Civil Aviation Authority formally approved the SF Why must build its own airport?

April 6, the Civil Aviation Authority formally agreed to Hubei Ezhou Yanji as a recommended site Frozen Games SF airport. The project includes 4E-class freighters airport logistics base and industrial park, the goal is to build the world's fourth, the first Asian aviation logistics hub. 4E grade refers to the runway length is more than equal to 1800 m (the highest level length), the wing within 52-65 meters, the take off and land like 747 such long-range wide-body aircraft in the airport, level second only to 4F level. 4E-class domestic airports, including Chongqing Jiangbei, Shanghai Hongqiao and Sanya Phoenix and the like. SF is the earliest domestic aviation business, the oldest airline private courier companies. Internationally, the global leader in express delivery and most have a global or national cargo hub, used to improve the flow of goods and aircraft utilization rate. With the pace of the market is gradually approaching, SF aviation strategy gradually clear. The nature of passenger and freight transport distinct Domestic passenger transport network is point to point, no transit hub transfer the true sense of the travelers already accustomed to direct, transit means that the time consumption. But transportation point of view, this is not shipping the best choice, transit is. On the other hand, China's all-cargo routes less owned freighters rarely, to transport goods have long relied on passenger aircraft belly space to maximize this mode of transportation can not achieve efficiency, partly because of the limited traffic, On the one hand is very difficult to match the demand side, the passenger capacity of trafficking often do not meet the needs of freight transport, resulting in dislocation ends of supply and demand. "Freight is most concerned about is a comprehensive transportation costs, domestic passenger route design is no way to meet the lowest overall cost requirements." Aviation consultancy - Open sharp consulting partner Wang Xiaohua told the interface information. Domestic Airport has always been "the passenger light goods", more than 200 domestic airports, not specifically for cargo to build the airport, which leads to freight only often need to follow the passenger to go, and often compete for resources with the passenger. "Domestic Airport for passengers designed, it does not take into account the freight, especially without taking into account the needs of the express industry's entire delivery process of the actual operation on the ground is not very smooth, we now Passenger resource clashes, so had to do a consider. "SF Airlines president Li Sheng June last year to answer questions about" building the airport "issue, said. Freight can endure long-distance bumpy, it means that there is a cargo hub does not need to rely heavily on the hinterland of the supply source of the goods may not be limited to 2-3 hours of land transport. Even hub location economically underdeveloped, sparsely populated, air cargo demand is not strong, there are still likely to be selected, such as Memphis and Anchorage, Alaska. Ezhou and Wuhan is only an hour's drive from Ezhou took off two hours to cover the major areas, where accounting for at least 80% of the GDP. Sheng mentioned when it comes to choosing the construction of cargo airport conditions last year, the first is to stagger play Barbie Cooking Games capital cities or densely populated areas, and secondly to be located in the central region, and then docking rail, road or even water, and finally hope Airport can be achieved complete port function. "SF Select Ezhou does not look like the best option, but if and Wuhan compared airspace resources are more abundant, more abundant land resources, the future development of intermodal basis and conditions are pretty good. Freight, only more traffic Information concatenated possible to reduce costs. "Wang Xiaohua said. SF currently has more than 40 aircraft all-cargo aircraft (including leasing), ranked first in private enterprises, and also has 16 000 transport vehicles. By route design and ground transportation resource scheduling can improve the efficiency of aircraft, as well as freight turnover rate. For good luck, the establishment of the airport's significance lies in reducing costs. And electricity supplier industry is similar to China's express delivery trend was from east to west, from south to north, and therefore to the north and west of aircraft are often not loaded, but came back to fill the difficult to reduce costs. With aviation fleet continued to expand, SF building cargo airport is imminent. Aviation business behind abroad for decades FedEx FedEx was founded in 1971, later than half a century than the UPS (United Parcel Service), but was able in a short time to catch up with "Big Brother", the key is the founder Frederick W. Smith bent on aircraft delivery express, to achieve "next day delivery", which is considered to be too optimistic at the time. The establishment of the initial few years, Federal Express because of the small volume of business (first time only airlifted 186 Express) loss of millions of dollars, but the founders did not give up. Later, with the US government to lift restrictions for air freight, the company ushered in turn, after the headquarters moved to Memphis, the company's performance