What does it feel like to play such a "flying" flight once in just 40 minutes? Can flying to Guilin really shorten the time compared with other modes of transportation? In addition, is the service and safety of regional flights satisfactory? Yesterday, as the only reporter of Guangxi media, our reporter was allowed to interview randomly, so as to make an experience in advance for the passengers who want to fly from Nanning to Guilin in the future.
At 9: 30, Nanning Wuxu Airport was drizzling and cloudy. But this did not affect the departure of flight G52645 from Nanning to Guilin. The CRJ-200 aircraft carrying out the mission slipped out of the airport and took off immediately. Finally, slowly climb to an altitude of 7000 meters and sail at a speed of 800 km/h.
In China, most regional flights are small planes. CRJ-200 is also a small plane. The reporter saw in the engine room that this kind of plane has only 50 seats. All seats are divided into two rows, each with two seats, which is very similar to the internal arrangement of the through train. In addition, the aircraft are ordinary cabins and are not equipped with audio-visual equipment.
Because of the short distance, the reporter felt that as soon as he sat in his seat, the flight attendant began to remind the passengers on board that he would land in Guilin in 15 minutes and began to broadcast the temperature in Guilin. 10: 05, the flight attendant announced that the plane was ready to land; 10: 1 1, after the plane landed at Guilin Liangjiang Airport, airport personnel immediately guided passengers to board the airport vehicles and quickly left the airport runway.
From takeoff to landing, the whole journey feels like taking a short-distance express train, and passengers who want to sleep will arrive without sleeping.
Ship-wide service
But there is no lunch.
In such a short flight, the time between take-off and landing is very short, will this reduce the safety of flight? Crew member Changjiang Hao told reporters that the-200 passenger plane is the modern regional aircraft with the highest market share in the aviation market, and more than 30 domestic regional aircraft have been opened. In addition, taking off and landing in such a time is technically mature. However, short-distance flights put forward higher requirements for the weather and need better cooperation from ground airports.
The reporter found that during the trip, the services obtained by taking the regional flights were basically complete, and the necessary facilities such as toilets were readily available. The crew on board includes three crew members, a flight attendant and a flight attendant in charge of safety. Before the plane took off, the stewardess began to explain the common sense of aviation safety to the passengers and gave a simple demonstration according to the usual practice.
Shortly after liftoff, the only stewardess began to distribute a pack of facial tissues, a pack of snacks and a bottle of pure water to each passenger. As for the plane meals provided by ordinary planes, flight attendants told reporters that because the flight from Nanning to Guilin is too short, there is no time for meals, so the plane does not provide plane meals, but only snacks and water.
Fare 580 yuan
Does "flying" save time?
The reporter learned that according to the airline's quotation, excluding airport construction fee and fuel surcharge, the current ticket price of Nanning-Guilin flight is 580 yuan/person. Ticket agencies in Nanning and Guilin have started to sell tickets.
I heard that the Nanning-Guilin flight was opened, and many passengers showed great interest. Many people think that the price of air tickets in 580 yuan is still higher than that of intercity trains and express trains. They are all willing to fly if the price can come down.
However, Han Ting, aviation manager of China Airlines, said that 580 yuan is full price, and if you book tickets in advance, you can get a discount. At present, the lowest discount can reach 50%, ***290 yuan, plus tens of yuan of airport construction fee and fuel surcharge, more than 300 yuan will do. He also said that the company will adjust the ticket price according to market demand and off-season, and the price may come down.
Some passengers also have doubts about whether flying to Guilin can shorten the journey time. Miss Liang, who works in an advertising company in Guilin, said that because of her business relationship, she often travels between Nanning and Guilin. At present, it takes more than four hours to take a direct express train or intercity train between the two places, and even less by car. If you fly, it will take a long time to get to and from the airport, which is actually not time-saving.
According to the reporter's experience that day, it takes 40 minutes from Nanning to Wuxu Airport and 20 minutes from Liangjiang Airport to Guilin by airport bus. Plus the 40-minute flight, it takes 1 hour and 40 minutes to fly from Nanning to Guilin, excluding the airport stay time. Obviously, the time spent on the road is far more than the flight time.
Aviation wrestling
Watch regional flights
The reporter found that the background of the resumption of regional flights is the wrestling of airlines. Last year alone, six airlines including Huaxia and Jixiang entered the Guangxi market. A related person from Guangxi Airport Management Group said that Guangxi has become a hot spot for domestic airlines to seize the beach. In 2006, Guangxi Airport Group opened 26 new routes and resumed 7 flights. China Airlines is the first to enter the regional aviation market in Guangxi. Will other airlines keep up?
Some big airlines are cautious about this and are on the sidelines. On the afternoon of April 8, the person in charge of Guangxi Branch of China Southern Airlines, which has the largest aviation market share in Guangxi, said that China Southern Airlines had also opened a flight from Nanning to Guilin before, but it was later cancelled because the passenger flow could not keep up. They will pay close attention to market changes and set foot in feeder lines when necessary.
In China, the loss of regional flights is an indisputable fact. How to ensure the customers and profits of regional flights from Nanning to Guilin, and not repeat the mistake of grounding?
Han Ting, aviation manager of Huaxia Airlines, said that with the development of the market, the price of air tickets will gradually decrease. The situation that the airport is too far away from the urban area will gradually improve. They are also negotiating with the airport at present, hoping to open more convenient and fast customs clearance channels. He said that the company is psychologically prepared to enter the regional aviation market in Guangxi, and it must be very difficult at first. However, the Guangxi regional airlines they want to occupy is a blank market. He believes that after the market cultivation and the in-depth construction of Guangxi ASEAN bridgehead, there will be more and more official and business guests in Guangxi.
The reporter learned that in order to ensure the source of tourists, some airlines adopt the strategy of "flying together at several points" inside and outside the region. For example, the "awakening" of the Nanning-Ho Chi Minh international route is actually a section of the Beijing-Ho Chi Minh route. The Nanning-Guilin route opened this time also extends to Hefei. This is more conducive to increasing the number of tourists.
The relevant person in charge of an airline also believes that Guangxi and Nanning, as emerging markets, have great potential, and the number of business and sightseeing tourists is increasing year by year. If airlines don't enter early, they will operate new routes and wait for other competitors to beat them.
Planning "One Axis and Two Rings"
Construction of Regional Route Network in Guangxi
Although there are doubts, in the future, more and more regional planes in Guangxi will become a reality, and many cities in Guangxi will realize round-trip flights.
It is reported that in the near future, China Airlines will also open regional routes from Nanning to Wuzhou, Guilin to Liping and Guiyang to Liuzhou. Hainan Airlines also started to operate the branch line from Baise to Guangzhou at Baise Airport.
Liang Jitian, director of the planning and operation department of Guangxi Airport Group, told the reporter that according to the deployment of the autonomous region, the initiative of enterprises to open regional flights is in line with Guangxi's strategy of vigorously developing regional aviation. He said that according to the plan, Guangxi will build a regional "one axis and two rings" regional route network. "One axis and two rings" refers to the Guilin-Beihai route as the central axis, and Guilin-Wuzhou-Nanning and Guilin-Baise-Beihai as the two rings. With the continuous improvement of feeder routes, it will change the pattern of plane traffic in the region and form a new pattern of three-dimensional traffic in the region.
He also said that Guangxi Airport will actively introduce more airlines, and they are speeding up the formulation of supporting facilities for the development of regional flights, providing preferential policies, reducing related costs and encouraging airlines to open more regional flights. Some airports will open related fast lanes to minimize the stay time of passengers on regional flights at the airport, so that air traffic can play a convenient and fast role.