The response received by Zhao Wenhua and the group's top management to Beijing did not surprise Li Guangyu, and it is impossible for Heung Kong Airlines to open routes between mainland cities in the mainland for the time being.

Whatever the reason, it is unlikely that Heungjiang Airlines wants to get a piece of the mainland market anyway, and it can only open international routes to the mainland from outside.

In Li Guangyu's office, Zhao Wenhua said: "Li Sheng, it is impossible for us at Xiangjiang Airlines to enter the market at present, but in terms of joint ventures, the other party has no clear objections, and I estimate that as long as we do not have a controlling stake, we can still make joint ventures with mainland airlines." ”

Zhao Wenhua has studied the mainland aviation market, taking the current international flights he has opened as an example, the current attendance rate is getting higher and higher, he believes that the mainland aviation market will definitely be huge, he does not want to give up such a cake.

At present, since his group cannot enter, he can only take a roundabout road, and he believes that when the time and conditions are ripe in the future, their group will be able to control the joint venture airlines.

Li Guangyu is naturally aware of the potential of the mainland's aviation market in the future, especially in the 21st century, where the annual passenger traffic is rising rapidly, with as many as 100 airports with an annual passenger volume exceeding 1 million, and dozens of airports with an annual passenger volume of more than 10 million.

Although the return on investment is not as fast as that of investing in the Internet industry, the impact of this aspect can not be underestimated, and the most basic guarantee for people is food, clothing, housing and transportation, and airlines are related to this aspect of the line.

At present, the Heung Kong Airlines Group has seven base airports, except for Australia, Eastern Europe and Africa, which have no perfect layout, and only the mainland side.

Li Guangyu in Eastern Europe is not in a hurry, wait another two years, he can easily lay it out, it doesn't matter if the layout is in Africa or not, and on the Australian side, Li Guangyu is still hesitating, whether to put it at Perth International Airport or at the Oriental Port International Airport that has been planned.

The most difficult thing is the mainland market, in the previous life, there was not a single airline outside the mainland to establish a base in the mainland airport, and even Cathay Pacific, the overlord of Hong Kong Airlines in the previous life, was not able to succeed.

It is very difficult for Li Guangyu and other high-level officials to push Hong Kong Airlines forward, at least for now, there is no hope.

Li Guangyu pondered for a while and said: "At present, your airline is mainly to improve our route layout, so that our routes are more reasonable, as for joint ventures with mainland airlines, you can communicate with some newly established airlines in the mainland, such as Sichuan Airlines, Ludao Airlines, Pengcheng City Government." ”

Zhao Wenhua was very happy to listen to Li Guangyu's instructions, after the Xiangjiang Aircraft Engineering Company became independent this time, the strength of the Xiangjiang Air Transport Group has been reduced a lot, especially in terms of aircraft maintenance and support of their air transport group, just like other airlines, they have to pay according to the market price, although their group can have some concessions, but the profits of the Xiangjiang Aircraft Engineering Company no longer belong to their own group.

Now Li Guangyu has asked him to talk about joint ventures with some newly established airlines in the mainland, which is a good opportunity for the Heung Kong Air Transport Group to expand its strength.

The strength of Sichuan Airlines and Ludao Airlines in the mainland is still just starting, and there are not a few planes, Pengcheng Airlines has no shadow now, and the strength is relatively weak.

Zhao Wenhua responded: "Li Sheng, I have tried to communicate with these companies in the past few days, and I believe that they are very eager for their airlines to become stronger, as long as they do not threaten their controlling stake, they should not refuse the injection of foreign capital." ”

Li Guangyu does not plan to meddle in this regard, he believes that Zhao Wenhua can do a good job by himself, and the Xiangjiang Air Transport Group has invested enough funds on its own side, and the future expansion of the group will depend on the group's own profits to meet the expansion.

At present, the Heung Kong Air Transport Group has completely secured the position of the world's top five airlines, and only a few American airlines in front of him can surpass the fleet of Heung Kong Airlines.

The group's one-year profit is enough to meet the subsequent expansion, and in the future, Heung Kong Airlines will not grow by leaps and bounds as in the past few years, buying dozens or hundreds of aircraft at one time, and Heung Kong Airlines does not have such a big demand.

In the future development, Xiangjiang Airlines should be based on the operating situation, reasonable purchase of aircraft, to meet the development of the company, even if there is a new airport base in the future, there is no need to suddenly increase a large number of aircraft, the current route has been more reasonable, it is impossible to suddenly increase too many routes at one time, with the base airport, then only need to change the route.

Li Guangyu has been a nanny for many of his groups for many years, so that it has expanded rapidly, and now many groups have stabilized, and now it is time for him to let go, these groups have been unable to become by their own blood transfusion, a century-old company, only they can compete and develop by themselves, so that the company can develop for a long time.

In the future, Li Guangyu will focus more on taking care of the group that is still in the early stage of development and has a long return cycle, as well as some high-tech R&D industries such as Xuelan Supermarket Group, Petrochemical Group, Kowloon Group, Lithography Machine Company, and Suzaku Software Company.

For those companies whose profits are enough to support the development of his group, Li Guangyu will not continue to inject capital for a period of time, such as Heung Kong Air Transport Group, Jia Dai Group, Phoenix Group, Heung Kong Communication Group, etc.

Li Guangyu said loudly: "When the financial handover this time, I did not withdraw the profits of your group, and this money was used for the expansion of the group this year, and I personally support your company's proposal to buy 30 Airbus A320s, but I hope that you will consider how to optimize our company's routes and improve our profitability in the future development, rather than blindly thinking about expanding the number of the company's fleet." ”

Zhao Wenhua also knows that many members of the executive group have a lot of opinions on their own purchase plan, Li Sheng just injected 5 billion US dollars into them, and set an order for 100 Airbus A300 to Airbus, which has not yet passed a month, and he proposed to purchase 30 Airbus A320 plans, which has caused considerable dissatisfaction in the executive group.

You must know that the interests within the executive group are also mixed, and the members of the major executive group also have some of their own forces, and they invest more in Xiangjiang Airlines, which naturally means that the investment of other groups will be reduced accordingly, and naturally some members of the executive group do not agree.

Fortunately, Li Guangyu took care of their air transport group this time, and finally agreed to his plan, so that they could add another 30 planes, once all these planes returned, the Xiangjiang Air Transport Group will have 306 passenger planes and 30 cargo planes, which is not far from the goal of 500 planes.

At present, only American Airlines and Delta Air Lines have more than 500 aircraft, Zhao Wenhua is confident that within five years, Heung Kong Air Transport Group will be on the third throne, and his ultimate goal is that one day the group can have thousands of aircraft, ranking first among the world's airlines.

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