Resource Tycoon Reborn

The Spring Festival of 2004 in Qinxi Province came amidst the white snow. When people across the country celebrated the Spring Festival, it was not without shadows.

Bird flu continues to spread in China and Southeast Asia. With the discovery of bird flu in Vietnam, bird flu has also been discovered in Thailand, Cambodia, and Malaysia. Although no one has been found to be infected with bird flu so far, the World Health Organization has clearly issued a warning.

, the h5n1 virus that causes avian influenza is extremely contagious in birds and can easily spread to other animal populations. The epidemic in Asian countries may further worsen. The European Union has restricted the import of chicken from China and Southeast Asia, and the domestic breeding industry

It was even more shocking every day, and a large number of poultry were killed and destroyed.

The impact of mad cow disease in the United States continues to expand. In many states in the United States, stores have refused to purchase American beef. Although the United States Department of Agriculture publicly announced that strict DN testing showed that the first "mad cow" discovered in the United States was born.

It is located in the Canadian province of Alberta. Internationally, more and more countries have issued bans on U.S. beef, and they are becoming more and more stringent. This has put U.S. beef in a difficult situation both internally and externally. At the same time, in the international market, the price of soybeans is still rising.

It continues to slide underground, making many people worried.

Two American Mars rovers successfully landed on Mars, triggering a global space craze. The President of the United States delivered a speech at NASA's headquarters in Washington, proposing to try to land on Mars at the earliest in ten years and no later than fifteen years at the latest.

Let American astronauts return to the moon and establish mankind's first scientific research base on the moon to prepare for the next step of sending humans to Mars and even further planets.

Just when Fang Mingyuan was about to leave Pingchuan and go to the capital, good news came from Qinxi Airlines. Qinxi Airlines successfully reached a cooperation agreement with Shunfeng Express, a well-known domestic express delivery company. Qinxi Airlines will transfer its three

An md82 aircraft has been professionally converted into a cargo aircraft and flies between the three distribution centers in Yangcheng, Shanghai and Beijing. In addition to the special aircraft, Shunfeng Express has also signed an agreement with Qinxi Airlines to use its dedicated aircraft for multiple domestic routes.

Belly hold. Responsible for the transportation of Downwind Express express items between cities across the country.

Moreover, Shunfeng Express has also signed an agreement of intent with Qinxi Airlines to lease three to five more md82 cargo planes in the next two to three years!

This agreement is a great event for Qinxi Airlines.

When Qinxi Airlines was established, it not only received md90 aircraft from other domestic airlines, but also some md82 aircraft. These md82 aircraft are medium and short-range aircraft and are in the same class as Boeing 737 and Airbus 320.

It was also the predecessor of the md90 project that China cooperated with the American McDonnell Douglas Company, and was part of the md82 aircraft that were assembled in Shanghai.

Most of these md82 aircraft were put into operation in the mid-to-late 1980s and before the mid-1990s. The earliest ones have been in service for fifteen or sixteen years. Although an aircraft can have a flying life of twenty-five to thirty years.

Years, or even longer, are available. However, after these aircraft have matured in the past few years, the maintenance costs and fuel consumption of the aircraft will gradually increase, and the safety level will gradually decrease. Therefore, many airlines are constantly purchasing

Purchase new aircraft and retire existing aircraft at the same time, even if these aircraft have not reached their useful life.

One of these retired aircraft can be resold to other countries. Many African countries are gathering places for second-hand aircraft and even third-hand aircraft. Others are converted into cargo aircraft and continue to serve. American FedEx, UPS,

Many cargo planes operated by world-renowned large freight companies such as Germany's DHL Freight Company are converted from retired passenger aircraft.

Due to many factors such as age, comfort, and aviation materials, some of the md82 aircraft owned by Qinxi Airlines are no longer suitable for passenger transportation. Therefore, some of them were renovated from the beginning to be used as cargo aircraft.

The company has some emergency freight services in these industries. However, as time goes by, more and more md82s are facing the need of aging and decommissioning.

Replacing these aircraft will not only improve the safety factor of the company's operations, but also affect the company's reputation and improve passengers' confidence in the company. One of the important reasons why Singapore Airlines is famous in the international shipping industry is that it has a comprehensive

The youngest fleet in the world! When Qinxi Airlines was first established, it had no choice but to put the md82s that had been in operation for more than ten years into passenger routes. Moreover, this could also increase the profit margins of these md82 aircraft and reduce flight costs.

cost, and can also free up routes for new aircraft. After Qinxi Airlines reaches this agreement with Shunfeng Express, it can rent three new md90 passenger aircraft from Fengyuan Aircraft Leasing Co., Ltd. and put them into operation quickly, further

Expanding transportation capacity means that Qinxi Aviation Manufacturing Group has placed orders for three more aircraft, and there will be more orders in the future!

Of course, it was not all good news. When Fang Mingyuan arrived in the capital, a piece of news came from Qinxi Aviation Manufacturing Group, which completely wiped out his original good mood. Qinxi Aviation Manufacturing Group and International

The aviation engine company reached an agreement on the purchase of V2500 turbofan engines. Although Qinxi Aviation Manufacturing Group purchased forty-six engines at one time, the International Aviation Engine Company only made extremely limited concessions on price and delivery time.

, and did not give any preferential treatment to Qinxi Aviation Manufacturing Group.

Although Fang Mingyuan also understands that there is really no comparison between Qinxi Aviation Manufacturing Group and Airbus, another major customer of International Aero Engines Company. The two are not on the same level at all. International Aviation

It is reasonable for engine companies to pay more attention to orders from Airbus.

However, the one-time purchase of forty-six engines is already a big leap in quantity compared to Qinxi Aviation Manufacturing Group's previous purchases. The total order value including engines and after-sales agreements is close to US$500 million. International Aviation

The engine company's selling price did not make due adjustments, but only made some symbolic concessions, and there was no commitment to give priority to Qinxi Aviation Manufacturing Group. This made the company originally thought it could save some costs in engine procurement.

Qinxi Aviation Manufacturing Group is also somewhat unexpected. (To be continued...)