Receiving a helicopter was a complete bonus.

But if you think about it carefully, you can understand that for customers like Zhou Fangyuan, airlines must grasp it well. After all, this kind of CEO who has crossed the enterprise and flies around all day long, and the demand for aircraft is huge. Today he can buy an A319, tomorrow maybe he can buy an A388, of course, the average person should not need the kind of super large aircraft with more than 500 seats, but what if?

No one can guarantee that people will definitely not buy it.

What is a mere helicopter, not to mention that it is produced by Airbus itself, the cost price must be lower than the market price. Even if you buy another brand of helicopter at the market price and give it to the other party, it is very sweet.

In the fixed-wing aircraft market, Airbus has always been overpowered by Boeing, so any potential customer, any customer that might bring benefits to the company, that is 100 percent earned.

In fact, what Zhou Fangyuan didn't know was that when he bought an airplane like Airbus in the name of Yuanfang Group through Yuntong, the senior management of Airbus really valued it. A helicopter as a gift, they don't even feel a little out of their hands. But there is no way, it's too late to make an airplane temporarily, and this thing doesn't look like other products, maybe there can still be a stock? Airplanes, whether it's fixed-wing, helicopters, basically start to produce when you see orders. At the same time, because the helicopter itself has a low value, people who can place orders in general rarely cancel the order.

This plane, to be honest, is still Airbus quietly pushed back one of the customers on the order, or in the case of not causing other impacts as much as possible, otherwise they would not even be able to deliver such a helicopter. It's not reluctant, it's that it's really out of stock, and it's too late for temporary manufacturing.

Of course, it's not impossible to send something else, such as a luxury car or a yacht, but Airbus is an airline after all, and sending a car or a yacht is always not as interesting as sending a plane.

The plane arrived, and Zhou Fangyuan was very satisfied.

The relevant registration procedures have been completed, and the application for the route has been completed in advance. Rich people, like Zhou Fangyuan, are backed by a large group, even if the plane has not been sent back, it is very simple to apply for a route to the relevant department, the other party will not suspect him of talking nonsense, and the procedures can be streamlined. On the other hand, if you change to an ordinary person, you may not even be able to enter the door of the application office.

After the plane landed, the staff of its own Beijing Airport came to inspect and maintain, including refueling and other work, of course, these are charged. In fact, buying an airplane does not mean that you can buy it.

The aircraft needs to be maintained, it needs to be maintained, the crew members must be raised, and the aircraft must have a place to store, generally speaking, it is the nearest airport to themselves, and the plane needs money for storage, refueling, and maintenance, anyway, let's put it this way...... Every aspect is talking to money. It may only cost 10 million to buy an aircraft, but after a year's maintenance and maintenance costs, it can cost millions, which is not an exaggeration at all, but a fact.

Maybe the aircraft has not been retired yet, and the various expenses add up, and the price of two or three aircraft has been spent, so it is entirely possible.

"Beitong has also taken care of it?"

Zhou Fangyuan asked his assistant by the way.

"Yes, it's all ready. ”

The assistant hurriedly replied.

"So," Zhou Fangyuan turned around and stretched out his hand to Sun Jing, "Can I have this honor and invite you home together?"

"Of course. ”

Sun Jing covered her mouth and chuckled.

In an eye-wave, he put his little hand on Zhou Fangyuan's big hand.

In fact, if they take a helicopter, it is actually much more convenient than a fixed-wing airliner.

After all, the helicopter is a low-altitude flight and has no route restrictions, but it needs to apply to the air traffic control department in advance, and fly at the specified altitude and area after being approved by the air traffic control department. From the capital to Beitong, it is nothing more than to expand this range a little. For example, military aircraft and large civil aircraft, large and small aircraft, these are different. Basically, as long as it is a large fixed-wing aircraft, it has its own flight airspace, and it is actually very troublesome to apply for a route or something in advance. Helicopters are slow and have a low altitude, which will not cause collisions with some large aircraft passing by, and the accident rate is low.

It's a pity that the helicopter sent by Airbus is too small and noisy, to be honest, it's okay to sit once in a while, but once you take it for a long time, it definitely won't feel too good.

