Chapter 351: Counterattack on Blue Sky Airlines!
At 9:00 pm that night, the search and rescue team found a large amount of aircraft wreckage in the waters near Penghu, confirming that China Airlines Flight 661 had crashed, but the search and rescue of the lucky passengers had not yet ended. However, from the leaked images from the scene, all signs were consistent with Xu Cang's speculation that China Airlines Flight 661 might have disintegrated in the air.
If it really disintegrated directly at an altitude of 10,000 meters, then the possibility of survival would be basically zero.
However, everything still needs to wait for the final result of the search and rescue team. Xu Cang didn't want to see this happen, but there was nothing he could do about it. Spring Airlines had already sent people to meet Chen Nian's family. In this era, information dissemination is far less convenient than in the future. Until Spring Airlines found Chen Nian's hometown, his parents still knew nothing about China Airlines.
Although the result is basically confirmed, whether anyone survived or everyone died still needs to wait for the official conclusion of the search and rescue team.
Because of the old incident, Spring Airlines was shrouded in a low mood. Something that happened to a total stranger was completely different from something that happened to people around you, so Xu Cang even asked the leaders of various departments to do some extra ideological work.
Among them, the flight department, cabin department and security department were the hardest hit. These are the front-line departments and have the deepest feelings about this kind of thing.
In this heavy atmosphere, Xu Cang met an acquaintance, Yue Hai, the former dispatcher of Blue Sky Airlines, who was also Xu Cang's senior brother.
Previously, there were some unhealthy trends in the dispatch room of Spring Airlines, which made Xu Cang a little unhappy. Xu Cang originally planned to handle it himself, but later on, there were more and more things to do, and Xu Cang thought that he should not waste time on the rectification of the planning room, and just leave it to others.
Professionals do professional things. In the dispatching field, the person Xu Cang could think of was Yue Hai. Before, Xu Cang had talked to Yue Hai, and Yue Hai agreed. This time, Yue Hai completed the resignation procedures at Blue Sky Airlines, dealt with the affairs in Jianchuan, and came directly to Spring Airlines to take up his post.
Xu Cang personally took Yue Hai to the dormitory building in the base, put down the luggage, and went downstairs together. Xu Cang was already upset because of the China Airlines Flight 661 incident, and Yue Hai happened to come over, so he talked and chatted with him.
"The company plans to buy a few buildings in the city to house the company's employees. The airport is still too remote, and it's not a good idea to live here all the time."
Xu Cang held the stairs and walked down slowly, while Yue Hai followed behind, looking at the base building of Spring Airlines like a curious baby.
There is an elevator in the dormitory building, but Xu Cang wanted to take a walk, so he didn't take the elevator.
"Your building is well built, much better than Blue Sky Airlines. It must have cost a lot of money, right?"
Xu Cang smiled and said, "Not really. It's probably cheaper than the base building of Blue Sky Airlines. It was built by an acquaintance, so he didn't ask for any money."
"Acquaintances?" Yue Hai was a little surprised: "You know people in the construction industry. You really have a wide range of friends."
"They are the contractors of large-scale projects. Building a base building for me is like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut." Yue Hai's room was on the second floor. He came down soon and walked in the small garden in front of the dormitory building. Xu Cang said, "Brother, now that you are the director of the planning office, I will hand over the planning office to you. I don't want you to turn the planning office into a clean and honest sanctuary. Just make it good enough."
"It's almost there, haha, it still has some of your old style."
When Xu Cang was playing badly before, his catchphrase was "It's good enough", but he was really playing badly at that time, but now he is deliberately leaving a way out. If the water is too clear, there will be no fish. This principle is still relatively simple. Xu Cang can tolerate some evil.
"If everyone is a saint, then we don't need to be almost perfect." Xu Cang found one of the benches and sat down: "Things in the world are unpredictable, and it is indeed enough to be almost perfect. There is no need to be critical."
Yue Hai knew about the China Airlines Flight 661. Civil aviation is a closed small circle. Internal spread is fast, but external spread is much slower.