to usher in rapid development period. Civil Aviation Authority formally approved the SF Why must build its own airport? In 1976, FedEx began to profit, a profit of $ 3.6 million. In 1977, its revenue topped $ 100 million, a profit of more than $ 800 million. In 1978, the company is listed. Now, this first "next day delivery" of the company a year to be transported over 1.2 billion package for more than 200 countries worldwide. Memphis for FedEx significance. By using the "hub and spoke" (based hub of the distribution system) aviation network to transport goods, the city of cargo aircraft will go away goods to Memphis transit, and then return the goods back to the origin, through such cost-cutting, lower transport time. Since then, the major courier companies have to follow FedEx large quantities of aircraft, and some build cargo airport, improve transport efficiency, competition courier between companies gradually shifted from the "ground" to "sky", the aircraft became the courier company standard, as well as an important indicator of the company's international competitiveness. Domestic courier companies in expanding aviation business been slow. Although China Post established airlines as early as the 1990s,play Angela Games but has been tepid, until the outbreak of the electricity supplier industry, the private express delivery companies began operations funded SF in 2009 established the first airline. And foreign giants as compared to the domestic courier company "ammunition" become stretched. Although the early start, but the Postal Airlines currently fewer than 50 aircraft, SF has 28, plus leased more than 40 aircraft. In contrast, FedEx and UPS currently owned 647 and 650 aircraft. FedEx from a bankrupt shipping company has grown into one of four international giants, Memphis from central US town obscurity to become one of the largest cargo hub in the world, in which Federal Express business accounted for 90% of the total airport freight above, from 1992 to 2009, Memphis has been the world's largest cargo port, until it was later surpassed Hong Kong. Although the domestic courier company "slow by half a beat," but express delivery business for many years maintained a 50% growth in 2014 surpassed the United States as the world's first courier power. By 2015, the express business volume exceeded 20 billion, it is in the context of the rapid development of the domestic courier companies to speed up the pace of expansion. Civil Aviation Authority formally approved the SF Why must build its own airport? Courier companies to upgrade the only way In February, SF announced a program to keep their own people feel a little surprised messages - listed. This was established 23 years, the founder of Wang Wei made it clear that the "never misappropriating listed as" courier enterprises choose this time to embrace the capital market, following the tact and Shentong backdoor, to seize the A-share market seats. Many industry insiders interfacial news represents one of the purposes SF listed is bigger and stronger aviation business, and think that this is a necessary condition for domestic courier companies to go abroad. With the electricity supplier members into the "Fifty Cent era" (each courier profits), large courier companies all want to get more market share and greater pricing power in the more profitable air cargo market. "SF is not only to maintain themselves in the minds of consumers 'efficient and safe' brand image, but also to continue to pull the gap with competitors, future fleet size at least at 100 or more." Long-term observation of SF Express experts Zhao Xiaomin told the interface information. While SF has been buying aircraft, but "not bad money," rival refused to yield. Was founded in 2014, backed by aviation tact Alibaba signed in February this year, 20 cargo aircraft and Boeing agreement in December last year, the company signed a postal aviation largest ever order --17 Boeing aircraft, "air" explosive . "Express test is the 'last kilometer' ability, which is ground embrace member and sending pieces of capacity, which is the basic condition for survival, but if you only focus on this aspect, and certainly there is no way in this industry 'top-notch' it needs to do a variety of effective convergence of transport between, including the aviation network and ground transportation. "Wang Xiaohua said. Courier company was established airlines, assume the role of the cargo carrier. But once completed the airport, more like the operator, assumed the role of managers, not only to other courier companies charge, through a variety of modes of transportation intermodal approach also expand more business, even on a large land fuss. Doing so will no airport management experience SF is a challenge, but it is a rare opportunity. Wang Xiaohua think SF airport construction may have two intentions, first, to build China's largest aviation logistics hub of the transport play Dora Games value into the largest, followed by the development of the aviation logistics industry park. "Ezhou no shortage of land resources, SF will build airport economic zone, is not limited to the aviation business, the future may include the development of supply chain finance, as ProLogis as logistics real estate, storage and processing, and bonded business, if that is the case, so good luck in the next set great chess. "Wang Xiaohua said.