Chapter 55 "Pray for Monthly Pass Support"

The matter of Panshi’s construction of the airport has received the support of the central government. In addition to funds, the central government provides all other resources needed, including design talents, a list of units with relevant construction qualifications, dredging of route management, and communication with surrounding areas. The coordination problem among various airports is very complex at the end.

The Ministry of Construction also dispatched some experts to assist the Panshi City Government in dealing with matters related to the airport construction. Of course, the idiot who started the dispute must not be used. The Civil Aviation Administration has also sent a team of experts, all of whom are experienced in airport construction and airport management. They not only have to propose more detailed revisions to the airport plan, but also investigate the local conditions in Panshi. To study how to build a large airport in the most reasonable way.

Since such a large project needs to be carried out here, there needs to be someone with a fairly high administrative level to take command. Regarding this issue, there are naturally many people who want to seek this position, tens of billions The size of the investment, which has great opportunity and lucrative.

But there is also a very important problem, that is, this construction fund is not allocated by the state as in the past, but is completely provided by private individuals. Therefore, it is difficult to make a choice in the selection of the commander-in-chief. For people outside the system, the officials have little binding power, and the upper-level people who know the inside story feel that they should return the decision-making power to the Panshi City Government after knowing the whole story of this matter. That is to say, let Fan Heng himself be the commander-in-chief.

Of course, a cadre at the departmental level is not enough to command so many people in all aspects. Therefore, based on the results of the survey and the opinions of the upper management, the Organization Department of the Central Committee issued a notice on the appointment and dismissal of cadres, directly adjusting Fan Heng's administrative level from the departmental level to the ministerial level, which was regarded as an exceptional promotion and appointment. While being in charge of the work of Panshi Day, he must also focus on the construction of Panshi Airport. At the same time, he was still appointed as the deputy secretary of the provincial party committee. It's just that he is not in charge of party affairs in the province, but focuses on the construction of Panshi Airport, which is a very important construction project even in China.

"Oh, I finally became a ministerial leader." Fan Wubing just nodded after hearing what his father said, and didn't react much, "It's just that this ministerial leader is what I imagined. , there is still a little difference."

"What else do you want?" Fan Heng asked a little strangely.

"Your ministerial rank is considered a false title, and it's used for appearance. Your actual position hasn't changed at all. So compared with other serious ministerial ranks, of course, you are a bit unreasonable and outspoken." Fan Wubing said to Fan Heng, "However, if the Panshi Airport is completed, you will have real political achievements as a minister. Even the general ministers will pale in comparison to you. Then it's your early days. Hearing his son commenting on his position here as if discussing buying cabbage, Fan Heng said with some displeasure, "You kid, you just like to compare yourself if you have nothing to do! What kind of person are you and I? Are you still not clear about being a son? I just want to do some real things. It is my greatest comfort to improve Panshi's economy and make the people of Panshi live a better life. As for those who are at the ministerial level but not at the ministerial level, it's really meaningless. Could it be that if I'm not a minister, you don't recognize me as Lao Tzu? "

"Uh, that's not enough." Fan Wubing immediately laughed, "Even if you resign, I have nothing to complain about. Your son has plenty of money. It's enough to support you in retirement."

The father and son laughed and talked for a while. Let's talk about the construction of the airport.

Up to now, there are about 100 civil airports in China.

Some of these large-scale airports are already in a state of overloaded operation. It is imperative to build new large-scale airports. The most troublesome thing is naturally the source of construction funds. Regarding this point, it is generally resolved in three ways, that is, local financing For part of the funds, the central government will allocate part of the funds, and the CAAC will allocate part of the funds.

The part of the funds allocated by the Civil Aviation Administration is raised from the airport construction fees collected by the various airports currently in operation. It can be regarded as taken from the airport and used for the airport. Calculated by the airport construction fee, the airport construction fee collected by the Civil Aviation Administration of China from various airports every year is a very considerable figure.

According to the joint document between the Civil Aviation Administration of China and the Ministry of Finance, all income from airport construction fees will go into the central treasury, and will be returned to the financial departments of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the central government in accordance with a certain proportion, and will be used exclusively for local airport construction and operation subsidies, and the rest will be included in the central treasury. Budget management, used to support airport construction. But in fact, this part of the returned funds was not really earmarked, but turned into a dividend between the Civil Aviation Administration of China and the airport.

