Establishing an airline was a big deal. Even if Mr. Ye didn't ask, Xia Feiguo would explain everything clearly.
For example, running an airline required the necessary maintenance base, as well as the requirements for opening routes and aircraft.
In the world, there were only three airlines that could be ranked.
Boeing, Airbus, and Bombardier.
The first two were well-deserved air dominators. Airlines like Bombardier, which didn't engage in proper business, could squeeze in because there were too few companies in the field of aviation manufacturing.
Airlines could only choose from these three companies if they wanted to buy a plane.
Airbus and Boeing had the most technical strength, but they received too many orders. Latecomers who wanted to buy planes often had to wait for a few years. Bombardier wasn't very cost-effective, and this company only provided small regional jets.
It was also a good choice to buy a poorly run airline and package those second-hand planes.
Xia Feiguo answered all the questions. After asking these general questions, Ye Qing actually still had a lot of small questions to ask.
Ye Qing had taken planes many times. Perhaps because of his profession, Ye Qing liked to think about some common problems encountered when taking a plane more than ordinary passengers.
For example, why did passengers have to arrive at the airport at least an hour in advance? For first-time passengers, they even had to arrive two hours in advance to ensure enough time.
This was only for second-tier airports like Zhongyun. For first-tier super-large airports, passengers had to arrive at the airport much earlier to ensure that they could board the plane.
Airports were built in the suburbs. It took half an hour to an hour to get to the airport. If they arrived at the airport at least an hour earlier, they would waste two hours. For example, a passenger took a plane from Zhongyun to Jinling, the provincial capital. He left two hours in advance, but he arrived at the station in half an hour.
The route to the airport couldn't be changed, but after the passenger entered the airport, could the time be shortened?
At the high-speed railway station, under normal circumstances, one could arrive half an hour to twenty minutes in advance.
These days, nothing was more valuable than time. Ye Qing now had a private jet. Wherever he went, there was always a plane waiting for him. After the car drove into the airport, there was no security check. It drove directly to the Peregrine Falcon.
But in the country, people who owned private jets were ten times rarer than pandas. For example, those employees or owners of private enterprises had very little time to sleep. Who would be willing to waste an hour or two on a flight?
This question made Xia Feiguo feel a little embarrassed. He fiddled with the glass of water in his hand and explained, "Mr. Ye, this time is mainly spent on the airport security check and the necessary preparations before the plane takes off."
"An airplane is not like a car or a train. Once it gets into an accident, it will be the most serious accident. Therefore, we have to check every passenger's luggage one by one. There are only so many security checkpoints, and most of the time is wasted waiting in line. "
"There's also the passengers' luggage. There's limited space in the luggage compartment on the plane. Passengers had to check in their large luggage, which required them to line up and go through security checks. Finally, these pieces of luggage must be loaded into the cargo hold of the plane by specialized ground staff and weighed. "
"So, just the check-in luggage alone requires the passengers to give half an hour in advance to gather all their luggage."
"What's left is the ground crew. They will do a routine check before the plane takes off. After the engine is started, they will taxi into the runway and line up for takeoff."
Ye Qing nodded.
Nowadays, many short-distance passengers preferred to take the high-speed rail. Because the high-speed rail needed less time to enter the airport in advance, the security check was relatively lax.
The answer to the next question surprised Ye Qing.
Ye Qing asked Xia Feiguo how many people in Hua Xia had taken a plane.
This question was not because Ye Qing was bored and curious. After all, Ye Qing had the idea of establishing an airline company. This airline was still mainly for passenger transportation. Naturally, he wanted to know the proportion of passengers on planes among the major transportation vehicles in the country.
Xia Feiguo told Ye Qing that three-quarters of the people in the country had never taken a plane.
A ticket for a domestic flight usually cost a few hundred yuan. The airport always gave people the feeling that it was full of people. However, 75% of the people in the country had never taken a plane in their lives.
How could Ye Qing not be surprised?
As for the reason why they had never taken a plane, it was certainly not because they were poor.
Xia Feiguo explained that there were too few airports in the country. Hua Xia was so big with more than a billion people, but there were only 150 civil airports.
The first choice for people who lived without an airport was, of course, the train or high-speed rail. If the journey was not too long, who would be willing to rush to an airport that was one to two hundred kilometers away, or even three to four hundred kilometers away?
However, as Hua Xia's economic strength became more and more developed, the people's desire to travel increased. For a journey of more than six hundred kilometers, the first choice was still to take a plane.
It was true that people who walked fast could arrive twenty minutes earlier by taking the high-speed rail, but the high-speed rail would stop at many stations along the way. From slowing down, waiting, to starting and speeding up, only two stations were needed to offset the advantage of entering the airport in advance.
Planes were usually direct. Once they flew into the sky, their speed could easily soar to 800 kilometers per hour.
"In other words, if the problem of waiting for security checks is solved, and the cumbersome preparation steps before the plane takes off, the plane can set off as quickly as the high-speed rail?" Ye Qing's thoughts began to wander. Three-quarters of the people in the country had never taken a plane. Wasn't this a huge blank business opportunity?
"Basically, yes." Xia Feiguo nodded.
In addition to the main factor of flight delays caused by sudden weather, a plane actually only took a few minutes from entering the runway to flying into the air.
However, just for these few minutes, the ground staff and passengers had to prepare an hour in advance.
Everyone knew that if the waiting time before take-off was further reduced, more passengers would be attracted. However, the take-off preparation time of modern planes had been reduced to the limit, and it was impossible to make a breakthrough.
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After personally sending Xia Feiguo off, it was almost noon.
Ye Qing believed that they would meet more in the future, so he did not politely ask him to stay for lunch. After all, he was busier than himself.
After sending Xia Feiguo off, Ye Qing lay on the office chair with his legs crossed. He looked at the bustling Zhongyun outside the window and the plane that was slowly flying across the sky.
The problems that needed to be solved in the future were concise and clear.
In addition to needing to obtain the operating license for the exquisite aircraft, Ye Qing had to solve the problem of the "security check" and the preparation steps before the flight. To compress the time to an incredible extent, it would be best to make the time from when the passengers walked into the airport to when the plane took off be the same as the high-speed rail.
How difficult was the airport security check?
All of the passengers' belongings had to be taken out one by one. Lighters had to be thrown away. Most of the liquids could not be brought. There were also strict restrictions on cosmetics. The most important thing was that during the security check, not to mention the time wasted, many people felt uncomfortable.
If I was a normal passenger, you would ask me to go through my pockets, take off my belt, and even take off my coat and shoes.
When checking in luggage, you would often have to open the luggage and check it one by one.
Some of the passengers' belongings had not been seen by the security inspector before, and he had to spend time and effort to explain their use. For some private items, even if the security inspector did not show any expression due to professional requirements, it would inevitably attract the curiosity and disdain of the passengers behind him.
Who would be happy with the uncomfortable feeling of having their privacy invaded?
This was also the reason why many people did not like to take planes. Although Ye Qing did not need to go through the security check, he also hated these steps.
However, strictly speaking, Hua Xia's aviation security check was not too strict.
In the United States, which had once suffered a plane crash, the security check was even scarier. It was normal for people who did not look good to be touched by the security inspector from head to toe.
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