My Italian: Chapter 504 Alitalia\'s ambition

Milan is the most prosperous city in Italy and the transportation hub in northern Italy. The bustling metropolis and convenient transportation make Milanese well-informed. But this year, the well-informed Milanese were also shocked, because Alitalia was established in Milan.

Some people may ask, why is the establishment of an airline so shocking?

I'm sorry, I didn't make it clear. What shocked the people of Milan was not the first airline in the world to use the sky for cargo and passenger transportation, but the transportation tool they used, the rigid airship. When these 100-meter-long big guys slowly float over a thousand meters above your head in the sky, the shock they bring is simply beyond words.

That's right, Alitalia's current vehicle for carrying out transportation missions is an airship, and currently only the hard airship developed by Earl Zeppelin is capable of commercial aviation. Compared with the current aircraft that can only be games of the brave, although the hard airship appeared later, its commercial value is more valued in this era.

Take Alitalia's existing four airships as an example, the smallest ZL5 airship has a length of 112 meters, a diameter of 7.9 meters, a dead weight of 48 tons, and an available lift of 21 tons. Equipped with two 600-horsepower VL2 in-line engines, the engines were developed by the Milan Power Laboratory and can drive the airship to a speed of 55 kilometers per hour.

Although the speed of the airship is not as fast as that of an airplane, the two are not at the same level in terms of load capacity. It is also for this reason that the airship is already available and can be commercially operated immediately. And Alitalia, as the first person to eat crabs, of course also made a lot of money.

Except for the time of maintenance and warranty, the three rigid airships basically carry out passenger and cargo transportation outside, and now they mainly carry out passenger transportation. After all, everyone has a dream of flying. If you can spend one or two hundred pounds for an air travel, I think no one can refuse this temptation. And compared with dangerous airplanes, airships are much safer.

At present, Alitalia has developed domestic air routes in Milan, Rome, Naples and other places. Of course, in addition to domestic routes, it has also developed many foreign routes, such as Berlin, Vienna, Paris and London. Everywhere he went, he could attract local people to watch the airship. It seemed that people's enthusiasm for this kind of flying big guy was very high.

And in view of the booming business of the airline company, of course the executives of the airline company couldn't sit still. If they didn't take advantage of such a good opportunity to continue to expand the number of airships of the airline company, they would be ashamed of the generous salaries the executives received.

"General Manager, people from Savoy Bank are here. They are in the reception room."

In the office of general manager Alman, the secretary knocked on the door to inform him of the news.

"Okay, I see, this is over."

Wearing a set of ironed, straight and expensive suit, Alman put the work in his hand, picked up a document and walked towards the reception room.

"Hello, General Manager Alman."

"Hello, President Seidel."

Seidel, president of the Milan branch of Savoy Bank, brought the branch's credit manager to meet him.

"President Seidel, this is the business situation of our company in the past three months, you can take a look first."

Arman, the general manager of the airline, handed the documents he was carrying with him to President Seidel, who then handed it to the credit manager.

"Look at it casually, although our company has only been established for less than a year, we can see from the income statement that our company is in a good financial situation. If the price of the airship is not too expensive, our company would not have thought of asking your bank for a loan..."

President Seidel listened to Alman's narration, he actually knew Alitalia very well.

Although the company has been established for a short time, and the capital is not too strong, it is only 15 million lire. But if you look at its shareholders, the Italian government invested 45%, the royal family invested 25%, and others invested 30%.

It is precisely because of this that Alitalia has set up landing sites in the suburbs of several major cities in China so smoothly. In addition, the establishment of landing sites abroad has also been facilitated by other countries.

The information was checked very quickly. After reading the information, the credit manager of Savoy Bank nodded to the president Seidel to express his approval of the information.

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However, although the content of the information is approved, there are some things that President Seidel must ask in person. After all, the loan amount applied by Alitalia this time is a bit large. If it weren't for the secret telegram from the head office that could help Alitalia, he might not dare to accept the company's loan application. Fifty million lire is his usual Get the biggest loan ever.

