12306 Selling tickets!Star Alliance "absorb" German Railway: The global "air rail transportation" trend is resurrected

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China Times (chinatimes.net.cn) reporter Wang Xiaoyu Huang Xingli Beijing report

The "air -rail joint transportation", which is not new, has suddenly become a hot topic in the field of transportation recently. An important reason is that starting in August, Star Alliance, the world's largest airlines, ushered in a new member. The 27th member of this Star Alliance has not been a airline, but a German Federal Railway Corporation (DB, hereinafter referred to as "German").

In addition, 12306 also launched a new feature of "Air Railway Union" in August. Through this function, users can choose the right flight and train. Our reporter's actual operation experience learned that at the 12306 mobile client or China Eastern Airlines mobile client, a special entrance of "Air Railway Union Transport" has been set up. When choosing a related travel route, if you cannot pass the railway or flight, Directly, the system will automatically match the connection lines and transit selection of flights and railway flights.

Railway company in the Aviation Alliance

As the first non -airline partner of the Star Alliance, Germany will provide connection services for trains and aircraft routes for passengers of Starry Alliance member airlines in Germany.

Although the model of connecting aircraft and train and even more transportation has a history of more than 40 years, it has previously been more than 40 years of history, but it was more about the business cooperation between airlines and railway companies. Cooperation with the railway company has also created more imagination for this model.

As an innovative cooperation model, the Star Alliance will use the multi -type transport mode to organically connect member airlines with railway, buses, and ferries such as railway, bus, and ferry. According to the plan of the Star Alliance, this is just the beginning, and in the future, similar partnerships will continue to expand.

According to Jeffrey GOH, CEO of the Star Alliance, this is a cooperation that transcends the ecosystem of the airline. This model will provide seamless connections between different transportation methods in the league. You only need a ticket to reach your destination. "

This cooperation is an important member of the Star Alliance, and it is also the German Hansha Airlines, one of the largest airlines in Europe. Hansha Aviation and De Iron have already established a joint transport mode called Airail. During the booking process, you can purchase railway and aviation joint tickets directly. From now on, the other 25 member airlines of the Star Alliance can also realize the train number of Germany's train trains when booking tickets, and can obtain aircraft and train vouchers at the same time when check -in.

Also in July this year, another historic airline Dutch Airlines (hereinafter referred to as "HTA") also announced cooperation with the ThalyS to provide a trial cooperation project of the Amsterdam-Brussels line.

According to the Dutch Hang, it will provide the choice of air -rail couplet on the way to and and from the transfer passenger between the Schikipu International Airport and Brussels in Amsterdam. Number of passengers via railway. Almost all passengers on Shijipu Airport are on this line.

This is actually an important step in the implementation of the Dutch government's "Railway and Aviation Service Action Plan". The operation plan was jointly released by the Dutch Infrastructure and Water Resources Management Department and Amsterdam Shikipu Airport, PRorail, Dutch Airlines, and NS Dutch Railway Company at the end of 2020. The plan clearly stipulates operations and measures to ensure that multinational railway travel becomes a reasonable alternative to air services less than 700 kilometers.

For some time, Dutch HTM has provided passengers who have provided the Thaly high-speed rail (Thalys) to replace the flight to the passengers who have transferred between Brussels-Ski Po to replace the flight. Before the new crown epidemic, 20%-25%(about 36,000 customers) had chosen this way of travel. In addition, Dutch Hangs is working with the NS Dutch Railway Corporation and other European railway companies to explore more high -speed and comfortable railway service solutions to transfer travelers.

The Dutch Airlines said that the current air -rail transportation products launched are very similar to the air -to -air turnover experience. For example, passengers can now check in the entire journey on the Dutch Airlines. The boarding pass is effective for railway services and flights. In addition, Dutch Airways will provide passengers with sufficient travel information. Air rail transportation services also provide passengers with a more sustainable travel option.

The timing is mature under decarburization pressure

In fact, another member of the Star Alliance, Swiss International Airlines, has also cooperated with the Swiss Federal Railway to conduct joint transportation services. In addition, in addition to the cooperation with Hantsha Airlines, Germany also cooperates with other airlines through the important transportation hub Frankfurt Airport in Germany and even Europe to cover the passengers of these airlines with the Frankfurt Airport within the coverage of the railway lines in Germany and the Frankfurt Airport. The connection provides joint services.

