At Diwopu Airport, a Boeing 747-8 passenger plane was landing. On board this passenger plane were more than 400 passengers from Shanghai, all of whom were organized by travel agencies to come to Urumqi to appreciate the customs of the northwest.
"When we arrive in Urumqi, we must try the authentic folk snacks here. Kebabs, grilled naan, ramen, and pilaf. The food here is very different from that in the mainland, and the price is cheap. I believe everyone will like it.
like."
The tour guide of the travel agency held a small flag and led dozens or hundreds of tourists onto the bus while promoting it. Poroshenko, who passed by the bus, attracted many people's attention with his tall figure and handsome pilot uniform.
Notice.
Poroshenko smiled at the tourists and walked slowly into the employee lounge of the airport. There were several companions in the lounge who greeted him when they met.
"Hi, man." A foreigner in the lounge dressed like a pilot stretched out his hand to Poroshenko and said in Russian: "I'm Andrei, new here."
Poroshenko announced his name and said with a smile: "I have only been here not long."
"I heard that you are also Ukrainian?"
"Yes."
"Me too, I'm really glad I escaped that hell. If I didn't leave, those bastards in the Council would have forced me to fly a fighter jet at gunpoint."
Two Ukrainian pilots were sitting in the lounge chatting, sighing when talking about the situation in their country. Er Mao has been messed up by populists, politicians, public intellectuals and other bastards in recent years. He pinched his nose to show the world that democracy is nothing.
At that time, the legacy of the Soviet Union had been exhausted, and the West was treacherous and refused to help. Coupled with Mao's vigorous suppression, the Ermao family was really suffering from the hardship of the people.
The scale of the Russia-Ukraine war is getting bigger and bigger. Does anyone know where an extremely tragic but high-level tank battle took place? No one knows! The Western media would rather pay attention to the noobs pecking each other in the Middle East than bother to care about what happened in Ukraine.
Bloody fight.
Poroshenko is a pilot recently recruited by Xinjiang Airlines. His salary is not very high, but he is better than escaping from the fire pit. It is too painful to talk about his motherland, but his new life in Urumqi makes him talk very much.
"Andre, have you seen those passenger planes that keep landing? Hundreds and hundreds of passengers keep coming from other parts of the country because our company provides extremely cheap air tickets. To be honest, the low ticket prices are so exciting
People are incredible!”
What Poroshenko lamented was the large number of tourists he saw when he entered the airport. Since Xinjiang Airlines' fares have been cut in half, Urumqi's tourism industry has suddenly exploded - because the fares are so cheap.
In recent years, oil prices have been low. The most expensive fare from Shanghai to Urumqi is only over a thousand, and the cheaper fare is only six to seven hundred. And Singapore Airlines has cut the fare in half, which is extremely cheap. Such a cheap fee plus
Thanks to the guidance of the government, the number of mainland tourists visiting the Northwest has doubled.
The leaders of Urumqi originally thought that they were losing money and making money. The political tasks assigned by their superiors must be completed, and they had to hold their noses and admit all losses. However, they did not expect that the restructuring of Singapore Airlines would bring unexpected gains to people, and the tourism industry would increase significantly.
Instead, the city's tax revenue is rising.
If the security situation in the entire northwest can be greatly improved, low-price air tickets may even be a good strategy to promote economic development.
"But how on earth did our company make the fares so cheap?" Andre was also puzzled.
"There seems to be government subsidies," Poroshenko said.
Yes, most people attribute Singapore Airlines' low fares to government subsidies. But in fact, it's just the opposite. Chairman Lin of the company rejected government subsidies. He said that the government had no need to worry that he would lose money.
But everyone feels that their boss is cheating - if you make the fare so cheap, without government subsidies, you will definitely lose money.
In fact, Zhou Qingfeng really didn't lose money, he still made money. There are many reasons for this. The airline's expenses include three parts, the purchase cost of the aircraft, the cost of fuel, and the cost of personnel and maintenance. Among them, the cost of aircraft and fuel
It's the big head.