"Mr. Alman, your company applied for a loan of 50 million lire from our bank, which is not a small amount. For the safety of this loan, I hope to hear how your company uses this loan."

Facing President Seidel's question, Alman smiled slightly. "Actually, even if you don't ask me, I will tell you. The reason why Alitalia borrowed such a large amount of money is because we are optimistic about the future of air transportation."

Speaking of which, Arman took out a world map with already drawn lines and continued. "At present, Alitalia has opened up many air routes, such as the Central European air route from Rome to Milan, Vienna to Berlin, and the Western European air route from Rome to Turin, Paris, and London. However, in view of the current shortage of airships, our company We are planning to borrow 23 million lire for the purchase of 7 medium and large airships to fix these aviation routes. Another 4 million lire will be used to open up aviation stations in various cities for the docking of airships and maintenance work.”

After finishing speaking, Arman looked at the two longest lines on the map with a pious expression and said. "The remaining 23 million lire will be used by our company to build two super-large airships for ultra-long-range shipping missions. The trans-Atlantic route between North and South America is the focus of our next phase of Alitalia."

If you want to ask which ocean-going sea route is the busiest at present, you don’t need to think too much about it. The sea route between North America and Europe is the busiest. There are not too many people who travel from Europe to North America to make a living, and there are people from North America who come to Europe to study and do business. Not too much, and the demand across the Atlantic Ocean on both sides has also given birth to the busiest sea route at present.

At present, the blue ribbon award for the fastest sailing across the North Atlantic has been broken one after another, which is the embodiment of the busy route. It is also very reasonable for Alitalia to want to have a foot in it. After all, airships must be faster than ships, and the feeling of the sky is comparable to that of the sea. Therefore, the two super-large airships carrying Alitalia's dream of intercontinental routes are the tasks that must be built.

As for the South American route, there is no need to mention it. One more thing, at present, the maritime shipping from South America to Europe is still dominated by large sailing ships.

There is no mistake, South America is still using such primitive power as wind power when ships are not only using coal to upgrade to fuel oil.

That's right, that's the truth, because there is a very intuitive problem at present, that is, South America is too far away, and there is a lack of supply points along the way. It is difficult for coal-fired ships to cross the distance between Africa and South America at one time. distance. There is also a rather economical reason, that is, the lack of coal in South America and the lack of thermal coal for ships to burn.

Some people may say, can't we go north first, go to North America and then go to Europe?

This is also possible, but the shipping price is too high, definitely much higher than sailing ships. With that kind of effort, it would be better to build a ship to carry a large amount of coal. It is estimated that this is much more cost-effective than taking the North American route.

And Alitalia's intention to open up South American routes is also obvious, that is to make it easier for the rich and powerful in South America to travel to and from Europe for exchanges.

Although Arman didn't say how to open up the American route, President Seidel knew the prospect of opening up the route. He stood up and stretched out his hand, and said.

"Mr. Alman, you have convinced me. It is hard for me to imagine the profits and prestige that your company will bring if you open up the American route. And if I don't lend you a loan, I must regret it."

When President Seidl agreed to lend ~www.mtlnovel.com~ Arman also had a smile on his face. "President Seidel, trust me, this is the smartest decision you've ever made. Alitalia, you won't let anyone down."

"I believe too."

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After sending the bankers away, Arman immediately picked up the phone and ordered. "Now send a telegram to Zeppelin and the big guys can start building."

Arman's order was quickly transmitted to Zeppelin in Germany by telegram. As the founder of the company and inventor of the rigid airship, Count Zeppelin took Alitalia's order very seriously. After all, the price of a rigid airship is too high. His company currently has two or three orders from the government and the military, and the other orders are from Alitalia.

Not to mention that there are nine ships in Italy this time, and two of them are big guys over 200 meters in length. No matter what, the order needs to be completed beautifully.

So after receiving the telegram, Earl Zeppelin rarely spoke to the people present with excitement. "Everyone, we're going to have a big fight!"

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