Chapter 1601 World Aviation Hub (Second update, please subscribe)
Some people are exploring space, and some people are measuring the earth.
When scientists on the Island of Elysia were testing the millions of lunar rovers there.
In the northeast of Pilgrim Island, facing the Strait of Hormuz, located in the throat of the Persian Gulf to the Indian Ocean, a Gulfstream aircraft landed on a military airport near the sea.
This white civil aviation painted Gulfstream aircraft rarely lands here. After all, this is a military airport, but today seems different from the past.
After the plane landed, Christian walked off the plane and was received by an Air Force Captain.
"College, I am Air Force Captain Lin Weichuan. During your inspection here, I will accompany you throughout the journey."
Christian was once an Italian Air Force colonel. After Italy surrendered, he accepted Borneo Airlines hired and flew the Hump route with its colleagues.
As a veteran of Borneo Airlines, he had become the company's deputy general manager 10 years ago.
The reason why he came to Musandam today was that he had his own plans.
"Okay, Captain, I'll trouble you in the next few days."
After expressing my gratitude, Christian got on the car prepared for him by the military. Soon, the group drove away. Come to Hesab.
This is a backward local port town, and most of the people living here are locals. "How many people are there?" Christian asked, looking at the town outside the car window.
Lin Weichuan, who was driving the car, replied.
"It's about 1,300 people, and the population of the entire region is less than 2,000."
Since this land was rented for space, the population has basically increased a lot, on the one hand, because The military has put barbed wire in the border area.
While issuing resident ID cards to the indigenous people, external personnel are strictly prohibited, which has also led to some tribes living in the desert. In order to gain a larger range of activities, I chose to leave here.
Compared with the entire Arabian Peninsula, this land is only 1,800 square kilometers.
"The residents here are basically fishermen who rely on the sea to eat, because there is almost no land suitable for cultivation here, and they are basically deserts."
"This is not important."
Christian said: "The important thing is the location!"
The location of this rental land is indeed extremely important.
The Musandam Peninsula connects to the Gulf of Oman in the east and to the Persian Gulf in the west. Since it is the only place for the Persian Gulf to enter the Indian Ocean, it is known as the "throat of the bay".
This is just his position on the ocean. For airlines, this position is the center connecting the Eurasian continent.
So if you build an airport here, or you build a free port here. It will naturally become a major hub for Asian travelers to Europe.
"We want to build a free port here."
After stopping with the sea, we looked at the blue sea. Christian said to Wu Anbang beside him.
"A free port in the air."
Pointing to the desert, Christian's tone was filled with a hint of expectation. "You see there is no better place than here. In the past, our planes were on their way to Europe. It was either in New Delhi or landing in Tehran and refueling in transit, and Passengers often transit for more than ten hours and cannot leave the airport because of their visas, or even if they hold a valid visa in their hands, they are reluctant to waste time. All they can do is just stare at the electronic watch at the boarding gate and leave minute by minute. ”
As the airline's deputy general manager, Christian naturally knows the pain of passengers' transfers very well.
Flight redirection is inevitable for most aircraft, after all, the range of the aircraft is there.
From Changan to Europe, the flight is basically above 10,000 km, except for the c707 long-range model. All other aircraft need to be transferred.
An airlines are not happy to buy long-range aircraft because long-range aircraft carry relatively fewer passengers because they need to load more fuel.
In this case, transit during the voyage becomes inevitable.
Because of understanding this pain point among passengers, Christian had this idea.
"We can build a free port here. A free port centered on the airport, where people can leave the airport at will, and they will surprise you with a series of entertainment and leisure services around the airport."
Listen to the manager Wu Anbang said of the story. "Manager, do you mean we are going to build a city here?" "Yes, we are going to build a city here, a city belonging to an airline."
Christian said, looking at the sea and the deep desert in front of him.
