Daily pax

I have two questions about the daily passenger demand that I couldn't find being posted before..(and I did look for them)

- How is it possible to have a 100 load factor if you have more capacity than demand and you are the only one flying on that route. For example a route that has a daily demand of 300 can still have a 100% load factor and be profitable if I give it a capacity of 400.

- If the daily demand would be 40 seats than technically I would have to use an aircraft close to that number. However if I choose to fly once a week with a 280 seats aircraft it divides it over the days and gives me a 100% daily load factor. Is this for a specific reason? It just seems a little "strange" to me.

Thanks again people

1. If you fares are low enough, you attract "passing trade" and you can get an extra load of passengers. This works most of the time, but can result in a loss for the airline.

2. This is strange, yes, but if you think about it, its semi-logical. Pax can't fly Tuesday, so they look at Monday's flights and so on. The newer version of the game gives you a reputation penalty for low frequency routes, such as 1x weeklies.

Thanks for the reply

1. I understand that lower prices attract more passengers but this way the number of daily passengers is more an "estimate" than a demand. The reason why I'm asking about this is that it is hard to compete with other people if you do not have a maximum of passengers. I am finding this out now with an airline that is on some of my routes. we are well over the max but both of us still have a 100% load factor. Maybe there should be a maximum of "passing trade" to make it more realistic and competitive.


2. This is still strange although I understand what you mean. This creates airlines to buy bigger planes on smaller routes which in turn creates more destinations per airline. Good to here though that having a daily flight will get you more reputation in the new version

How do you know you both have a 100% load factor?

Also, what's your ticket price compared to the default price? "Passing trade" is proportional to the difference, so if your tickets are say 50% off or even 75% less than standard price, you'll attract a lot of extra (low-yield) traffic.