This has also led to the fact that passengers have not received corresponding returns after paying expensive airport construction fees. Since the airport construction fee is dedicated to airport construction, it should allow passengers who spend money to enjoy various services at low prices. However, the current situation is that high service fees, ridiculously high shopping prices, and even strange incidents of asking for directions are common in airports across the country. The existence of various unreasonable phenomena, of course, makes passengers very dissatisfied with the payment of this fee.

"Using this as an example, I think that even if we build the airport, we need to be different from other state-run airports in terms of management, otherwise we cannot become a large airport that meets or exceeds international standards. Under the system of airport construction fee What has been formed should be abolished first.” Fan Wubing cited this example and explained to his father, Fan Heng, the differences between private airports and state-run airports.

Even if the Panshi Municipal Government controls 51% of the equity of Panshi Airport, if the major shareholders do not cooperate, this matter will not be possible. As a de facto private airport, the Panshi Municipal Government can only occupy large proportion of shares. Instead of being able to compete with major shareholders for operating rights, this is also the only way to ensure that Panshi Airport will maintain high efficiency, vitality and development after its construction.

"This matter involves too much. You can come up with a more detailed plan, indicate that it is the request of the management, and then hand it over to make the leaders have a headache. Anyway, it is your consumption, so what can you not say?" Fan Heng said to I deeply agree with this, and I don’t think this is an unreasonable request. “The main theme now is reform and opening up, so the mind must first be liberated. The action must also keep up. As long as it is beneficial to the local economic development, and If it does not affect the development of surrounding areas, it will not encounter any major resistance. What's more, Vice Premier Li Jidong is not the only one who cares about the construction of Panshi Airport this time."

However, although Fan Heng knew that his son was super rich, there was one thing he still couldn't figure out, that is, although there was no large airport around Panshi, the passenger flow was not enough. If Fan Wubing builds a small airport, or can guarantee the profitability to maintain the operation of the airport, but is it really a bit ambitious to start such a large airport project all at once?

Although at the joint office meeting, he refuted the opinion of the experts from the Ministry of Construction, but from the bottom of his heart, he had no idea. God knows, after the airport is completed, will there be so much passenger flow? If no one uses it, it will be a tragic death!

In terms of runway size alone. The construction goal of Panshi Airport is very high. One must know that a 2,200-meter-long runway is enough to take off and land large aircraft such as Boeing 767, but Fan Wubing set the length of the runway to 4,200 meters. This cannot help but make people feel that he is burning money.

For the airport construction requirements of ordinary cities, as long as the runway reaches the first-level runway, it can meet the requirements for landing and landing of Boeing 737 passenger planes and below-level aircraft, and the 4D-level runway can meet the safety requirements of Airbus 300, Boeing 767, McDonnell Douglas 82 and below. takeoff and landing. Therefore, airports in general cities, even considering the need for future urban expansion and the potential upgrade capability requirements for the airport, are basically designed according to the level of the runway. And reserve 4D runway upgrade space.

And high-standard construction like Panshi Airport. It has exceeded the construction requirements of 4E-class runways. You must know that the runway of Hong Kong International Airport, which is currently under construction, is also 4E-class. The length is only 3,800 meters, and the width is only 60 meters, which is much smaller than the construction requirements of today's Panshi Airport's 4,200 meters long and 70 meters wide super runway.

Regarding this point, Fan Wubing naturally has his own overall plan. Panshi is different from Hong Kong, and also different from Shanghai. The construction of the airport is the biggest investment here, and the issue of land use fees does not need to be considered separately, because the northern part of Panshi It is basically a wasteland, with only scattered residents, and the cost of relocation is so small that it can be ignored. As expected, the land cost should be included in their shareholding ratio according to the municipal investment.

Since there is no need to consider the investment in land, it is always good to occupy more land. In the future, when Panshi develops, it will be more difficult to occupy land for free.

Another point is that most of the runways in ordinary cities in China are about 45 meters wide. Runways with a width of 60 meters are rare. Unable to take off and land, unless a parallel runway is built.

The length of the runway required by the Airbus A380 is about 3,600 meters, and the width is 75 meters. The length of the runway at Panshi Airport far exceeds this data. Although the width is only designed to be 70 meters, plus 7 points on each side The five-meter guide shoulder reaches eighty-five meters, which is enough to meet the take-off and landing requirements of the Airbus A380.

