Chapter 1651 The prospect of air cargo
“Air cargo~”
Yang Cheng whispered, pinching his eyebrows.
If you just look at the performance of the global air cargo market in recent years, it is no different from sea shipping, it is a scattered life.
But in the future, the development prospects of the global air cargo operation industry are hard to say. There are several major factors: First, the growth of e-commerce drives the development of aviation express delivery; second, the application of new technologies such as drones promotes overall industrial transformation; third, cold chain air cargo is likely to become the main direction of future development.
First of all, as e-commerce spreads to the world with Country Z as its core, this new era of trade mode will soon replace tradition and become the mainstream. It is currently maintaining a rapid and stable growth momentum, especially the emergence of cross-border e-commerce, which will promote the rapid development of multiple logistics methods in direct mail, cargo collection and bonded areas. This will inevitably become one of the driving forces for the development of the air cargo industry. Yang Cheng has reason to believe that in the near future, international air cargo will usher in a period of rapid development and gradually evolve towards scale, express and hubization.
However, the high cost of air cargo labor expenditure will be an important shackle that hinders the development of the industry. This industry needs to maintain high timeliness in order to cope with the demand for rapid economic development. However, the expenditure of labor cost makes it difficult for companies involved in the industry to see profits. If the company loses profits, what else can it do?
Of course, with the advancement of science and technology, some people and companies have proposed that in the future, the concept of "large unmanned transport aircraft + branch large drone + terminal small drone" three-stage unmanned air transport network can be formed, which will maneuver and cover the transportation needs of the last kilometer of national trunk lines, urban trunk lines and remote areas, and ultimately realize the intelligence of logistics and transportation.
Once this bold idea is formed, those who plan the industrial chain in advance will undoubtedly occupy the largest share of the cake.
Finally, cold chain air cargo will become the main growth engine in the future, which Yang Cheng agrees with because its potential market size is very huge.
However, this cold chain is not the traditional impression of people. The cold chain transportation of fresh meat and seafood. Of course, this part cannot be underestimated, but the one with greater potential is the pharmaceutical cold chain. The high profits in this area are jealous of Delta Air Lines, and Delta Air Lines is no exception. The company has recently discussed modifying a cold chain aircraft for exclusive transportation of high-tech products such as medicine.
However, the freight department of Korean Air used to mainly transport traditional products, but now it does not even have the qualifications for medical cold chain transportation.
Of course, it is not too late to enter the market now. In recent years, the drug transportation business has been showing a high growth rate. However, due to its difficulty in transportation, it has many strict requirements on transportation conditions. These business thresholds keep many airlines out of the door. Compared with other companies, Korean Air has a strong equipment and resource base. Compared with everything starting from scratch, the future is still promising.
Currently, Korean Air has a total of 21 cargo aircraft, which will increase to 23 in the next two years, operating on nearly 30 routes a week, with 99 regular flights of all-cargo aircraft. Korean Air currently has 10 B777Fs and 7 B747-8Fs, as well as 4 B747-400ERFs, and has a huge operating network connecting 120 cities in 42 countries. In addition to the largest Pacific route among AirAsia, it also provides services for long-distance routes such as the Americas and Europe.
In addition, Korean Air also has strict and compliant transportation standards and a professional management team. It can achieve more than 99% of orders that can be carried out as planned. When large customers are in overall service processes and respond to temporary emergency repairs, Korean Air has enough ability to partner cargo planes, or timely replace other flights for customers to ensure the timeliness of delivery of goods. These advantages give Korean Air a strong competitive advantage in the international air cargo market and is also the key to further increase the share of medical cold chain transportation.
With the assistance of Delta Air Lines, Korean Air can easily get logistics orders from American pharmaceutical companies.
The key now is whether Korean Air can successfully obtain the International Air Transport Association's independent verification center of excellence in drug logistics.
The Certification of the Center for Excellence for Independent Verification of Drug Logistics is a globally recognized drug logistics operation certification system. The certification passes world-class transportation experts and has been promulgated after rigorous evaluation of more than 280 standards such as long-distance drug transportation procedures, storage facilities, equipment and regulations.
Yang Cheng said, "Do Korean Air as soon as possible, and then apply for certification. During this period, you must also formulate high-quality service standards and train the transportation process. Relevant employees in the company must also receive professional pharmaceutical training. This is a long process, but it can be carried out at the same time as your expansion plan."
Zhao Shangxi said excitedly, "Yes~ I will definitely live up to the boss's hope~"
However, he hesitated, "But the investment in cold chain transportation of medicines is quite large~"
Yang Cheng nodded. Of course, he knew that the investment in cold chain transportation is not a small amount, especially for drugs that have strict temperature requirements. Those sensitive drugs are the top priority. For example, vaccines and insulin require low-temperature transportation and refrigeration storage. Therefore, for the carrier, the ability to control temperature is a very big test.