"No one wants this to happen." Yue Hai sat next to Xu Cang: "It won't have much impact on the company, right?"
Xu Cang sighed: "It doesn't have much impact, but... forget it, let's not talk about this, let's talk about Blue Sky Airlines."
Yue Hai was not willing to discuss such a heavy topic, and was glad to see Xu Cang change the subject. He forced a smile and said, "Why bring up Blue Sky Airlines? What's there to talk about?"
"Brother, the first A380 in China is owned by Blue Sky Airlines. Any new news?"
"You have opened your eyes, don't you?" Yue Hai hissed, "Before I left, did the A380 really undergo some changes?"
Xu Cang was not surprised, but when Blue Sky Airlines was mentioned, he couldn't help but laugh: "What do you mean?"
"According to the plan, the A380 will be delivered on the 27th of next month. In order to welcome this aircraft, pilots, flight attendants and security personnel are all trained in France, and even the routes are arranged a month in advance." Yue Hai raised his eyebrows and said, "I don't know about the flight department and the cabin department, but I know about the flight plan. Even the temporary route for the A380 to return to China was submitted for approval by us. According to the plan, the A380 will pass through customs from Tianjin on the 27th of next month, stop for one night, and land in Jianchuan on the 28th. Then, on the 29th, we will cooperate with the filming of the promotional video, etc., and fly to Yangcheng on the 30th of the month, rest for one night, and fly from Yangcheng to Los Angeles, USA on October 1st."
Xu Cang couldn't help but laugh when he heard Yue Hai say this: "With such a tight schedule, aren't you afraid of any problems?"
"We can't help it. The delivery time is October 1, you know. If we want to meet this time, we have to hurry up." Yue Hai said: "The plan was arranged at the beginning of this month, and the relevant crews and support personnel were notified in advance. However, the day before I left, the flight department notified our planning office and asked us to delete the planning data about the A380 in the system."
"Did you tell me the reason?" Xu Cang smiled with a hint of meaning.
Yue Hai shook his head: "No, they didn't allow us to tell anyone about the A380."
Xu Cang hummed, but didn't ask any further questions.
"But Blue Sky Airlines is not a confidential organization. There is no such thing as a wall that is impenetrable. If you ask, you can basically find out something." Yue Hai sneered disdainfully: "It is said that... there is a problem with the delivery of the A380."
"There was a problem with the delivery." Xu Cang smiled and said, "Doesn't that mean it's delayed? Did you say how long it will be delayed?"
“That doesn’t count.”
"That's right, there's no count. Even Airbus itself doesn't have an accurate count." Xu Cang patted his clothes and said, "In order to promote the first flight of the A380 in China, a lot of money was spent. It was all thrown into the water. If you throw money into the water, you can still hear a sound. This has aroused the interest of the public, but in the end the first flight was cancelled. The effect is counterproductive."
"They say they are talking, but I don't know if they can come to any conclusion." Yue Hai suddenly remembered something: "Xu Cang, I heard a piece of news in the airport work area. Muhua Airlines Jianchuan Base said they are going to lay off employees, and all of them are people from higher-ups. There's a big commotion over there. Do you know about this?"
Xu Cang did not hide anything: "I did it. Why can't Muhua's headquarters control Jianchuan Base?"
"You did it for..." Yue Hai suddenly remembered the incident of Spring Airlines pilots being fired, which had caused a lot of buzz in the industry a while ago: "Is it about the captain and the left seat inspection?"
Xu Cang straightened his clothes and stood up: "No one wants to have cockroaches and rats in their home. If there are any, then clean them up. Especially since these cockroaches and rats are disgusting, they cannot be left here."
"I heard that Mr. Shen Yishan from Jianchuan Airlines came to see you and stood at the gate for several hours."
Xu Cang said calmly: "That's because he still has some brains, otherwise they would be the first ones to be dealt with."
"The one behind Jianchuan Airlines is not..."