What Fan Wubing meant was that only a single runway should meet the requirements for the take-off and landing of large passenger aircraft. As for the size of the airport, he also made a decision after careful consideration.

According to what he learned before his rebirth, the operating efficiency of small and medium-sized airports is not very good, and the loss is relatively serious. Just like the seven airports in Jiangsu Province at that time, except for Nanjing Lukou Airport, which operated at a meager profit, the rest The six of them are all at a loss. Compared with the large airports, the small and medium-sized airports are basically in a gloomy state.

On the one hand, there is a huge investment in airport construction, and on the other hand, the reality that small and medium-sized airports are generally losing money. Any new airport that is put on the ground will have to face doubts about its economic benefits. After all, there are many vivid negative teaching materials in reality. For example, Nantong Xingdong Airport is an example that has been mentioned repeatedly.

In the 1980s, the Nantong Municipal Government's application to build an airport was approved by the State Council. The airport is located in Xingdong Town, Tongzhou City, which is far from Nantong City, so it is called Xingdong Airport.

After the airport was built in Nantong, the local people rejoiced for a while, saying that Nantong, Nantong, is no longer difficult to get through. But actually. Nantong Airport has been in a loss-making situation since its opening, and the airport has accumulated losses of hundreds of millions of yuan.

The reason for the loss is obvious, there are too few routes and flights. There are only two routes from Nantong to Beijing and Guangzhou that operate stably, with seven and five flights per week respectively, which are also the lifeline of Nantong Airport. According to the scale of Nantong Airport, only 32 flights per week can reach the breakeven point. However, it is difficult to open air routes, especially in the mid-to-late 1990s, when small airports were built in various places, the competition became more intense. Under fierce market competition. Whether it can make money is the primary consideration for airlines whether to open routes and flights. In addition, the competition from the surrounding Wuxi Shuofang Airport and Changzhou Benniu Airport also makes it difficult for Xingdong Airport to cope. Taking this as a lesson, Fan Wubing will naturally not repeat the same mistakes. Relying on his strong financial advantages, and the innate advantage that the central provinces do not have large civil airports, he has made up his mind to start a large airport project. In his words, it is If you want to play, you have to play big. Otherwise, where would I spend my money?

A large airport like Pudong Airport has an average of about 560 flights per day. This is the figure after being diverted by other airports in Shanghai, and its income is quite considerable. Coupled with some ancillary income, it is very profitable. The advantage of Panshi building a large airport is far greater than that of Pudong Airport. It can basically form a regional monopoly position. Such a good market prospect cannot be let go. .

Generally speaking, airport revenue can be divided into two categories: aeronautical revenue and non-aeronautical revenue. The income of domestic airports mainly depends on aeronautical income. Especially take-off and landing fees and passenger transit fees are the main two. In this case. Obviously, the advantages of large airports are much greater, not only the number of routes. There are many flights, and after the construction of a large airport, there will be no competing small and medium-sized airports nearby, which can form a monopoly situation. This is also an important reason why Fan Wubing is determined to invest.

The market awareness of domestic airports is weak, mainly in the traditional operation mode, and they are still lagging behind in the commercial development of airports. The reason why there is such a huge gap in non-aeronautical business is not that there is a lack of demand at domestic airports. The root cause of the serious backwardness in commercial development of domestic airports is that domestic airports have been under strict government control for a long time, and are not independent commercial entities, but closer to a government agency. The airport authority implements an exclusive monopoly on many services including airport commerce, and the service awareness and market awareness are seriously insufficient.

Even for major airports including the three major hub airports, their development relies more on geographical advantages and extensional growth, that is, the increase in air traffic, while ignoring the business opportunities brought by airports due to the agglomeration of people and logistics.

Therefore, Fan Wubing said to his father, Fan Heng, "The air traffic volume of major domestic airports has already ranked among the top in the world. The airports have gathered a large number of high-end business travelers and consumers, and driven by consumption upgrades, China will gradually grow into the world's most important luxury goods. It is one of the consumer goods countries. In addition to simple travel needs, airport passengers also have shopping, catering, business, leisure and other needs in the airport. In addition, the airport also gathers a large number of high value-added goods. In order to improve efficiency and save logistics costs, relevant Enterprises have the demand for cargo handling and processing near the airport, which is also a problem that our airport needs to consider. However, due to the emergence of aircraft maintenance, airline catering, and even aircraft cleaning and water addition, due to the emergence of aircraft of different airlines taking off and landing at the airport, It has also become a growth point for the airport business.”

