sky are very dangerous. As long as one of them happens, it will endanger the entire aviation industry.
As a pioneer and main beneficiary of this industry, Alitalia will never allow any airline to make moves that threaten the entire industry.
At present, in addition to military airships, helium airships dominate the world at the civilian transportation level.
It is precisely because all airlines use helium airships, which has also led to the rapid development of helium technology. After all, helium that is too expensive is a big burden to airlines. It can reduce the cost of helium refining, and it is also
Good news to promote aviation development.
For this reason, Italian Petroleum Company has invested a lot of money to upgrade the helium extraction process, making Italian Petroleum Company a giant in the world's helium supply. It has also made helium prices 18% lower than before. This is also considered basic.
It provides convenience for promoting the large-scale use of airships.
So although I don’t want to admit the role that the sinking of the Titanic played in promoting the aviation industry, it is the fact.
Currently, Alitalia has an explosive growth in customers flying across continents. The previously scheduled flights from Europe to North America that were once every ten days have been changed to once every seven days.
Italy now has three intercontinental air routes, the first and most profitable of which is the Europe-North America round-trip route from Rome-Paris-London-New York-Chicago.
The second one is the Europe-South America round-trip sailing from Rome-Paris-Recife-Rio de Janeiro-Buenos Aires. Although this route is not as profitable as North America, there are also many rich people in South America, which brings
The profits are something Alitalia cannot ignore.
The third route is the Europe-Asia route, which is also the longest of the three intercontinental routes. Starting from London, it takes a round-trip route from Paris-Rome-Baghdad-Mumbai-Calcutta-Singapore-Pontianak-Shanghai-Tokyo.
Its voyage spans more than 20,000 kilometers and takes 13 days. This route was only opened by Alitalia for half a year, and the effect is not bad. It facilitates travel between Europe and Asia and reduces the pain of people suffering from turbulence at sea.
In addition to these ultra-long intercontinental routes, other short and medium-term routes are also good. Routes such as Paris-Berlin-Warsaw-Moscow, London-Paris-Rome-Cairo, Berlin-Vienna-Istanbul, etc., all provide people with a lot
choice.
With the increase in the number of airships and the increase in flight routes, the public's sense of shock towards airships has also decreased a lot. It is difficult to see the situation where people are speechless in surprise when looking at airships.
In addition to civilian use, airships also play an important role in the military field. In addition to transportation tasks, the role of airships in other military fields has also been recognized by the militaries of various countries. The British Army established its first airship unit.
It means attacking the enemy in the air.
It goes without saying that for the British Royal Navy, airship reconnaissance has always been an important course in naval tactics.
The same is true for France. Both its navy and army have established their own airship forces.
The same is true for the Austro-Hungarian Empire, whose airship force was established two years ago. Even Russia, which is considered to be technologically backward, also formed its own airship force.
Since so many countries have formed their own airship forces, as the main countries in airship production, Germany and Italy are certainly no exception.
The German military currently has the largest number of airships, and the Italian military also has many airships.
Therefore, with the help of some behind-the-scenes pushers, airships have become the darling of various countries in this era. Countries without airships will be considered to have failed to keep up with the times.