"Guoda Airlines and Jianchuan Urban Investment." Xu Cang directly took over Yue Hai's words: "I have already made an agreement with the chairman of Guoda Airlines. I originally planned to handle the relationship with the urban investment company later. I didn't expect Shen Yishan to be so flexible and willing to apologize. Humph, as a role model, we have to give him some benefits. The matter of going to the urban investment company was put on hold later."
"You really have thought of everything." Yue Hai was shocked. Xu Cang had really remembered the few people who had played tricks on Spring Airlines. "I also heard that several inspectors from Jianchuan Airlines applied to resign from their positions."
The three leading companies, Muhua Airlines Jianchuan Base, Jianchuan Airlines and Blue Sky Airlines, all seemed to have a bad ending. The vice president of Jianchuan Airlines stood at the Spring and Summer Airlines Base for several hours, lost a large sum of money, and dismissed several inspectors from the bureau before the situation was calmed down. Muhua Airlines Jianchuan Base caused such a turbulent layoff storm, and it seemed that it was not going to end well. As for Blue Sky Airlines, which seemed to be calm until now, Yue Hai did not think Xu Cang would let Blue Sky Airlines go.
Because actually it was Blue Sky Airlines that originally organized the incident, and Xu Cang didn't have a good impression of this old employer, so he was afraid that they would take drastic measures.
"Shen Yishan is not very capable and has poor vision, but he has one good thing, that is, he wakes up after making a mistake. Some people are stubborn and refuse to change, which is the most fatal." Xu Cang waved to Yue Hai: "Brother, let's go, I'll show you around."
After Xu Cang finished speaking, he saw Lu Jinghua running over from a distance. He left Yue Hai and looked at Lu Jinghua: "What's wrong?"
Lu Jinghua's facial features were all squeezed together, and he ran closer: "I just came from Chen Nian's parents' place, and I feel bad."
"What's going on over there?"
"What could happen? Chen Nian's parents are farmers. They have been farming all their lives. They saw that their son was becoming successful, but in the end... he was gone. It's like the elderly are sending their young away. I... I shouldn't have gone." Lu Jinghua's eyes were sore when he thought of the confusion and helplessness on the faces of Chen Nian's parents when they heard the news that their son was in trouble.
Xu Cang patted Lu Jinghua on the shoulder and said, "No one wants this to happen. I mentioned before that we should set up an employee security fund. Let's start doing it now. The fund will be responsible for the retirement of Chen Nian's parents in the future."
Spring Airlines was short of funds before, and they were very stingy with their own money, so how could they have the money to set up a guarantee fund? However, Xiao Lingyun had made a lot of pocket money in the financial market recently, and Kingfisher Airlines abroad was also giving money to the headquarters, and Spring Airlines' own routes were also operating well, so they finally had some money left.
It was also in my plan to set up an employee security fund when I had enough money, and it just so happened that this was an old matter that came up.
"Well, I'll tell the finance department." Lu Jinghua nodded: "By the way, I asked the airport. They said that entry and exit are not their responsibility. If you want to check, you need to go to the Exit and Entry Administration Bureau, and there..."
"Exit and Entry Administration?" Xu Cang smacked his lips. He didn't have any acquaintances there, so it would be a bit difficult to handle.
Lu Jinghua was a little surprised: "Xu Cang, who is Lian Shanli? Why do you want to check her entry information?"
"A little girl who is obsessed with love." Xu Cang scratched his head: "Oh, that Shen Ning has found the information."
"I have found this." Lu Jinghua said, "He is a student from Hanjing Aerospace University, and this one is..."
Xu Cang felt his head was as big as a bucket: "It's really that Shen Ning!"
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In the office of the Vice President of Operations of Blue Sky Airlines , Luo Yong looked at the official letter sent from Airbus headquarters regarding the delayed delivery of the A380, and was unable to utter a word for a long time.
A few days ago, they received a verbal notice from Airbus headquarters. Although this matter has basically been decided, Luo Yong still has a little fantasy, after all, verbal notice has no legal effect. As a result, he received a formal notice today, which means that the delay in delivery of A380 has become a foregone conclusion.
Luo Yong's eyes moved down and saw the words at the bottom of the letter - delivery date to be determined.