Regarding this point, Fan Wubing also has a deep understanding. A friend of his before rebirth was a seafood dumper, and this stuff was basically transported by plane. As a result, due to the weather, the plane flight was canceled once, and his In the absence of adapting to the living environment, the seafood would die, and naturally it would suffer heavy losses. If the airport could meet these requirements at that time, I believe the other party would not care about spending a little more money.

Only by providing good service according to the needs of customers can the stable growth of operating income be guaranteed. Fan Wubing's thinking is of course ahead of everyone else. He has even considered that there should be more facilities such as auxiliary facilities at the airport The operation and management of ground handling, terminal building, food, advertisement, bus, property, etc., to increase the source of non-aeronautical business income.

"What are your specific plans, please tell Dad?" Fan Heng was obviously very interested. He felt that his son's head was full of whimsical ideas, which were even more wonderful than Aladdin's magic lamp.

Fan Wubing also became interested in talking, so he told his father, "These are all advanced thinking, so I will tell you about it, you'd better not tell others, otherwise it will leak our ideas." It’s a trade secret, let others learn from it, it’s a big loss!”

"I still know the priorities." Father Fan Heng assured with certainty.

"For example, we can build distinctive leisure, shopping, and entertainment centers in the airport terminal, conduct public bidding, and hand over these commercial businesses to institutions with strong brand strength to operate. Starting from price and service, break through The traditional idea that domestic tourists are being slaughtered when shopping at the airport is to focus on high-end shopping brands, so that tourists can get a shopping experience with reasonable prices and first-class services here." Fan Wubing waved his arms and said to his father Fan Heng, "We are at the airport. Around the area can be built car sales, maintenance, leasing area, to carry out the sales, maintenance, leasing business of various brands of cars, which not only facilitates tourists, but also increases the revenue of the airport. It can also vigorously open up space for advertising, and the blank space on the airport wall , trolleys and other public appliances and establish large-scale advertising rotating media outside the airport to increase income. You can also follow the practice of foreign airports and make full use of the millions of square meters of open space around the airport to plant soilless lawns and four-season flowers. , establish soilless lawn factories and flower industry bases, so that limited land can give full play to economic benefits."

"About the commercial business of the airport, why don't we do it ourselves? Can it also stimulate the local economy of Panshi?" Regarding the question Fan Wubing asked, Fan Heng agreed in principle, and the only thing he didn't understand was why he Should these businesses be packaged up and handed over to other companies to operate?

"Father, money is endless. If you want to do it well, you must be the most professional!" After Fan Wubing stated his point of view, he continued to elaborate, "We are located in the mainland, so we can also open up air cargo services." Business, to bring in specialty products from other places, such as seafood, specialty fruits with a short shelf life, electronic and communication products, etc. At the same time, we can also ship out local specialty products, such as special products with a short shelf life and exports with relatively high time requirements Products, etc. While meeting the increasingly diverse needs of passengers, cargo and aircraft, the airport must also continue to strengthen this demand, making the airport an aviation city with complete commercial, leisure and business needs.”

"Hearing what you said, my blood is boiling!" Fan Heng was very excited by the bright future described by his son.

In the end, Fan Wubing waved his fist and said, "Our ultimate goal is to build a Panshi economic circle centered on Panshi Airport. With the airport as the center, we will develop aviation logistics, airport supporting services, airport high-tech industries, business Convention and exhibition industry, ecological recreation and leisure industry, and modern urban agriculture. Through the operation of the above aspects, there is every reason to believe that Panshi Airport can greatly increase its profit. Moreover, this will drive Panshi itself to become the center of my country. international metropolis!"

"According to what you said, I won't do it for a governor. I'll just nest in a rock." Fan Heng said with a smile.

Fan Wubing also laughed and said, "If you give it to the deputy prime minister, you can still think about it. As for the others, I think it's really okay!"

"Hahahaha----" The father and son looked at each other and laughed.

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