"We use our geographical location to create transportation advantages, namely, aviation hubs and a dreamy mirage, which is a free trade port like Hong Kong Island, and then bring people to consume and work. There will be various duty-free shopping, conference and sales here. , medical tourism services, and the kind of transit trade... In short, everything here can meet the needs of tourists."
Listening Christian there to imagine the future here, Wu Anbang thought about it for a moment He said: "Manager, this is just a desert." "Desert?" Christian said with a smile.
"After proper operation, I believe this will become a consumer city, and this world needs such a city."
"But this is a rental land, you know, nominally it belongs to a space exploration technology company ”
These lands rented in the UK in the name of space exploration are nominally owned by Space Exploration Technology Corporation.
After all, it was the land lease agreement signed by Space Exploration Technology Corporation and the UK.
Wu Anbang thought for a while and said:
“If we want to obtain these lands, we have to reach an agreement with Space Exploration Technology.”
“They will agree that since they can sell the land to the military, they can also sell the land to the military. We."
Although the land is rented, it does not prevent Space Exploration Technology from selling the land to the military. The military can buy it, and of course Borneo Airlines can also buy it.
"When we make this place an aviation hub around the world, in the future...it will become the most prosperous city in the entire Middle East."
After taking a puff of cigarettes, Christian headed towards him Look across from the sea.
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"At that time, the rich people from Iran, Iraq and other Middle Eastern countries will come here and live here and enjoy it.
Not only that, it will even attract European and Asian countries. Rich people, they can get everything they want here."
When listening to the airline executive and his resources imagining the future here, Lin Weichuan not far away was just quiet He looked at them, and then muttered in his heart.
"This bird place? There is sand everywhere. Whoever is crazy will come here."
Many times, some seemingly great ideas are extremely unrealistic to the outside world at the beginning. Because of this, they will shock the whole world when they succeed.
Just now, this small fishing village is just a small fishing village on the southern bank of the Persian Gulf that has not changed in thousands of years.
When a guest from afar is planning his future here, no one can predict his future.
Even when the capital community learned about Christian's plan, it also took a skeptical attitude.
"It is true that just as Christian said, we need an aviation hub, an aviation hub of our own. But..."
In the office of Juye Bank, Sun Longyue said in a relatively calm tone. "It's just an aviation hub, there will be a large airport, there will be hotels and shopping malls in the airport. But it's just an airport."
As a banker, Sun Longyue has grown Industrial Bank a little bit in the past decade.
It is precisely because of his past success that he knows very well what kind of projects the bank should invest in.
In his opinion, this project has no meaning at all.
"Create a city from scratch--"
Walk to the window and look at the city outside the window. Sun Longyue said: "This is a very expensive thing. Not everyone can become the creator of miracles like you.
Some people are always too Arrogant."
Sun Longyue shook his head and chuckled, as if he was watching a joke. Even the tone of his speech was filled with a hint of irony.
Hearing the sarcasm in the tone of the general manager, Wei Changjie said: "General Manager, that is, we will not participate."
"No," >
Shaking his head, Sun Longyue said:
"Of course we have to participate. Borneo Airlines is the largest airline in Asia and is one of the company's core industries. The company will never allow it to have any problems.
Perhaps, this investment is In the future, the financial resources of Prozhou Airlines will be exhausted, but the children will look for parents when they cry.
What are we worried about if there is a company? "
Looking at the bustling city outside the window, my eyes It is full of a certain yearning. Company... Everything outside the window belongs to the company.
This is the company.
They created everything here back then.
Is it possible that someone wants to recreate a miracle in the farther Middle East?
"So we can't not only refuse them, but also participate in providing them with sufficient loans. The funds they need to complete this project are astronomically known and will definitely go through bank loans and to the market Financing.
For us, whether to provide loans or financing channels is a piece of fat.
The opportunity is rare, so how can we miss it? ”
The corners of his mouth raised lightly, Sun Longyue took a sip of a cigar, and then said: "Miracle... Not everyone can create miracles. They want to create miracles, let them go, we just need to eat this fat bite Just meat."
(The end of this chapter)