Chapter 1667 Extraordinary Meeting

Another airline has been acquired. In this way, the layout of Delta Air Lines in the Asia-Pacific region is basically completed. Next, it only needs to improve the market segments, such as the feeder markets of Southeast Asia, Polar Bear Far East and RB.

In order to better convey her intentions, Yang Cheng immediately invited Venedub, the president of Delta Air Lines Asia Pacific, and Bastian, the CEO who was attending an industry conference in Hong Kong, and held an internal meeting at Shilla Hotel. There are also Zhao Shangxi, who is about to be promoted to the CEO of Korean Air, and the senior management of China Eastern Airlines.

The Shilla Hotel attached great importance to the presence of so many big figures at the same time. Li Fu~zhen even took time out of his busy schedule to pay attention to the preparations for the meeting, and decided to hold a dinner on the night of the meeting, inviting important people from the Korean aviation industry to participate. Many foreign airlines The leaders of the company's Korean branch also received the invitation.

Yang Cheng himself didn't expect that it was just an internal meeting on the spur of the moment, and it ended up being so grand.

Leaving aside the matter of the dinner, after Venedub and Bastian arrived at the hotel, they were not given any time to rest, and the meeting started directly.

Yang Cheng sat at the top of the meeting room without hesitation, overlooking the audience. Among the crowd of East Asian faces, Venedub of Indian descent was particularly obvious.

Naturally, he became Yang Cheng's first questioner, "Let's talk about it first. As the president of the Asia Pacific region, you are undoubtedly the one with the most say."

Although Venedub came from the Shanghai stock market after receiving a temporary notice, he was not prepared enough, but this was just a manifestation of his ability. Through his assistant showing the ppt he prepared hastily on the big screen, Yang Cheng also found out that this The presentation was rough, but he filtered out the flaws automatically.

Venedub stood up, the lights in the conference room dimmed, and the presentation began.

"In recent years, Delta Air Lines has been operating frequently in terms of its own Asian route network layout and product launch. Even in just half a year this year, there have been many actions related to the Asian market.

This is exactly in line with the concept that the management team of Delta Air Lines headquarters led by Mr. Yang has always advocated to build Delta Air Lines into a carrier with the best route network connection and coverage in the world, and to continuously improve passenger experience.

First of all I would like to salute this great concept, undoubtedly one of the greatest plans in aviation today, and it has been fully implemented. "

The corner of Yang Cheng's mouth subconsciously clicked. This Indian is a bit interesting, and his flattery is in place. No matter how rough the work preparation is, he must say a word, such as praising the work of Yang Cheng, the executive director.

His words almost made several Donghang executives burst into laughter,

It turns out that Indians like to flatter so much.

But in Zhao Shangxi's eyes, Venedub has become a bit ugly, what's the matter? He's snatching food right under his nose, so don't look too ugly.

Obviously, on the road of flattering, Zhao Shangxi met a strong enemy!

Naturally, Venedub didn't know what he said, which caused ripples in the hearts of the people below. He felt that he was in a good state at this time, with clear thinking and endless inspiration.

"Only in the last two quarters, there has been constant news about Delta Air Lines' network expansion and product upgrades in the Asian market. For example, Delta Air Lines has started to operate the Seattle-Osaka route using Boeing 767 passenger aircraft.

In addition, Delta Air Lines is also preparing to open a non-stop flight from Minneapolis, the United States to Seoul, South Korea, and launch a Boeing 777 passenger plane equipped with new cabin interiors. It is expected that the first flight will be brought forward to early November.

During the same period, Delta Air Lines will also use a newly modified Boeing 777 passenger plane to operate a daily direct flight from Shanghai to Atlanta. The first flight will also be carried out in November. You can choose from four different seats: Delta One Suite, Delta Premium Select, Delta Comfort+, and Economy Class.

For the first time, passengers on China-US routes will have the opportunity to experience four different seats on the newly refitted aircraft, and at the same time enjoy more advanced cabin configurations, including large-screen seat-back entertainment systems, full-spectrum LED cabin ambient lighting, and on-board Wi-Fi. -Fi, free mobile messaging and other services.

The modified Boeing 777 has a seat width of 18.5 inches (47 centimeters) in economy class, which is the widest in Delta's international fleet.

Similarly, at the end of December this year at the latest, Delta Air Lines will officially resume direct flights between New York, the United States and Mumbai, India. This route will also use Boeing 777 passenger aircraft with modified cabins to provide passengers with four classes of classes. Seat selection. "

Yang Cheng said, "Excuse me, we have only proposed this plan not long ago, and it will be opened so soon?"

