Route capping

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While I see the benefits of capping routes to 2 planes, I don't like that it artificially reduces competition, which is also an integral part of the game. Larger airlines have more resources to compete with, and I think they should be allowed to use those resources to compete, just like in real life.

Good idea Glenn, but could it be coded to allow any amount of planes on inter-hub routes?

It would certainly help. Honestly, i can't get any substantial money on routes i had travelled along before, like DXB-BAH, BAH-RUH. It would help with MAJOR airlines. for them like only 3 flights max or something. thers one caravelle on BAH-RUH makin so much money and i can only get 1000.

I really like this idea. I was even thinking of an idea similar to yours but I was think of fleet capping. I know the big airlines wont like this idea but seriously, when was the last time you have seen an airlines operating a fleet of 1000-1500 planes in real life. Just a suggestion.

That would be nice. Although, you would still have people doing the same routes with A380's. It would cut down on some of the overcrowding on routes. If the runway length requirements were enforced, this would cut down on the heavies flying into smaller airports and would free those routes up to make some money.

I would like to see some route capping built into the game whereby it will only be possible for any one airline to operate a maximum of 2 planes on any one route.

By this I mean

- 1x freq allowed
- 1x + 0.5 freq allowed
- 1x + 20x freq allowed
- 10x freq + 0,5 freq + 10x freq not allowed

Any size planes

You get the gist of it I hope. This will stop airlines putting 10 / 20 / 30 planes on 1 route.

What will this achieve?

This will slow down the game a little and make it more playable and stop larger airlines expanding so fast on lucrative routes. It will also stop larger airlines from trying to block other airlines completely from routes which is in my opinion not in the spirit of the game, yes I know I do that in the past but we need to think of the future of this game , if there is one?

P.S I know I sound like a stuck record (if any of you remember what that is) but it would be occaisonlly nice to here from the developers about what they are doing. If nothing is being done then fair enough, let us know so we can go and waste our time elsewhere ;-)

A valid suggestion, would assist all and more so in sim2

Totally agree with Glennos. Nothing ticks me off more that someone placing 6+ A/C on the same route. That is not and will never happen in real life.

Is this for Sim1 or 2.

Is this for Sim1 or 2.

Probably Sim 2, because as we remember all development at this time is directed at Sim 2 :eureka:

Totally agree with Glennos. Nothing ticks me off more that someone placing 6+ A/C on the same route. That is not and will never happen in real life.

i said something about this months ago but nothing was ever done with the idea that there should be a cap... but limiting to aircraft is not the right way. in RW, BA opperates 11 flights daily from london to NY and 11 the other way around with 747's. so its not like its unrealistic to do that. plus how many other airlines also operating large amount of flights on that same route.

SW operate between two none hub airports (KPIT-KMCI) four daily flights all with different aircraft. and the same goes for many other airlines.

i think a passenger cap based on range would be better...

i said something about this months ago but nothing was ever done with the idea that there should be a cap... but limiting to aircraft is not the right way. in RW, BA opperates 11 flights daily from london to NY and 11 the other way around with 747's. so its not like its unrealistic to do that. plus how many other airlines also operating large amount of flights on that same route.

SW operate between two none hub airports (KPIT-KMCI) four daily flights all with different aircraft. and the same goes for many other airlines.

i think a passenger cap based on range would be better...

Well whether you cap it by passengers or planes it does not matter, routes need to be capped. Not much point in talking about the real world because not many airlines can afford 150 a333's & 100 a380's & 100+ 787's after 6 years of operation ;-)

We need to keep our suggestions easy to implement seeing as even the very basic suggestions take eons to get into the game if they do at all.

.... Nothing ticks me off more that someone placing 6+ A/C on the same route. That is not and will never happen in real life.

You're so wrong about that. Do you have a subscription to Expertflyer or KVS? Take a look at some of the major business routes. 6 frequencies a day by 1 airlines is nothing on some routes. Sure no one has that many a day from say Atlanta-Pensacola but on ATL-JFK, Delta alone has 7 frequencies on most days of the week. They have anywhere from 6-9 frequencies a day from ATL-LAX... KLM has anywhere from 8-11 frequencies a day from AMS-LHR... see where I'm going with this? Major routes get high frequencies by large airlines.

I live under the Melbourne to Sydney flight path. I count like 8 Qantas Aircraft or even more a day. The most exciting part is when the UA 747 or the Emirates 777 ( which does a circle back to the Airport) comes over:)