The important foundation for achieving this series of cooperation is that the developed railways in the two countries of Germany and Switzerland, as well as the foundation of the water transportation network connected to it, and the core hub airport from the infrastructure construction stage. Design of connection. In fact, many large hub airports in Europe have the basis for carrying out large -scale air -rail transportation from hardware conditions, such as Paris Da Gogho Airport, Munich Airport, Zurich Airport, Copenhagen Airport, and Amsterdam Schipu Airport. There are mature connections including local high -speed railways, intercity railways, and urban rail transit lines and sites. Passengers can travel to the airport or get off the plane to different destinations, regardless of the rail transit. Combination selection.

For the aviation alliance, as airlines have begun to establish unilateral cooperation, or under the impact of regional associations, they have gradually lost their attractiveness. Being able to achieve further in -depth cooperation with the railway is at least in areas like Europe with a developed railway network, which is still quite convenient and attractive for passengers, which has also become a new opportunity for the aviation alliance to continue to maintain a sense of existence.

At the same time, under the pressure of decarburizing in the past two years, although the overall emissions are not high, the aviation industry, which is still "target", also sought a way out in many parties. Especially in some European countries, short -distance routes run by airlines are facing more and more environmental protection pressures, and it has become a trend to handle these short -term railway companies to operate.

The cooperation between Dutch Hangs and the Heroh High -speed Railway actually has this meaning. During the experimental cooperation, Dutch Airlines will reduce a flight operation between Amsterdam and Brussels every day. After joining the Star Alliance, Germany also made it clear that this partnership will make significant contributions to reducing the carbon dioxide emissions of the transportation industry.

12306 Chinese sample

For China, which is promoting the transformation and upgrading of transportation services, the establishment of a three -dimensional transportation method is also an important task for a long time in the future.

In fact, Chinese airlines have also started to explore in the air railway transportation many years ago. Take a flight at the base airport where you are.

However, for a long time, due to the splitting of transportation hub facilities in distribution, many obstacles faced by such explorations. For example, the distance between the railway station and the airport is too far and there is no efficient connection and transfer experience. The Shanghai Hongqiao Hub was put into operation after the reconstruction in 2010. This model of integrated design and construction of high -speed rail stations and airport terminals quickly reflects great value, and it has also made Hongqiao Airport still known as China the best in China. One of the three -dimensional transportation hub.

As the policy level gradually began to recognize the value of the construction of a comprehensive three -dimensional transportation network, China's high -speed high -speed railway network and aviation transportation really ushered in the opportunity.

In June 2018, the Ministry of Transport formulated the "Three -year Action Plan for the Three -year Action Plan for the Three -year Action Plan for the Three -year Action Plan for the New Socialist State of Modernization (2018-2020)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan"), from Deepen the supply -side reform of transportation, build a modern transportation system for high -quality construction, build a traffic innovation system for high -level construction, and build a traffic safety system for the construction of the "13th Five -Year Plan".

The "Plan" clearly states that in terms of promoting the transformation and upgrading of transportation services, my country will promote the construction of cross -transportation systems, and promote the "one vote to the end" and "luggage direct" of aviation and urban rails and high -speed rail. Coordinate the development of railways, highways, aviation transportation organizations, line connections, and service products to provide high -quality intercity passenger transport services. Promote the reasonable development of urban rail transit and urban rapid public transport systems, promote the extension of urban bus lines to town villages according to local conditions, and promote the integration of transportation and tourism.

Since then, whether it is the reform and expansion of the old airport or the construction of a new aviation hub, it has begun to use the connection between it with railway and urban rail transit as an important evaluation indicator. As the two most heavyweight hub airports that have been built in China in recent years, Beijing Daxing International Airport and Chengdu Tianfu International Airport have achieved some important railway arteries lines. It also laid the foundation for the large -scale implementation of air -rail transportation.

In 2020, China National Railway Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "National Railway Group") and China Oriental Airlines Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "China Eastern Airlines Group") air -rail transportation project was launched in Shanghai. Railway 12306 and Oriental Airlines were on mobile clients on mobile clients Comprehensively realize system docking and jointly sell air -rail transportation products, marking the substantial pace of my country's air -rail transportation.

According to the latest data just released by 12306, the cooperation between the National Railway Group and China Eastern Airlines Group has covered 38 cities and nearly 800 stations.

This system -level integration is of great significance for couplet transportation cooperation. The air -rail joint transport will further use the high -speed rail network and China Eastern Airlines route network to form an international and domestic linkage network products.Multi -type transportation, establish a "aviation+railway" ecosystem.The "air -rail combined transportation" products characterized by "aircraft+high -speed rail" and "one order" are widely used, and the combination of travel models becoming more and more convenient, which not only drives the improvement of the comprehensive transportation hubThe "more convenient" travel experience, more comprehensive transportation network, a better travel experience, and strive to create a model of "air -rail combined transportation".Editor -in -chief: Editor -in -chief Huang Xingli: Han Feng

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