Venedub immediately answered, "Yes, thanks to my identity, the communication with the Indian side is very smooth, and they are also very much looking forward to the resumption of the flight, which will directly drive the speed of Mumbai's internationalization process. With the joint efforts of both parties, the plan is advancing rapidly.

It could have waited until November to open together with the other two routes, but due to the progress of aircraft modification, it had to be delayed until December. "

Yang Cheng nodded, "You continue~"

"According to the plan, the latest generation of Airbus A350 long-range airliners we ordered will be rolled off the production line in the next two years. After the refitting is completed, they will be used for direct flights from Beijing, Shanghai to Detroit. Open direct flights to important cities on the west coast of the United States.

As for this huge plan, relying on our own network is difficult to achieve all-round coverage. We must rely on partners such as China Eastern Airlines and Korean Air. Of course, Korean Air is now our own. Here, I propose that everyone applaud Mr. Yang's wise decision. The joining of Korean Air will undoubtedly strengthen the strength of Delta Air Lines here, and the throne of the world's largest airline will not be far away. "

Venedub is not dead, flattering himself is not enough, he has to invite everyone to shoot together, but he can't refuse, everyone is applauding to show respect for Yang Cheng, only you don't applaud, what do you mean? Isn't the decision to dislike Yang Cheng not wise enough?

In a peaceful atmosphere, Venedub added, "Since we bought 10% of the H shares of China Eastern Airlines last year and 3.5% of the total share capital, the cooperation between the two airlines has embarked on a historic milestone. new level.

Since the two parties launched an all-round strategic cooperation, there have been Delta Air Lines flight numbers flying to more than 50 Z domestic destinations.

In addition, China Eastern Airlines and Delta Air Lines have successively discussed and cooperated in many aspects such as optimizing flight connections, coordinating airport resources, joint marketing, strengthening personnel exchanges, and deepening business communications.

In this regard, I personally think that similar in-depth cooperation should continue forever, because this kind of cooperation not only brings both parties a huge and unnegligible domestic hinterland market, but also takes advantage of the fact that everyone is a member of the SkyTeam alliance. It also brings more possibilities for global flight connections, network coverage, and passenger transfers between the two parties.

In addition, I have also seen that the two airlines have improved to varying degrees in terms of cooperation revenue, such as mutual sales revenue, passenger experience and business development. We can conclude from this that this is a win-win cooperation. "

Speaking of this, Venedub asked the management of China Eastern Airlines in a tentative tone, whether to allow Delta Air Lines to strengthen their relationship with each other through share swaps.

In this regard, Donghang's attitude is positive, and everything can be discussed.

In fact, Delta Air Lines has secretly acquired nearly 10% of the odd shares through different channels in private. Of course, this matter will not be known to the people of Dong Airlines, and this part of the shares will be used at critical moments.

"In addition, in the past year or so, our cooperation with Korean Air can also be called perfect. In the joint venture cooperation in the trans-Pacific market, the two parties have not only strengthened the partnership between the two parties, but also jointly squeezed out competitors. The living space in this market is rising steadily.

With the success of this acquisition, Delta Air Lines will invest more resources in the joint business of the two parties. So far, the exemplary cooperation with Korean Air has directly promoted passengers to travel between more than 290 destinations in the United States and Asia. Seamless connection between more than 80 waypoints.

In the next few years, our goal is Delta Air Lines and Korean Air, and we will realize code sharing on more than 1,400 flights. The ground handling teams of both parties will also work closely together to provide passengers with the best service experience and more Effectiveness guarantees the reliability of both aircrafts.

In addition, according to the suggestion of President Cho Sang-hee, Korean Air will launch a plan to deepen the air cargo market. At present, this plan has been highly recognized by the management of Delta Air Lines, and is preparing to cooperate with Korean Air in the trans-Pacific market.

According to our general estimates, with this acquisition, Delta Air Lines will rapidly expand to more than 100 destinations in Asia. Covering most of the real demand and value markets in Asia.

This is something no airline in the world can do, but we at Delta Air Lines do it!

If Delta Air Lines’ Asian layout regards optimizing itself and leveraging partners as laying the foundation and building a good building, respectively, then improving the market segment in the future means adding bricks and building blocks and increasing the height.

Details are very important. In the next few years, we will pay close attention to projects such as the new airport in Beijing, the construction of Terminal 2 of Seoul Incheon Airport, and the reconstruction and expansion of PD Airport in Shanghai. There are unlimited business opportunities in it. Allowed, and Delta is not allowed to miss either.

So here I am, taking this opportunity to make a small condition to Mr. Yang and Mr. Bastian. The next few years will be a critical moment for the rapid development of the Asia-Pacific region. Please give us more power and more resources. I am confident. Make the Asia-Pacific region the backbone or even the core of Delta Air Lines. "

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