Our C909 passenger plane, flown in Vietnam for six months, arrived on the 18th of October, and directly returned to "return" people!
I can guess your first reaction: it must be that the plane is not good, the quality is not up to standard, and people look down on it!
During the past six months, two C909s have been running back and forth on Vietnam’s hottest “Hanoi-Quinn-Ho Chi Minh City” route with full load every day. Even Reuters has had to admit that the aircraft has not had any technical or operational failures.
Then the question comes-since the plane is fine, why is it that people refuse to renew the lease?
To put it bluntly, this is a "mismatched marriage"!
Vietjet Air is a well-known low-cost airline in Southeast Asia, and its cost is deep into the bones. But what we offer this time is the "wet rent" mode-not only renting the plane, but also packing the crew and maintenance.
This is like renting a car, but he insists on having a driver, and he is an old master whose monthly salary is twice as high as yours! Can Yue Jie feel comfortable?
First of all, the cost of people.China's passing crew, the salary is almost twice as high as the local Vietnam!
Let's talk about maintenance. Every maintenance has to wait for China teams to deploy across borders, and the plane stays dormant for a long time than Boeing and Airbus. For a low-cost airline like Vietjet where "time is money", it's simply killing me!
Not to mention that the C909 has not yet obtained the European-American airworthiness license. Although they did not know how to bypass this provision and sign the contract six months ago, now it is a time bomb – if something happens, insurance claims can be scratched for six months!
Just a month before the C909 lease expired, Vietjet took delivery of its first Boeing 737 on a high profile. This is good. The problem of tight transportation capacity has been alleviated, and people's waist has become hard. Of course, they don't look down on our "temporary workers".
To be honest, this short-term wet rental contract is an emergency in the aviation industry.
But if you think this is a failure of domestic aircraft, you are very wrong!
Look at the performance of C909 in other countries: in Indonesia, Lingya Airlines is using it very well, and it has opened international routes from Shanghai to Manado; Laos Airlines takes it to fly 8 flight segments every day; Cambodia National Airlines just signed 10 orders not long ago; Even Brunei has revised its laws and regulations to recognize China's airworthiness standards.
What does that mean? There is nothing wrong with the plane itself, but the problem is that this cooperation model is not right!
C909 in Vietnam is not an aircraft can not rent, it is a business model and cost structure problem.It's like you rent a house, the landlord has to pack your furniture for sale, and you feel too expensive not to rent - can you say the house is in danger?
Vietjet Air wants the ultimate cost performance, but what we give is "all-round service". If the two ropes are not twisted together, it is inevitable to break up.
But look at COMAC's debut at the Dubai Air Show next month, which is to harden the Middle East market! There is still a long way to go for domestically produced large aircraft. Can a cooperation not achieve bad mouth? Save it!
Business cooperation is like falling in love. It's too normal to break up if it's not suitable. The key is that our plane is up to speed-it has flown safely for half a year with zero accidents, which is the greatest confidence!
I can guess your first reaction: it must be that the plane is not good, the quality is not up to standard, and people look down on it!
During the past six months, two C909s have been running back and forth on Vietnam’s hottest “Hanoi-Quinn-Ho Chi Minh City” route with full load every day. Even Reuters has had to admit that the aircraft has not had any technical or operational failures.
Then the question comes-since the plane is fine, why is it that people refuse to renew the lease?
To put it bluntly, this is a "mismatched marriage"!
Vietjet Air is a well-known low-cost airline in Southeast Asia, and its cost is deep into the bones. But what we offer this time is the "wet rent" mode-not only renting the plane, but also packing the crew and maintenance.
This is like renting a car, but he insists on having a driver, and he is an old master whose monthly salary is twice as high as yours! Can Yue Jie feel comfortable?
First of all, the cost of people.China's passing crew, the salary is almost twice as high as the local Vietnam!
Let's talk about maintenance. Every maintenance has to wait for China teams to deploy across borders, and the plane stays dormant for a long time than Boeing and Airbus. For a low-cost airline like Vietjet where "time is money", it's simply killing me!
Not to mention that the C909 has not yet obtained the European-American airworthiness license. Although they did not know how to bypass this provision and sign the contract six months ago, now it is a time bomb – if something happens, insurance claims can be scratched for six months!
Just a month before the C909 lease expired, Vietjet took delivery of its first Boeing 737 on a high profile. This is good. The problem of tight transportation capacity has been alleviated, and people's waist has become hard. Of course, they don't look down on our "temporary workers".
To be honest, this short-term wet rental contract is an emergency in the aviation industry.
But if you think this is a failure of domestic aircraft, you are very wrong!
Look at the performance of C909 in other countries: in Indonesia, Lingya Airlines is using it very well, and it has opened international routes from Shanghai to Manado; Laos Airlines takes it to fly 8 flight segments every day; Cambodia National Airlines just signed 10 orders not long ago; Even Brunei has revised its laws and regulations to recognize China's airworthiness standards.
What does that mean? There is nothing wrong with the plane itself, but the problem is that this cooperation model is not right!
C909 in Vietnam is not an aircraft can not rent, it is a business model and cost structure problem.It's like you rent a house, the landlord has to pack your furniture for sale, and you feel too expensive not to rent - can you say the house is in danger?
Vietjet Air wants the ultimate cost performance, but what we give is "all-round service". If the two ropes are not twisted together, it is inevitable to break up.
But look at COMAC's debut at the Dubai Air Show next month, which is to harden the Middle East market! There is still a long way to go for domestically produced large aircraft. Can a cooperation not achieve bad mouth? Save it!
Business cooperation is like falling in love. It's too normal to break up if it's not suitable. The key is that our plane is up to speed-it has flown safely for half a year with zero accidents, which is the greatest confidence!