The Rise Of Australasia - Chapter 374

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The day after the banquet, which was May 22nd, 1912, Australasia announced the establishment of the Royal Aeronautical Machinery Manufacturing Company and officially started selling airships to the outside world.

In addition, the Australasian Royal Airship Company also was established and would set up a global route before the start of the Olympic Games to facilitate athletes from all over the world to travel to Australasia.

This decision immediately made the concept of an airship company eagerly anticipated by many people in Europe and America, and also made the Sydney Olympics even more popular.

Think about it, even if you don’t get a good ranking in the games, you can still experience a round-the-world airship journey, which doesn’t seem like a bad deal.

After all, Australasia has declared that during the Sydney Olympic Games, airship tickets for athletes from all over the world to travel to Australasia will be free.

For many countries, this is quite generous. After all, a country’s athletes can easily number in the tens or even hundreds.

If calculated based on current ticket prices, a round-trip airship ticket would cost at least tens of thousands of pounds, which is not a small expense for the sports departments and associations of various countries.

Being able to travel for free made many countries more enthusiastic about participating in the Olympic Games.

Anyway, it doesn’t take long to travel to Australasia by airship. After Australasia announced the airship schedules, several countries temporarily chose to register for the Olympics.

For Arthur, this is good news. If all goes well, the number of countries and regions participating in the Sydney Olympic Games will exceed 30, and the number of athletes participating in the Olympics will reach a terrifying figure of more than 3,500.

This scale not only far exceeds the London Olympics four years ago, but also significantly surpasses the Stockholm Games in the original history.

As for the cost of transporting these athletes, it is actually not much for Australasia.

After all, Australasia’s airship company can enjoy the cost price of the airships, and using these athletes and the Olympic Games can in turn advertise the airships and the airline company, making this a win-win situation.

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Anyway, Arthur had previously promised to bear all the travel expenses of the participating athletes, and provide free accommodation and food for the athletes in Sydney, all to make the Sydney Olympic Games more famous.

It’s just a matter of changing ships to airships, which not only greatly saves time for athletes to travel to Australasia, but the changes in travel expenses should not be too significant.

After all, insiders know the ins and outs of the airship. The reason why the ticket price is expensive is due to the popularity of this world tour and the novelty of the airship as a new type of transportation.

The cost of an airship traveling around the world, including all expenses, should be around ten thousand pounds.

Even if the various services and food and drinks on the airship are not taken into account, calculating the ticket price alone, 58 seats with an average price of 172 pounds per person would be enough for the airline company to break even.

By that calculation, even if all athletes travel on free airships, the cost price of two round trips is just over a million pounds, which can be earned back by selling dozens more airships.

Furthermore, as the airline’s business gradually flourishes, the profits from the airline alone will be enough to cover these costs.

It should be noted that those who can currently afford airship tickets are basically the rich and powerful classes of various countries.

For these classes, a ticket price of thousands of pounds for an airship is nothing, and efficiency and comfort are their top priorities.

And riding an airship is definitely much faster than a ship, and its comfort far exceeds that of a ship.

This means that as long as safety is ensured, the airline company focusing on airships will be the main competitor in the global travel business for years or even more than a decade to come.

The huge capital and nobility from all over the world will make numerous airline companies earn lots of money in the aviation industry.

Of course, as the provider of airships, Australasia will definitely earn the most money.

Before other countries and companies can provide airships with performance comparable to the AU-3, Australasia will be the arbitrator of the aviation business and the absolute leader of global aviation companies.

In fact, it is foreseeable that major European and American countries will definitely catch up with Australasia rapidly in terms of airship capabilities.

Not to mention ordinary powers, top powers like Britain and Germany can catch up with Australasia in airship technology in just a few years, which is not a difficult task.

This means that the profits of the airship industry in Australasia can only last for one or two years, and then they will face fierce competition from Europe and the United States.

However, this development is actually within Arthur’s expectations and estimates.

Keep in mind, it is not that easy and safe for airships to travel around the world. If airships were really that convenient and safe, they would have replaced airplanes as the mainstream means of aviation in history.