It turns out that Airbus itself doesn’t know when the extension will be extended!
"Has Muhua Airlines responded?" Luo Yong really didn't want to look at the document anymore. He raised his head and looked at Wang Xuan, the general manager of the flight department, who was sitting across the desk.
Before, when Airbus verbally notified that the A380 delivery was delayed, Blue Sky Airlines had already asked Muhua Airlines. After all, the quota for the A380 was transferred to Blue Sky Airlines by Muhua Airlines, and Blue Sky Airlines, with its size, dared not speak loudly in front of Airbus, so what results could be achieved? Only by letting Muhua Airlines come forward would there be some effect.
Wang Xuan's face didn't look good: "Muhua Airlines said they are communicating with Airbus."
"Communicate, communicate, and keep communicating until the opportunity is gone." Luo Yong cursed, "In the past quarter, we invested a lot of money in advertising in major cities across the country. In shopping malls, office buildings, buses, and subways, there were advertisements for our first A380 flight. Even our planes were repainted to take the title of the first A380 flight in the country. Well, after spending so much money, the flight was postponed. Aren't they kidding us?"
In the past quarter, Blue Sky Airlines spent all of last year's profits and advertised all over the country, hoping to use the A380 to instantly transform Blue Sky Airlines from a regional airline into a nationally renowned airline.
The first person to eat crabs often gets some extra benefits, but now it seems that he didn't get to eat the crab, but instead got his hand pinched by the crab's claws.
"They haven't invested in publicity, and they don't have any plans for the A380. They must be sitting on the Diaoyutai. If there's still no news in a couple of days, you should go to the sheep farm in person. If you don't whip them with a whip, they won't realize the urgency of the matter." Luo Yong said bitterly.
A strange look flashed across Wang Xuan's face. According to Luo Yong, it seemed that Blue Sky Airlines was the giant and Muhua Airlines was the little girl who obeyed orders. However, Wang Xuan couldn't refuse Luo Yong's face because his boss was still angry. He could only pretend to agree.
"By the way, is there any problem with the finance department?"
"This... the CFO will report to you. However, as far as I know, the situation is not very good." Wang Xuan said with a bitter face: "We originally planned to have income from international routes in October. Although we will still be in a loss-making state, it is acceptable."
According to the booking situation of the Guangzhou-Los Angeles route, at least in the short term, the occupancy rate will not be low due to the novelty of the A380. Moreover, the profitability of international routes, especially such high-quality international routes, is extremely amazing. If it is done well, one route can support a small or medium-sized airline.
Of course, given the previous publicity investment, the profit for the year was still a loss. However, the situation was improving. The most terrible loss was a hopeless loss. If the Yangcheng-Los Angeles route performed well, the bank would be more willing to lend even if it was a loss.
However, if the Guangzhou-Los Angeles route cannot be operated on time, or is delayed for too long, then the appetite that was aroused in the early stage will become a burden. Many people are fresh about the A380, and Blue Sky Airlines has indeed mobilized the public's freshness with huge publicity expenditures, but if it cannot satisfy them, the freshness will quickly wear out. Some people with bad tempers may even become disgusted with Blue Sky Airlines, which is a waste of money.
"It is basically impossible to carry out the first flight of Guangzhou-Los Angeles route in October now. What else is there to say?" Luo Yong said bitterly.
"If the Yangcheng-Los Angeles route is cancelled, the financial statements for this year and even next year will be very ugly." Wang Xuan said, "Moreover, on domestic routes, flights taking off and landing at Jianchuan Airport have been squeezed by Spring Airlines, and profits have also declined. Now the company can still hold on, it depends on how the Spring Festival travel rush goes this year. If the Spring Festival travel rush can recover, it can still hold on. If the Spring Festival travel rush does not generate good revenue and the A380 is not delivered tomorrow, then..."
Luo Yong gritted his teeth: "Isn't Jianchuan Airport Group quite tough? Isn't that Manager Yao quite arrogant? How come he has become Xu Cang's slave now?"
