Chapter 1897： Plan ahead

(After a day’s meeting, I just went home and I was exhausted o(╥﹏╥)o)

At present, the four giants of the US aviation industry: American Airlines, Delta Airlines, United Airlines and Southwest Airlines control 80% of the U.S. air passenger market.

The expanded Alaska Airlines will provide direct flights from the West Coast to the most locations. The combined new company will provide 289 daily flights from California to 52 destinations, serving the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Costa Rica. And 118 waypoints in Cuba.

In order to consolidate the new relationship, Alaska Airlines and Virgin America’s frequent flyer mileage points will be exchanged for priority boarding. Of course, passengers can purchase Virgin America tickets on the Alaska Airlines website.

However, most people in the industry, including Yang Cheng, are not optimistic about the reorganization of the two parties. They have too many problems. The most direct one is how to treat the relatively gorgeous and lively brand of "Virgin". , Which does not match the low-key style that Alaska has always adhered to.

In addition, Virgin America has many Airbus A320 aircraft, while Alaska Airlines owns the entire Boeing 737 fleet.

To be honest, Virgin America's influence on the West Coast is not small, especially in terms of flight experience. The atmosphere lighting in the cabin, excellent in-flight entertainment system, and comfortable first-class seats have all won it many air travels. The award has also been enthusiastically praised by many tech workers in San Francisco.

For brand loyal consumers, the disappearance of a brand is absolutely regrettable.

But no matter what, the results of the merger have already occurred, and Delta Air Lines has also made a fortune from small and medium-sized companies. After all, Delta holds a portion of Virgin's stock in its hands.

The sense of crisis generated by the top four airlines is also real. Several major airlines, including Delta Air Lines, are facing the pressure of low-cost airlines while still being chased by latecomers. It can be said that they are being attacked by left and right sides. .

At this time, something must be done to break the current situation.

As for this corner of Philadelphia, Yang Cheng didn't take it seriously.

What worries him even more is that since the old stock **** has cooperated with Yang Cheng to exchange shares, he has not been idle, and his desire to control one of the four major airlines has become stronger and stronger.

For this reason, I did not hesitate to make arrangements in advance, break the tacit understanding with Yang Cheng, and purchase Delta Air Lines' loose shares in the market. Once the other party decides to act, this about 3% of the shares is definitely a thunder, which is not bad for Delta Air Lines Take a salary from the bottom of the pot.

Of course, the old stock **** Yang Cheng can also understand that he is just afraid that he will hinder his ultimate acquisition target. This trick is also safe.

In fact, it is true. Without such a hand, Yang Cheng would definitely not be able to help but do something, at least not allowing the old stock **** to easily take one of the four majors.

There is no other way, the influence of the old stock **** is too great, and Yang Cheng has to be jealous.

Based on the analysis of the current situation, it is Southwest Airlines that is most likely to be acquired. Firstly, the old stock **** has sufficient basic advantages over Southwest Airlines; secondly, Southwest Airlines has better control than other companies, so that it can easily operate.

Of course, this is only a superficial analysis. Who knows if this is a blinding trick of the old stock gods?

Thinking of this, Yang Cheng's sense of urgency became even stronger, so that he was completely lost in thought, ignoring Tyrael's existence.

The old stock **** is preparing to draw a salary from the bottom of the pot, so why doesn't Yang Cheng use the same trick?

Putting the garrison directly into your Southwest Airlines' lair and grabbing passenger traffic on your site will definitely make the old stock **** dumb eat coptis and have a hard time.

The question is how to grab it?

Southwest Airlines’ site is Dallas’ Love Field Airport, which is also the oldest airport in Dallas.

The other airport is currently Dallas’s largest and highest throughput Fort Worth Airport is the main location of American Airlines. Both airports are not easy to grab.

However, in comparison, Fort Worth Airport is better to bully.

If Tyrael knew what Yang Cheng was thinking at this time, he would definitely regret his death. He didn't expect that he would make a fuss out of his life, and in the end he would make his old opponent cheaper, and he would have to die of depression.

Fort Worth Airport is approximately halfway between Dallas and Fort Worth. It is 24 kilometers away from Dallas and 29 kilometers away from Fort Worth. It is an airport shared by both Dallas and Fort Worth.

As the most important hub of American Airlines, its headquarters is near the airport. Last year, Dallas Airport handled more than 65 million passengers, ranking 11th in the global airport passenger list, an absolute largest airport.

However, retrospectively, the birth of Fort Worth Airport is definitely a bumpy struggle history. As early as 1927, the city of Dallas proposed to Fort Worth to build an airport together, but Fort Worth did not agree, so the two cities built their own Love Field Airport and Mitcham Airport.