The famous Hindenburg incident in history dealt a devastating blow to the once booming airship industry.

The airships in this era developed even faster than those in history, and it is uncertain whether the Hindenburg incident would happen during one of those global flights.

Withdrawing from the airship aviation business in advance would actually be a good thing for Australasia.

After all, if an event similar to the Hindenburg disaster occurred, not only would there be large compensation payments, but the government and airlines would also face damage to their reputations.

Especially since the royal family is involved in Australasia’s airlines and airship companies, a mishap could potentially damage the prestige of the royal family.

Perhaps the benefits and value demonstrated by airships have captivated European and American capitalists. In any case, on the second day at the Aeronautical Research Institute, Director Theodore and European and American capitalists signed airship orders totaling hundreds of airships, with each airship costing as much as 75,200 pounds, making the total value of all orders more than 8 million pounds.

A preliminary estimate suggests that the pure profit from these orders is around 4 million pounds, which is equivalent to two super dreadnoughts.

From this perspective, Arthur’s plan for a global voyage and to cover athletes’ travel expenses seems like a drop in the bucket.

After all, hundreds of airships can’t meet the global demands for aviation. According to Director Theodore’s estimate, only when there are thousands of airships can the world’s aviation demand be considered saturated.

However, airships can be damaged, and with inspection, maintenance, and the replacement of various parts, the Aeronautical Research Institute will not lack income in the coming years.

Adding in Australasia’s own airline companies, it is likely that the annual revenue from aviation will exceed tens of millions of Australian dollars.

After this global voyage, both governments and capitalists of various countries have seen the usefulness and value of airships.

In the civilian sector, airships will become the fastest means of transportation, and perhaps even the most popular and trusted method of global travel among people.

Although airship tickets are indeed not cheap, only the affluent can freely travel to other countries nowadays.

These people are either rich or noble, and their spending power is much higher than that of the common people in developed countries.

In the military sector, the potential of airships currently on display is even more substantial.

This is an aerial transportation tool that can reach any part of the world. For any country, this is a potential threat.

Keep in mind there are no satellites now, and people can only detect enemy attacks through the naked eye.

This creates favorable conditions for airship sneak attacks, and no country can guarantee that every inch of its territory will not be attacked by an airship.

Whether it’s for transporting strategic supplies or soldiers, airships’ speed and efficiency are worth noting.

Even as a standalone weapon, airships can carry bombs weighing in the tens of tons, posing a serious threat to ground troops and facilities.

Starting at the end of May, European and American countries have announced a new round of airship research and construction.

The British government has urgently allocated funds to domestic airship research institutions and companies, reportedly investing at least two million pounds in airship research.

Germany has not lagged behind. As the largest and most advanced airship manufacturer in the country, Zeppelin Airship has received support from the German government, obtaining funds.

According to German sources, Nicholas II has also approved airship development plans within Russia Nation, with an investment exceeding 500,000 pounds

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The United States, on the other hand, has generously funded multiple domestic airship companies, with aid exceeding 30 million dollars.

In addition, with numerous American capitalists, it is expected that in the next few years, American airship manufacturing companies will emerge like mushrooms after rain.

Even the Island Nation, which has lost British support, tightened their belts under the emperor’s call and accumulated 2 million yen to purchase airships and invest in research.

Several European powers, including France, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and Italy, also have their own airship purchasing and research plans.

In a short period, the importance of airships in both civilian and military fields has become unparalleled and has been valued by countries worldwide.

Among all the countries determined to invest in airship research, the wealthiest should be the United States.

The U.S. military has contacted several domestic airship manufacturers, proposing their airship procurement plan.

The U.S. military is demanding an airship with a carrying capacity of at least 20 tons and capable of completing a global journey.

The U.S. military has put out the message that if any airship company meets this requirement, they will purchase at least fifty airships and establish a long-term partnership with the airship company.

This is not a small sum. Referring to the price of Australasian airships, fifty airships would be worth more than 4 million pounds, with at least a quarter being pure profit.

That is to say, as long as the requirements of the U.S. military are met, a profit of 1 million pounds can be obtained, which is equivalent to 5 million dollars. This is certainly not a small number.

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