Rebirth in 1989: Building a Chinese Technological Empire

"Let's go, let's try to fly..."

In the factory, Xu Huasheng directly asked people to let the plane fly.

This plane has been tested and is fully ready for delivery. And this factory has an airport that can take off and land large aircraft.

Boeing's aircraft are manufactured here and are directly delivered to customers. So it is very easy to take off and land the L3400 at this airport.

L3400 is a turboprop aircraft, which has lower requirements for takeoff conditions. Not to mention this standard airport, even a simple airport in the wild can take off and land.

The plane was pulled out of the hangar, refueled and took off after a check.

Xu Huasheng and his party sat on the plane and felt the plane. The plane is quite stable, and it feels similar to other planes.

The only thing is that the comfort is too poor, the seats are relatively small, if it is a thin person, it is better, but if it is a fat person, it will be uncomfortable.

The seats are also relatively thin, and the comfort is a bit worse.

Finally, there is noise, this thing is really big. It was like riding a tractor, but when you put on the special headphones, the sound disappeared immediately.

The headphones will play music continuously. If you don't like it, just turn off the volume and it will become a soundproof headset. In addition to soundproofing, it is also very comfortable and will not be uncomfortable to wear for a long time.

After flying a few circles in the air, the plane landed at the airport again.

"What is the current planned production capacity?"

Xu Huasheng asked directly. The production workshop of Saxo L3400 is not together with the production workshop of Boeing, and the production capacity is also independent.

"Mr. Xu, according to your requirements, our planned production capacity is 500 aircraft per year, and the future production capacity will increase or decrease according to actual demand."

The words of the person in charge made Xu Huasheng nod. This production capacity is quite good. Besides, this aircraft is relatively simple, and it is relatively fast to expand the production capacity.

"This production capacity is good. Such cheap aircraft has great market potential. After all, there are still many poor people in the world. Start production. On behalf of Huaxing Airlines, I will place an order for 3,000 aircraft. On behalf of Xingda Express, I will place an order for 1,000 cargo versions. The price is RMB 40 million per aircraft..."

Xu Huasheng said directly.

Hearing this, the person in charge's face was immediately full of flowers.

The boss is still awesome. He opened his mouth and ordered 4,000 aircraft. RMB 40 million per aircraft, 4,000 aircraft is RMB 160 billion.

And Saxo Airlines can make RMB 10 million per aircraft, and 4,000 orders directly means a profit of RMB 40 billion. The cargo version will be cheaper than the passenger version, but not much lower, but for Saxo Airlines, the profit is the same

For customers, it is just the money for one less seat, not much money.

But everyone also knows that this money is nothing to Xu Huasheng. His boss is too rich, and there are too many places to make money. The Huasheng Group alone can now easily earn hundreds of billions of dollars every year, and the unit is US dollars.

160 billion yuan, at the current exchange rate, is less than 20 billion US dollars, which is just a drizzle for Xu Huasheng.

3,000 L3400s are of great significance to Huaxing Company.

The entire market has a huge demand for low-cost airlines, including Huaxia. There are so many people in Huaxia, and many people go out to work. If the price is right, there is a huge demand for air transportation.

But now Huaxia does not have high-speed rail. Although the capacity of ordinary trains has increased, it is still not enough. Especially during the holidays, it is very difficult to grab train tickets.

Now that there are cheap planes, Huaxing can launch a low-cost airline. The air ticket price is not even much more expensive than the train ticket.

This aircraft has very low fuel consumption and relatively low maintenance costs. For the operation of this aircraft, one aircraft is equipped with two pilots and one flight attendant, and the personnel expenses are relatively low.

Moreover, this aircraft does not provide meals, and all expenses that can be reduced have been reduced.

But it is nothing for ordinary people going home, just hold on for a few hours. This plane has a speed of 600 to 700 kilometers per hour. Even if it flies from the southernmost to the northernmost part of China, it will take at most five or six hours. It will be over if you hold on. It is much faster than the train.

Moreover, the take-off and landing requirements are relatively low, and small airports can take off and land. Huaxing Company's low-cost aviation plan includes investment in small airports around the world.

In China, Huaxing plans to invest in a small airport in each city, just like the small airports in the United States. Just a simple site, a simple tower, and the ability to take off and land small aircraft. When these airports and low-cost aircraft are combined, a low-cost aviation project can be formed.

An L3400 aircraft, 903,000 aircraft, that is, the capacity of 270,000 people, which is not small. Besides, this is only the first batch of orders. If the low-cost airline project is implemented smoothly in the future, China Star Airlines will purchase more L3400s. Seeing the economic benefits, other major airlines will follow up. L3400 is destined to be a big seller. By then, China's aviation capacity will increase significantly. Low-cost airline projects can directly complement railway and road transportation. With low-cost airline projects, China's high-speed rail projects can actually be appropriately slowed down. In some cities, investing in high-speed rail may not be as cost-effective as low-cost airlines. For example, in the northwest, where the population is relatively small, it is too difficult to recover the cost of investing in high-speed rail. If a large number of small airports are built in these places, it will be more cost-effective to use aircraft such as L3400 as a means of transportation. L3400 is actually not only the most important thing about it. It is also very cost-effective as a cargo plane. Low fuel consumption and low operating costs make it very cost-effective to use it to transport express parcels by air.

This is also the reason why Xu Huasheng ordered 1,000 freight versions for Xingda Express. Now e-commerce has taken off. In the future, the transportation volume of express delivery will increase. Consumers have very high expectations for transportation sales.

And some things need to be transported and delivered quickly.

Although Xingda Express now has the Scorpion UAV for transportation, the Scorpion has great limitations after all. Although the Y-20 has started production, the annual production capacity left for the civilian market is not much.

Moreover, the use of the Y-20 is limited. Some small airports cannot land the civilian version of the Y-20. Now with the L3400, Xingda Express really has no rivals in the field of air transportation.

Y-20, L3400, Scorpion, there may be more models joining Xingda Express in the future. Xingda Express will be a huge air transport brigade in the future. This thing can transport express in peacetime, and once there is a need for war, it can transport military supplies. This is hiding troops among the people.