Among the fifteen large passenger planes acquired by Zhou Qingfeng, twelve were eventually converted into cargo planes, and three were finally used for passenger transport after repairs. Among them, the new Boeing 747-8 was priced at 350 million...
,Dollar.
But this huge amount of money, which occupies an absolute majority, is zero here at Singapore Airlines. This saves a lot of depreciation expenses.
Fuel is supplied by petrochemical companies in Urumqi at cost prices. In oil-rich countries such as Venezuela, gasoline is cheaper than water, resulting in a huge waste. Although aviation kerosene in Urumqi is not as cheap as water, it makes
Singapore Airlines' fuel costs plummet.
The remaining labor and maintenance costs are relatively low. Zhou Qingfeng even offered high salaries in order to recruit people, but the entire operating cost of Singapore Airlines is only a fraction of other airlines. Singapore Airlines' fares are cut in half, and profits are even higher than other airlines.
Singapore Airlines' ultra-low-price policy has caused great distress to other airlines. If it weren't for the fact that Singapore Airlines currently has too few large long-distance passenger aircraft, other airlines would have given up their routes to the northwest.
It’s not that no one complains in this situation, but complaints can only be made in private. Anyone who dares to speak publicly is seeking death.
Even the Great Elder said, "Lin Sen is a good comrade." When others see him, they can only walk around, but there is nothing they can do - do you dare to say that Lin Sen maliciously disrupts the market? Believe it or not, the National Security Bureau will take you to drink tea immediately, and the three armed forces of the sea, land and air force will
The copycats have put you into a dictatorship, and the central leaders will only say good job!
Now all fools understand that Lin Sen’s background is very deep, very deep and unfathomable!
"Our boss's low-price policy will exhaust us all." Poroshenko kept lamenting in the lounge. After he came to Singapore Airlines, he flew cargo planes, except for normal rest. All large cargo planes have been operating except for necessary maintenance.
Flying, changing people without changing planes, non-stop.
"It is said that the vendors in this city are so happy." Andre just came, but he also heard a lot of stories, "E-commerce in this country used to not provide free shipping in the northwest, but now as long as the value of the goods reaches a certain level,
Free shipping too. That’s scary, isn’t it?”
Andrei is older and used to fly in Russia. Compared with Rabbit's express delivery time, which is calculated in days, the efficiency of Russian Postal Express is calculated in months. And in terms of cost, thousands of kilometers
Air cargo actually reduces the cost by half, which is simply a miracle.
In the past, express delivery costs in Xinjiang were extremely high, and sometimes the value of the goods was not even worth the cost of express delivery. If the value of the goods was low, the express delivery fee would be halved; if the value of the goods was high, it would be waived altogether.
As a result, the transaction volume of various e-commerce companies in Urumqi has soared. Now some people are actually flying hundreds of tons of cantaloupe to the mainland, and the converted price is cheaper than buying it in the supermarket.
A large number of agricultural products from Xinjiang are being exported to China, and commodities from the same coastal areas are also being shipped to Xinjiang in large quantities. All kinds of seafood are flown to Urumqi by air, and the prices are not ridiculously expensive. This is a situation that benefits many parties.
Since Singapore Airlines put more than a dozen cargo planes on the market, the transportation plan has been scheduled almost immediately for several months. Because its cost and timeliness are so outstanding, no one can compare with it. But this has just begun. The entire aviation industry
They all thought that this low-price dumping situation could not continue.
This should just be Singapore Airlines' resumption of independent operations. It is Chairman Lin's low-price strategy in hopes of seizing the market. It will not last long, it will definitely not last long, and it will definitely not last long.
Just when everyone thought that the big star Lin Sen was just playing a gimmick to let Singapore Airlines grab some headlines, Uncle Zhou called Xiao Jinlang on the satellite phone for help at a shabby airport in Mongolia, "Old Xiao, I did it again.
Fifty large planes are coming. Please send someone to help fly them!"