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The plane left the ground and entered the stratosphere without any problems.

Zhou Fangyuan and Sun Jing were in the cabin, enjoying the comfort brought by a private jet, which was a feeling of freedom that was completely different from ordinary planes.

Although he couldn't hear the sound of the cab and couldn't see the situation inside, Zhou Fangyuan knew that the driver must be constantly in contact with the tower on the ground, report his own situation, and follow the guidance of the other party.

It's normal, it's completely normal air traffic control.

What is air traffic control? The whole process is air traffic control, and an important part of it lies not in the system, but in the control.

It is to use communication, navigation technology, and monitoring means to monitor and control the flight activities of aircraft to ensure flight safety and orderly flight. The airspace of the flight route is divided into different management airspace, including the route, flight information management area, approach management area, tower management area, waiting airspace management area, etc., and different radar equipment is used according to different management areas. The horizontal and vertical spacing between aircraft forms the basis of air traffic management. The air traffic management system is composed of navigation equipment, radar system, secondary radar, communication equipment, and ground control center to monitor, identify, and guide aircraft in the coverage area.

Air traffic control is a must.

In the vast expanse of the sky, it seems that airplanes can fly freely and freely, and fly wherever they want. In fact, this is not the case: just like a vehicle driving on the ground must obey traffic rules, accept the command of the police and traffic lights, and the plane must also obey air traffic rules when flying in the sky, and must also be commanded and dispatched by a special agency, which is air traffic control.

It refers to the use of technical means and equipment to monitor and manage the flight of aircraft in the air to ensure its flight safety and flight efficiency.

According to ICAO regulations, the main tasks of air traffic control are: to prevent aircraft from colliding in the air, to prevent aircraft from colliding with obstacles, and to ensure unhindered and orderly flight of air traffic. With the advancement of science and technology, air traffic control methods are becoming more and more advanced. Before the 50s of the 20th century, the procedural control method of location reporting was mainly adopted. In the 50s, primary and secondary surveillance radars were introduced, and radar control was introduced. After the 60s of the 20th century, computer technology was introduced to automate air traffic control.

Control is very important.

If there is no control, the sky will really be chaotic.

And ordinary people may not be very clear, this regulation is also very reasonable.

For example, there are limitations on aircraft performance, and different types of aircraft have different business loads, take-off and landing conditions, cruising speeds, etc. Before the 50s, passenger planes could not even fly to the Tibetan plateau, but today there are many types of aircraft that can take off and land at plateau airports. Then there are the limitations of meteorological conditions, different types of aircraft have different flight meteorological standards, because of the climate change, often windy and rainy, as well as various natural disasters, such as tornadoes, etc., so the absolute "all-weather aircraft" does not exist. In addition, the nature of the flight mission is limited, the transport aircraft is required to fly at a relatively fixed altitude layer, and different types of aircraft have different optimal flight altitude layers. When spraying pesticides on agricultural aircraft, it is required to fly at low altitude, and the lower the flight, the better the spraying effect.

The time limit is to prevent the planes from dangerously approaching or colliding in the sky, and it is necessary to maintain the altitude difference and distance in the vertical and horizontal directions of space, and at the same time, it is necessary to rationally adjust the order in time and widen the time interval. Geographical limitations, such as mountain peaks, high-voltage towers, TV towers and other protrusions have an impact on flight, and flight rules have various restrictions on this. In addition, the airspace of important cities, urban areas, and military important places is not allowed to fly into, and it is listed as a "restricted air zone". Restrictions on Ground Support Facilities: In order to safely and reliably accomplish flight missions, ground support facilities include: communications and navigation, radar, meteorology, navigation command, search and rescue, and so on.

Finally, there are restrictions on ground-to-air activities, such as the airspace in areas where there is activity in the anti-aircraft shooting range, and aircraft are prohibited from flying into.

In short, aircraft take off, land, and fly in a limited space, at a limited time, and under limited conditions, and because the flight of an aircraft is limited and affected by many factors, people have gradually formed a set of rules and regulations and organizations for managing air flight through practice and the painful lessons of flight accidents.

But seriously, there are a thousand good and ten thousand ways of air control, but there are also imperfections.