Later, the city of Arlington also wanted to build an airport, but it was opposed and suppressed by the city of Dallas and Fort Worth. Are you crazy? The boss and the second child didn't work together, so your third child wants to go out alone? So the city of Arlington was not built.

The drama is that after World War II, the city of Fort Worth "annexed" Arlington and developed the original airport into Amon Carter Airport.

Later, Fort Worth took a more resounding name—Great Southwest International Airport, trying to compete with Dallas’ Love Field Airport, but Dallas’s Love Field Airport is so powerful that Fort Worth doesn’t want to think about who is operating there. That was the birthplace of Southwest Airlines.

After several years of busy work, Fort Worth accounted for less than 1% of the entire Texas air transport, while Dallas had 49%, which eventually made Fort Worth unable to operate and simply abandoned the Great Southwest Airport.

However, the development of the airport will be constrained by the construction of infrastructure. The Great Southwest Airport in Fort Worth was forced to shut down, and the Love Field Airport in Dallas has been overloaded.

However, the FAA refused to invest in Dallas and Fort Worth airports separately. In the end, the federal ZF spoke out. If the two cities cannot reach an agreement, ZF will choose one of the two cities to invest according to its own standards.

This time the two cities sat down, weighed the pros and cons, and finally agreed to build a new airport in a new location.

This location is just north of the closed Great Southwest Airport. In the middle of the two cities, the land was jointly purchased by the two cities, and then the Southwest Airlines hub—Dallas Fort Worth Airport broke ground.

Fort Worth Airport has a total of 7 runways, which is currently the only airport in the world that has 4 more than 4000 meters in use at the same time;

It is also a large airport with the least capacity restrictions in the world. There is no time limit for take-off and landing. The average taxi time of aircraft is less than 5 minutes.

Moreover, Fort Worth Airport has five terminals, four of which are semicircular and one is U-shaped.

The airport was originally designed to build 13 semi-circular terminal buildings, but only 4 were completed in actual construction.

This design is to reduce the distance between the passenger car and the aircraft and ease the traffic pressure around the terminal.

People who have never been to Fort Worth Airport must be very curious about the design that looks like a sesame seed cake. Can it really help?

But everyone who has been there knows that the transportation in the airport mainly relies on light rail trains, which circle around the circle outside the terminal building.

There is a comprehensive car rental company in the airport, hosting more than a dozen car rental companies. In terms of public transportation, the Orange Light Rail Express and Trinity Rail Express in the Dallas area are all operated at the airport, with high frequency and low charges, and direct access to the city center. There is also a highway that passes through the middle of the airport and connects with other highways.

It is precisely because of such convenient transportation facilities that Fort Worth Airport has the role of today's hub.

In the structure of American Airlines’ route network, Dallas Airport is the core hub. It is the first hub airport of American Airlines in the United States, the first gateway hub to Mexico, Canada and the Asia-Pacific region, and the first hub to Latin America. The second gateway hub, the third gateway hub to Europe, provides the most domestic and international transfer opportunities.

American Airlines has established the world’s most advanced operation control center in Dallas. Unlike the "operation control centers" of other national airlines, the seats in American Airlines’ operations control centers are not "representatives" dispatched by relevant business departments. "Seat", but truly realizes the integration of airline network planning, crew scheduling, operation control and other systems.

The operation control center is responsible for the operation of the main line aircraft and has more than 400 seats. The operation control center is responsible for the operation of the Garuda regional aircraft on the other floor, with more than 300 seats.

It can be seen that American Airlines has made efforts at Fort Worth Airport. In contrast, Delta’s less than 3% of the carrier share at Fort Worth Airport is not worth mentioning. If you want to make a comeback, you need more than money. So simple.

But at Love Field Airport, Delta Air Lines cannot do more. Love Field Airport has a total of 20 gates. Southwest Airlines has taken up 18 of them. In the first two years, Delta won 5 boarding gates through lawsuits.口 also needs to be shared with Southwest Airlines.

American Airlines has more than 65% of Fort Worth Airport, and Mesa Airlines has about 8%.

Mesa Airlines is one of the largest regional airline operators in the United States.

The United States is the world's largest air transportation market and a major regional aviation country.

Because regional airlines are mainly used to connect American hubs and nearby small cities, their business scope is relatively limited to a certain area. Therefore, Americans usually call regional airlines "regional airlines."

Regardless of the fact that the regional airlines seem to be unable to be on the stage, they can be made into a scale and definitely make money. In addition to the subsidies of the state ZF for regional regional airlines, most of them use the establishment of a local legal person or the establishment of a local operating headquarters as a prerequisite. Need to establish offices and other branches in a large number of small airports.

At the same time, large and well-known aviation brands are needed to create a good customer experience, so as to transport more passengers to the main airlines. Therefore, the US regional airlines generally adopt the business model of "operation-operation separation", which also ensures that the regional airlines Living space.

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