"Boss Luo, the Cebu route document has been approved, but for some reason, Jianchuan Airport has not arranged a time. What does that mean?" Wang Xuan frowned, "I have privately approached Manager Yao twice, but he avoided me both times. I wonder if something has happened."
"If we don't schedule a time, Jianchuan Airport will regret it?" Luo Yong was stunned for a moment, and then a trace of anxiety appeared on his face: "He dares to regret something that has been approved!"
"Mr. Luo, the Cebu route...if we really pursue it, there's nothing we can do even if we regret it." Wang Xuan said helplessly.
When the Cebu route was approved, the formal process was not followed. It was full of tricks and schemes. If we really want to investigate, the approval document can be rejected based on laws and regulations.
"He didn't see you, maybe he did it on purpose."
If he met her once, it was possible that he was busy, but if he avoided her twice, it was not a good sign given Yao Binghua's character. Luo Yong knew that Yao Binghua was not the person in charge of Jianchuan Airport Group, but Ye Shengning was the one who made the decision.
However, he heard that Ye Shengning was a man of his own ideas. He should not think of letting Xu Cang do the bidding. He must have some ulterior motives. Even if Ye Shengning knew about the deal between him and Yao Binghua, he would probably turn a blind eye to it. It was a good opportunity to test Spring Airlines's bottom line. There was no need to wade into this muddy water.
Wang Xuan lowered his head: "I don't know about that, but it feels a bit abnormal."
"Forget it. Yao Binghua is a man with many ulterior motives. I will go to him in person tomorrow and ask him about this. Although the Cebu route is far inferior to the Los Angeles route, a small amount of money still counts. The company's cash flow is tight right now, and it has to rely on the Southeast Asian route to make up for the loss. If we can't take this first step, how can we lay out the subsequent routes?"
Wang Xuan felt relieved a little. Yao Binghua was not a easy person to deal with, so he let Luo Yong deal with him and he was happy to have some free time.
However, Blue Sky Airlines' biggest problem right now is the A380. After Wang Xuan took his thoughts away from Yao Binghua, he turned back to the A380: "Mr. Luo, I heard some gossip that even if Airbus is going to deliver the A380 later, it will give priority to Qatar Airways. We are in the first batch, so we will probably be ranked a little later."
"What do you mean? Where did you hear that?" Luo Yong suddenly became angry: "Why should we just ignore it when we give it to Qatar Airways first? They've already postponed it, and you're still putting us at the back of the list?"
The first batch of A380s will be delivered to Qatar Airways, Saudi Arabian Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Airlines, Muhua Airlines, Japan Airlines, etc. In the order of delivery of the first batch of A380s, Muhua Airlines was not at the back, but in the middle, and then Muhua Airlines gave this position to Blue Sky Airlines.
There had been no adjustments before, so why did my ranking get pushed back after the postponement?
"Mr. Luo, this is just gossip that I heard from others." Wang Xuan said quickly.
In fact, there are some things that Wang Xuan did not say. If this quota was occupied by Muhua Airlines, Airbus might not move it. After all, Muhua Airlines is big enough, and it has been more Airbus-like in recent times . It must be very important to Airbus.
Now this quota has been transferred to Blue Sky Airlines. What is Blue Sky Airlines? Compared with other airlines in the first batch, it is two or three levels lower and is not even on the same order of magnitude.
The delay is of course a matter of concern to big companies, and those big companies behind Blue Sky are so angry that Airbus can only take advantage of the situation and adjust the delivery sequence to put out some fire. As for how Blue Sky feels, does Airbus care?
However, Wang Xuan also felt that Muhua Airlines was not paying much attention to the A380 after transferring the A380 quota. Previously, Muhua Airlines had been the communication bridge between Blue Sky Airlines and Airbus on the A380 project. At the beginning, it was quite timely, but later the feedback became slower and slower, and the content became more and more perfunctory, which made Wang Xuan very angry.
This time Airbus may have to adjust the delivery order of Blue Sky Airlines. I am afraid that even if Airbus asks Muhua Airlines for coordination, Muhua Airlines will not care much and will probably just do it for show.
