Building a Terminal at a hub

I have a question regarding building a terminal at a hub. If you build a terminal with more gates than you are currently utilising do you loose them at the end of the month as unused?

Regards

Steve

No you won't lose them. That's one of the benefits of building a terminal. Just remember that any gates you had previously leased will be returned to the market for your competition to pick up.

You lose them immediatley.

Example:

You have 30 gates at an airport and then build a Terminal with 40 gates.

The 30 gates you had are immediately returned to the market and you keep the 40 that you built with the terminal.

Thanks both for the reply. I was worried that if I built gates of my own they would get taken by the airport if I didnt utilise them straight away.

Regards

Steve

Nope, in that respect you will not lose the gates. Gates you build yourself i.e with a terminal are yours forever (well untill the next reset )

You can build a 50 gate terminal and just use 1 gate if you want the other 49 will remain unsed and at your disposal.

Nope, in that respect you will not lose the gates. Gates you build yourself i.e with a terminal are yours forever (well untill the next reset )

You can build a 50 gate terminal and just use 1 gate if you want the other 49 will remain unsed and at your disposal.

A couple other facts to remember:

You can't release a terminal. Those 50 gates are yours forever, as well as the rent fees.

If you hub a terminal, you can't dehub. The only way to dehub is to release the gates, and since you can't do that with a terminal, you are stuck with both the hub fees and the terminal costs.

What is the benefit of a hub at all?

What is the benefit of a hub at all?

First search the forum threads, there have been many discussions on this subject. Should be a FAQ.

But long story short: It increases the LF of any routes that you are flying from that hub. The caveat is that the costs of the hub outway the benefits until you fill about 20 gates.