Joining Sichuan Airlines starts with rescuing the captain of a powerful country

Chapter 56 On the second day of the May Day holiday, a new voyage is about to begin

The May Day holiday plus the weekend is a total of 5 days.

5 days.

It is estimated that hundreds of millions of people across the country have returned to their hometowns, visited relatives and friends, and traveled.

Such a huge amount of flow.

That is to say, Xia State's infrastructure is relatively complete, with high-speed networks extending in all directions, and the reach of passenger high-speed railways has extended to 70 to 80 percent of counties across the country.

In other words, the development of the air transport industry lags slightly behind.

However, Xia's air transportation industry is not far behind compared to ordinary developed countries.

It is precisely because of the complete infrastructure that it can support the flow of hundreds of millions of people.

The May Day holiday is not the busiest time for Xia's public transportation industry. The real horror will be during the Spring Festival travel period around the Spring Festival.

In just a few months, the number of people traveling through the above traffic has exceeded tens of billions.

The number of passengers traveling on passenger trains and high-speed rail alone can reach billions.

Apart from Xia State, no other country can achieve the movement of tens of billions of people in such a short period of time.

Forehead!
  It is estimated that the whole world combined will not be able to move tens of billions of people in just a few months.

It is precisely because of Xia's vast land, rich resources, dense population, and booming economy that the above wonders were born.

However, large-scale population movement will put a certain amount of pressure on public transportation, but it is also the best opportunity for major transportation companies and public transportation employees to make money.

Especially the major airlines.

Just make money during the 'May Day' holiday, the 'National Day' holiday, the 'Spring Festival' and other holidays.

Take Sichuan Airlines as an example.

Normally, an economy class ticket to Chengdu Flying Magic City is around 2 to 3 yuan after discounting (% to % off). However, there is no discount on holiday tickets, so you can only buy the full ticket, and the price is fully to yuan at the usual price.

But even so.

Still full.

Many people even want to buy it but can't.

Therefore, every holiday is a "taotie event" for major airlines.

If they don’t seize the opportunity to make a killing during the holidays, the major airlines will have a tough time all year long.

Not to mention profits, even if there is no huge loss, it can be regarded as a good leadership by the senior management.

So even though Lu Qingzhou arrived at Tianfu International Airport at 7 or 8 o'clock last night, he was still dispatched by the company to carry out the next flight on May 2nd.

It wasn't just Lu Qingzhou who was spinning his wheels.

So did other flight attendants and pilots.

So every holiday is their busiest time.

During every holiday, major airlines treat women as men and men as livestock.

It's 10 o'clock sharp in the morning.

Lu Qingzhou woke up to the sound of an alarm bell.

He is still dispatched by the company today.

Flight number 3u7758.
  The route departs from Chengdu Tianfu International Airport at 8:30 p.m., stops at Xinzhou Airport in Bozhou City, Qianzhou Province, and then arrives at Baiyun Airport in Yangcheng at : p.m.

At 3:7 a.m. on the rd, we took off from Baiyun International Airport again, stopped at Xinzhou Airport, and returned to Xingtianfu International Airport.

It takes 5 and a half hours one way.

It stands to reason.

The straight-line distance between Chengdu and Yangcheng is only more than a thousand kilometers. If the plane flies at full speed, it will only take more than an hour to reach the destination.

But the flight actually took 5 and a half hours.

the reason is simple.

During the direct flight, this flight needs to stop at Bozhou Xinzhou Airport.

Frequent flyers know that when purchasing air tickets for short and medium-haul flights, you must not purchase tickets with stops or transfers, but must purchase direct air tickets.

Because of the stopover and transfer, you need to land at the intermediate airport, pick up and disembark passengers, and even refuel and perform maintenance before taking off again to the destination.

Not only is it time-consuming and labor-intensive, sometimes the air tickets are even more expensive.

Therefore, stopover and transfer tickets are generally cross-border/intercontinental tickets. So what do direct, stopover and transfer mean respectively? ?
  Direct is easy to understand.

Take off at airport a and land at airport b.

For stops and transfers, the flight takes off at airport a, lands at airport b/c/d, takes off again, and lands at the destination airport.

However, although stopovers and transfers both land at intermediate airports on the way, there is a big difference between the two.

There are three main differences between flight stops and transfers: 1. Do you want to change planes? Stopover flights do not require changing planes, only refueling the plane or letting passengers board and disembark. And connecting flights require changing planes.

2. Do I need to get off the plane? You don't have to get off the plane during a stop. Even if you do, you have to go to the terminal and don't need to go out of the security check area. For connecting flights, you need to get off the plane and go through the transfer channel to wait for the next flight to which you want to connect.

3. Is it a flight number? Stopping flights have one flight number, while connecting flights generally have two flight numbers. There will be at least two different flight numbers on the ticket for the connecting flight, which means that at least two aircraft will complete the transportation task. For stopover flights, there is only one flight number, which means there is only one aircraft carrying the shipment from start to finish.

If you look at the time cost alone.

Direct flights save the most time and effort, followed by flights with stops, and connecting flights the least.

However, most domestic short- and medium-haul flights are direct or stopover flights, while connecting flights are mainly common on cross-border/intercontinental routes.

After all, cross-border/intercontinental routes are often tens of thousands of kilometers long.

Even if the pilot can handle it, sometimes the plane can't.

Flight 3u7758 is a stopover flight.

As soon as the alarm clock on the bedside table rang, Lu Qingzhou immediately opened his eyes and woke up from his sleep.

It was already 3: in the morning when he got home last night.

I slept from 3 a.m. to 10 a.m., not even 7 hours of sleep.

So although Lu Qingzhou woke up, his soul was still stuck to the bed.

Young people are the most lethargic.

After yawning several times, he slowly sat up from the bed.

After being confused for a while, I dragged my tired body into the bathroom.

After taking a cold shower, Lu Qingzhou felt that he was completely awake.

I had a hasty breakfast, changed my clothes, and got my ID badge.

Because I was going to stay overnight in a hotel at Yangcheng Baiyun Airport, I put some toiletries into the flight case.

I grabbed my phone and hurried out the door.

By the time he arrived at the Sichuan Airlines headquarters, it was almost 11 o'clock in the morning.

"Good morning, Captain Qingzhou," the young lady at the front desk greeted Lu Qingzhou warmly.

Lu Qingzhou also nodded to others.

"Captain Qingzhou, are you going to treat us to wedding candies someday!?"

Just as Lu Qingzhou was about to leave, the other party joked again with a smile.

Eat wedding candy? !

What the hell.

Lu Qingzhou was confused.

But he still smiled and replied, "As soon as I find your sister-in-law, I will treat you to wedding candy as soon as possible."

"Hey, sister-in-law, haven't you found her already? You still want to hide it from me, are you afraid that I'll be sad? Don't worry, I can afford it and I won't cry just because you have found a girlfriend. Yes." The lady at the front desk joked.

Monk Lu Qingzhou was confused.

What a mess.

When did I find a girlfriend? !

He was about to ask when his cell phone suddenly rang.

Lu Qingzhou picked up his phone and took a look.

It was 'Zhou Bapi' who called me.

After making a 'silence' gesture to the young lady at the front desk, he dialed the phone.

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