Wang Xuan had a feeling that Blue Sky Airlines seemed to have fallen into a pit.
However, faced with huge sunk costs, even if you know you have fallen into a pit, you can only swallow it.
Luo Yong's face was very interesting. Although Wang Xuan repeatedly said it was just gossip, he always felt that Airbus would really do it. He was already very anxious, and now he was even more anxious.
He wiped his face, a hand full of cold sweat. The A380 incident was bad enough, so he simply changed the subject: "Wang Xuan, I heard some news today. Muhua Airlines' Jianchuan base is going to lay off employees, and all of them are leaders. Do you know any inside information? Don't you have acquaintances there?"
When mentioning this, Wang Xuan's expression became unnatural, even more unnatural than when he talked about the A380.
"Boss Luo, according to my friend, all the leaders above M2 at Jianchuan Base will be fired, without a single one left."
"This..." Luo Yong was shocked. "There is no one above the department leader. This is impossible. This is crazy. Who gave the order?"
"It must be Muhua Headquarters. However, the personnel appointments have not been made yet, and we have only heard some rumors. However, such things would not spread so violently without any signs. It seems that Muhua Aviation Headquarters really has some ideas."
"Damn it, what kind of world is this now? I don't understand." Luo Yong sat there blankly: "Ma Cheng got promoted, he was so happy, Fan Jin passed the imperial examination?"
"It's hard to say. Jianchuan Base is very close to Hanjing Branch and has always opposed Ma Cheng's succession. I don't know if Ma Cheng wants to kill a chicken to scare the monkey. However, even if he wants to establish his authority, this will almost wipe out the leadership of Jianchuan Base. Isn't the method too cruel? Aren't you afraid of a backlash?"
Luo Yong scratched his head: "That's right, only a madman would do that."
"What if Ma Cheng is not crazy?" Wang Xuan suddenly asked.
Objectively speaking, Ma Cheng has been regarded as the successor of Muhua Airlines for many years. It is not a sudden blessing from heaven, so why is he so excited that he is crazy?
So if Ma Cheng is not crazy, what does his current action mean?
Luo Yong was silent, and Wang Xuan, who raised the question, also remained silent. The two of them thought of the same person at the same time.
"Wang Xuan, I heard that Mr. Shen from Jianchuan Airlines went to Spring Airlines to apologize?"
"I stood at the gate for several hours." Wang Xuan whispered.
"Then there won't be any major problems with Jianchuan Airlines, right?"
"Not long ago, several inspectors from Jianchuan Airlines took the initiative to resign." Wang Xuan added: "They were the same inspectors who participated in the hang-up of the captain of Spring Airlines."
"Oh." Luo Yong nodded, and there was silence for a while.
Wang Xuan had actually thought of a possibility a long time ago, but he didn't dare to say it. Seeing this, he couldn't help himself.
"Boss Luo, with the example of Jianchuan Airlines, if we take the initiative to reconcile with Xu Cang..."
Luo Yong raised his head and said, "So you mean that the large-scale layoffs at Jianchuan Base were done by Xu Cang at Ma Cheng's behest?"
Wang Xuan opened his mouth and met Luo Yong's fierce gaze. Rationally speaking, it would be best not to offend Luo Yong at this time, but somehow, Wang Xuan mustered up the courage and said, "What if?"
Luo Yong was stunned, and then he slammed the table with a ferocious look. Just as he was about to scold Wang Xuan, his office door was suddenly pushed open roughly and a man rushed in from outside. Luo Yong looked closely and found that it was Yao Binghua, the vice president of Jianchuan Airport Group, whom he had just talked about.
Yao Binghua had lost his usual composure and looked panicked and frightened. Perhaps because he was too emotional, he didn't notice Luo Yong the first time he rushed in.
Luo Yong never expected Yao Binghua to come over suddenly: "Boss Yao, you..."
As Luo Yong spoke, Yao Binghua immediately located Luo Yong in the office. He was like a hysterical beast, roaring at Luo Yong: "Luo Yong, did you tell on me? Ye Shengning is sending me to jail now!"
