WestAir
#1
Posted 03 May 2012 - 04:35 AM
Just getting too busy in the real world.
Right now it's #3 but has spent a lot of time at #1 and could get there again.
Many of it's planes are owned, not leased......starting with the A321-100's and now all of the B737-800's & B757-300's are being ordered instead of leased
And WestAir has a large Terminal in Denver.
My fleet consists of A330-300, A340-200, A300-600R, A321-100, 747-400, 777-300, 767-300ER, 757-300 and 737-800 which is the smallest aircraft I lease or buy.
All of the aircraft are the most fuel efficient varients and all have full A/V systems for every seat.
In short I set this airline up to be very profitable.
If it were'nt for some rookie mistakes I made in the first couple months ( I started playing AE 2 days earlier) WestAir would be at #1 right now.
I'm looking for someone to take it over and go for #1.
I won't have the time to do it so I'm giving control to someone who can.
My nearest competitors don't need to apply cause I know what you'll do.......lol.
#2
Posted 03 May 2012 - 05:17 AM
#3
Posted 03 May 2012 - 05:24 AM
But I think you have it the wrong way around, your planes are all cheaper and smaller.........my planes could haul yours away as scrap.
Besides, my airline is almost 50% bigger than yours.
#4
Posted 03 May 2012 - 07:30 AM
#5
Posted 03 May 2012 - 01:55 PM
Someone who won't run it into the ground, I've put a lot of work and planning into WestAir.
Can't believe I'm still the only large airline buying their own aircraft instead of leasing.......and I'm ordering just as many aircraft as my top competitors are leasing.
I also built a large terminal instead of adding a hub, cost $150 m but it lowered my costs.
I'm still new at this but there is supposed to be an advantage to owning your aircraft vs leasing them......right ?
Soon after I posted this I noticed the #2 airline has just started buying instead of leasing and the #14 airline has bought 1 A320.
#6
Posted 04 May 2012 - 04:22 AM
Now, about the WestAir thing. Try to contact those within the top 10-15 range. I think since they are not that established yet, they would be willing to take over much more than the top 10 who for sure would rather stay with their own airlines.
#7
Posted 04 May 2012 - 09:24 AM
#8
Posted 04 May 2012 - 11:59 PM
So I'm looking again for someone to take over my airline - WestAir.....it's still #3 but won't stay there too much longer if I don't find someone soon that knows how to and wants to run a big airline that makes a lot of money.
And if their really good take it to # 1 which is where I had it a while back.
#9
Posted 05 May 2012 - 12:18 AM
#10
Posted 05 May 2012 - 12:55 AM
But I'm not going to do that.
I'm looking for someone who has little or no hope of getting to the top with the airline they have right now.
And WestAir is the only airline based in Denver which has a volume of 52m.
And I'm not quite sure what you mean by more rationalized, also I don't have hubs........ I use terminals.
Probably the best indicator of how successful an airline is would be how much money it makes and WestAir was the first airline in R6 to buy, not lease it's aircraft and at the same time the first big airline to build a terminal, this was done while I was still leasing all the aircraft models from Boeing and Airbus.
I had too much cash building up and I decided either I start leasing Russian aircraft too or start buying instead of leasing from Boeing and Airbus.
#11
Posted 05 May 2012 - 02:25 AM
#12
Posted 05 May 2012 - 06:55 PM
If I let a direct competitor who has something to gain by taking over WestAir and then taking it apart ...........take over WestAir then that would be my silly mistake.
But I'm not going to do that.
I'm looking for someone who has little or no hope of getting to the top with the airline they have right now.
And WestAir is the only airline based in Denver which has a volume of 52m.
And I'm not quite sure what you mean by more rationalized, also I don't have hubs........ I use terminals.
Probably the best indicator of how successful an airline is would be how much money it makes and WestAir was the first airline in R6 to buy, not lease it's aircraft and at the same time the first big airline to build a terminal, this was done while I was still leasing all the aircraft models from Boeing and Airbus.
I had too much cash building up and I decided either I start leasing Russian aircraft too or start buying instead of leasing from Boeing and Airbus.
By rationalized I meant using a Hub and Spoke or Point to Point business model and using the least number of aircraft types for it.
BTW, terminals are great to reduce costs however HUBs give you connecting pax with fellow alliance members.
#13
Posted 05 May 2012 - 11:59 PM
#14
Posted 06 May 2012 - 04:15 AM
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