Recently, Ankai A9 high-end passenger buses were delivered in batches to Fujian Tianma International Travel Transportation Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Tianma International Travel"). The departure ceremony was held in Hefei city. The vehicles are equipped with Emission National VI （equal to Euro VI）engines and are the first batch of National VI-powered high-end passenger buses of Tianma International Travel. 

The delivery of this batch of vehicles is not only another fruit of Ankai’s deep cultivation of the tourist passenger transport market, but also an important move by Tianma International Travel to deploy its high-end tourist transport market with a forward-looking vision and high-quality products. With the addition of these A9s, the transportation capacity and service quality of Tianma International Travel will be further improved, and it will help Tianma International Travel to deeply cultivate the tourism passenger transportation industry to achieve transformation and new development.

Seeking opportunities in crisis: First layout of the National VI high-end tourist passenger transport market

In recent years, China's tourism industry has developed rapidly, and people's demand for tourism has also shown high-quality, diversified, and personalized development characteristics. However, due to the impact of the epidemic in 2020, China's tourist passenger transport market was severely impacted, and tourist passenger transport companies faced greater operating pressure, and many companies had even begun to reduce procurement costs in order to survive.

As the largest professional tourism passenger transport company in Quanzhou city and the most influential in Fujian Province, Tianma International Travel has been deeply involved in the market for many years and has maintained a keen sense of smell and a forward-looking layout. In response to the current pressure and high-quality demand in the tourist passenger transport market, Wang Bingkui,general manager of Tianma International Tourism ,believes that the more difficult the market environment, the more it is necessary to create a "blood path" by improving quality.

He said, ‘The epidemic will not be completely over in a short time, but under the background of normalization of epidemic prevention and control, the market will have higher and higher requirements on quality and service standards. Therefore, it is necessary to improve the quality of vehicles and service to emphasize the travel experience of tourists.’ And the ‘early adopters’ Ankai A9 equipped with National Sixth Power is the result of careful consideration and long-term layout of Tianma International Travel.

As Ankai’s leading work in the field of luxury buses, A9 integrates the world's leading bus technology and has a reputation in the industry. It not only continuously serves many national major events such as the National Two Conferences and the ‘Belt and Road’ summit forum, but also more than 1,200 units of this model have been exported successfully to Saudi Arabia, which has become Saudi Arabia's largest number of high-end passenger buses, setting a model for Chinese buses to go global.

According to national policy, on July 1, 2021, China's large passenger buses will implement the National VI emission standards. Tianma International Travel is the first to deploy the National VI tourist passenger transport market. Its purpose is to promote the upgrade of tourist passenger transport emissions with higher emission standards, to improve the travel experience of tourists with more environmentally friendly and green travel, and to provide higher-quality tourist buses to improve the quality and efficiency of tourism development of the whole province of Fujian.

Quality wins: work together for more than 20 years to create a better future for tourism

In fact, Tianma International Travel has always been adhering to the development concept of quality winning, and the undertaking business mainly focuses on high-end tourist passenger transport, group chartered buses and high-end conference receptions. It has cooperated with Ankai Bus as early as the 1990s. From the early Ankai's Kassborer series luxury buses, to the later K06D, K40D, A8 and Best K7, to the current A9, Ankai has become the absolute main operating force of Tianma International Travel. Currently, Tianma International Travel has more than 300 luxury coaches, of which Ankai coaches account for more than 70%.

The deployment of the National VI high-end passenger bus to the future passenger transport market is also based on the high recognition of the Ankai Bus brand and product quality. Wang Bingkui said bluntly, ‘Ankai has always focused on the development and construction of high-end passenger buses, and the after-sales service is professional, thoughtful and timely. We have no worries after use, which is in line with our development philosophy.’

It is reported that before the vehicle purchase, Tianma International Travel conducted in-depth research and understanding, and personally tried the test drive and experienced Ankai A9. Wang Bingkui said,  ‘Ankai A9 is not only beautiful and magnificent, but also powerful, with high ride comfort and low noise.’

Ankai A9 absorbs European aesthetics and craftsmanship. The overall style is elegant and atmospheric, and various curved surface transitions not only make the vehicle shape round and full, but also effectively reduce wind resistance and wind noise, so that the vehicle has better power and economy. The whole vehicle adopts a monocoque patented body and front collision protection structure, which can ensure the strength of the body and the overall force to the greatest extent, and greatly improve the safety of the vehicle. At the same time, the weight is about 8% lighter than similar models, plus the elaboration of Euro VI gold power chain, the comprehensive fuel consumption per 100 kilometers of the vehicle is 5% lower than that of similar products, which can effectively save users' operating costs.

In terms of comfort, A9 is equipped with Ankai’s unique invention patented in-vehicle environmental management system, which has excellent performance in vehicle cooling, heating, fresh air ventilation, air purification, etc..At the same time, through the use of new sound insulation materials and noise reduction technologies such as anti-vibration, barrier, and evacuation, Ankai A9 truly realizes the mute of the cabin; while the dual A-shaped arm independent air suspension can effectively reduce the vibration frequency of the vehicle body, thereby reducing the bumpy feeling of the vehicle, and greatly improving the driving and ride comfort.

In the future, with the launch of these A9s, the service quality of Tianma International Travel will also be improved again. At present, under the situation that the domestic epidemic is under effective prevention and control, the domestic tourism industry has gradually recovered, and Tianma International Travel is undoubtedly fully prepared to promote the healthy and sustainable development of the tourism passenger transport market with better products and higher-quality services.