Take Delta Air Lines as an example. In order to ensure the safe transportation of drugs and ensure the temperature required during transportation, drugs with strict temperature restrictions, Delta not only monitors the opening and closing of the doors of the freight station, the refrigeration warehouse and the insulation warehouse, as well as the temperature changes caused by the inlet volume, but also analyzes the temperature changes of each facility by simulating emergency situations such as power outages, and formulates solutions in various situations based on this. Through precise temperature control, the safety of temperature-sensitive drugs during transportation is ensured.
At that time, Yang Cheng will arrange for people from Delta Air Lines headquarters to come to South Korea to help Korean Air establish a strict temperature control management system to ensure that the temperature of the drug is maintained within a safe range during transportation.
The initial investment is a little higher, but once the advantage is established, it will be able to obtain high growth returns in the future high-yield goods carrier market of pharmaceutical products. These achievements will be intuitively fed back to the stock price, and the market value of Korean Air and Delta will usher in a new round of growth.
And Yang Cheng will inevitably make huge profits in it.
"The early investment lays the foundation for future gains. Don't be stingy, anyway, there is a market to pay for it!"
Zhao Shangxi immediately said, "I understand~"
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In the next few days, Yang Cheng was around a few girls. Of course, he didn't give up his work. Now the Zhao family is on the verge of collapse. With just a light push, he will fall off the cliff and fall to pieces.
Faced with such a situation, abandoning the car to protect the coach is the wisest thing.
Unfortunately, Zhao Lianghao, who is determined to make decisions, is receiving treatment in the United States.
As the heir, Zhao Yuantai did nothing except throwing cups and plates at home every day.
However, Zhao Xian'e, the eldest daughter who once had a nut sect, had the courage to make decisions. Unfortunately, she and Zhao Yuantai had different opinions and could not convince anyone. In the end, the trouble broke up, and the role the management could play was minimal at this time.
The stock price has fallen again and again, and it seems that there is no end at all. The entire society is full of scolding the Zhao family and a crisis of trust in Korean Air.
At this time, the protest team composed of Korean Air flight attendants became the last straw that broke the camel's back.
Just after a day of protest in front of the Qing-Water National Taiwan University, a petition was revealed from somewhere.
It was written by a "entercisive citizen" and received the support of tens of thousands of people as quickly as possible. It jointly sent the petition to the Delta Air Lines South Korea branch. These citizens who could not bear to have their own national flag carriers were asked to take action by the company's largest shareholder Delta Air Lines to save the Korean Air, which is on the verge of collapse.
Soon the content of this petition was sent to the top and it actually received support from public opinion. Many netizens said that since the Zhao family does not have the ability to continue to lead Korean Air, it is better to hand over the company to a more capable person.
In the eyes of ordinary people, it is not unacceptable for Korean Air to become a subsidiary of Delta Airlines.
Not only can it save the crisis, but it can also bring about better development prospects. Why not?
As for what the Zhao family thinks, netizens don’t care, but instead think it’s retribution.
With a public base, Delta Air Lines South Korea Branch came out and said that it would seriously think about the contents of the petition and give a reply as soon as possible.
Less than two days later, the person who signed the petition was surprised to find that Delta's stock price stopped falling, or the decline was extremely weak, and the decline was alleviated. What does this mean?
This means that a large amount of funds have entered the market to protect the market, and it has used extremely high prices to hold up the falling stock price. And judging from this situation, it is very likely that it will not fall but rise!
What's going on?
Netizens with great powers immediately found the answer. It turned out that Yang Cheng took action. He used CY Entertainment and personal channels to crazily purchase Korean Air circulating shares on the market.
At the same time, Zhao Shangxi, who represents Yang Cheng, came into the sight of the Korean people. This Korean American frequently went to and from the headquarters building of the Korean Air Service and held meetings with management and directors one after another.
After each meeting, the reporter can accurately capture photos of members of the Zhao family walking out of the building with a gloomy face.
The people were in full swing, and the people's wishes were effective. Delta Air Lines not only could it take up the shares of the Zhao family at a bargain price, but also gained a wave of reputation in South Korea.
It can be seen from the naked eye that the next flight Delta will run for South Korea will be full, and it may also increase the capacity of the same route.
At this time, Yang Cheng sat in the club's private room, looking at the Han River water that was shaking waves due to the strong wind, and felt a sense of accomplishment that he would step on the lifeblood of South Korea under his feet.
Chapter completed!