For example, the most significant point is that the domestic airspace management methods are actually relatively backward and need to be improved.

As an important national resource, airspace should be used safely, orderly and efficiently. First, the military and civil aviation control areas should be as consistent as possible. The military and civil aviation control zones of most countries in the world are completely identical, but the division of control zones in China, civil aviation and administrative areas, and military aviation and the scope of military aviation and military formation, have been linked, which has artificially caused the contradiction of inconsistent division of control zones. It is necessary to scientifically and uniformly divide the control area from the overall consideration of the national airspace resources to achieve the consistency of the military and civil aviation control areas as much as possible, which is an effective way to improve the utilization rate of airspace and facilitate the coordination between military and civil aviation.

The second is to further reform the flight altitude layer. Under the leadership of relevant departments, the first step of reform has been completed in the flight altitude layer allocation method of China's air routes, that is, the flight altitude layer configuration method below 6,000 meters (inclusive) is consistent with international standards, and the flight altitude layer from 6,000 meters (exclusive) to 12,000 meters (inclusive) has been reduced from 1,000 meters to 600 meters. In the next step of the reform, in accordance with international standards, 300 meters will be used for flight altitudes below 9,000 meters (inclusive), and 600 meters for flight altitudes between 9,000 meters (exclusive) and 12,000 meters (inclusive). This further increases the air flow of the route.

The third is to rationally transform the route structure, China's route structure is gradually developed with the needs of civil air transport, and its direction is limited by the training airspace of military airports, there are many turns, and the flight flight is not economical. In recent years, the arrival and departure routes in several busy areas such as Beijing, Guangzhou, and Shanghai have been adjusted and optimized, and good safety and economic benefits have been obtained. In planning and revising air routes, it is necessary to focus on the economic benefits of the country and implement overall planning so that the voyages between cities can be shortened as much as possible. In addition, it is necessary to be flexible in airspace management, and when there is no activity in the training airspace of military airports, civilian aircraft should be allowed to use it to improve the utilization of airspace.

Of course, having said that, it is unlikely that you will be able to do it in one step.

First of all, it is certainly necessary to strengthen the construction of airway control centers, focusing on the construction of several large control centers. We should conscientiously draw lessons and lessons from the construction of large-scale control centers in advanced countries, resolutely abandon the erroneous practice of doing their own thing and doing their own thing, and adopt a unified system structure, a unified technical standard, a unified equipment model, and a unified construction model, so as to lay a good foundation for the future networking of the whole system.

Second, we will continue to do a good job in radar coverage and networking, and add some secondary radars on major routes in the eastern region to make up for blind spots, so that important areas and key airports can achieve multiple coverage. At the same time, the control center will be used as a unit to network the relevant radars, so as to create conditions for the system-wide radar information networking and the implementation of radar control.

Third, it is necessary to strengthen the construction of communication networks, improve the existing long-distance special lines, build ground communication lines such as optical fiber cables, open and use the special communication network for C-band satellites, expand the capacity of existing satellite ground stations, and build a new KU-band satellite network, so that the transfer of civil aviation control and information transmission will be based on rapid and reliable communications.

Fourth, we will start to build a flight flow management system, establish a main control center, and a number of sub-control centers, the main control center is located in the Air Traffic Management Bureau of the Civil Aviation Administration, and the sub-control centers are set up in each route control center. It is used to implement effective pre-management of civil airline flights across the country, timely alleviate the congestion of air traffic on some routes and part of the time, so that air flights are always in an orderly and appropriate state.

Also, a very important place is to increase the construction of airports. This is really important, a large part of the problem in China is that there are too few airports, of course the absolute number is a lot, but the relative number is not good, once it is flat to per capita, the number can not be seen. In recent years, private jets have begun to rise again, and the number of domestic airports is really getting more and more stretched. Fortunately, Zhou Fangyuan is a big plane, and he is the boss of a large company, so it's better to say something. Generally, smaller planes may even be denied landing by the airport. The airport is full of uncles, and when they are in a hurry, even the air traffic control department has to look at the faces of these uncles, so it is actually very important for the CEOs of private jets to have a good relationship with the airport.

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