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[the DOC]

I don't get: some airlines can just expand and grow to super-unrealistic valuations so quickly. I have an absolutely brilliant airline (by my standards) in R1. I'm in 6th place with a valuation of just over $66,000,000,000 at the present moment and I have just over 886 aircraft. Now, I think that that's great for an AE airline that's just 14 years old but, the airlines in 1st and 2nd (controlled by the same person) had about 10,000 planes after just 10 or 12 years. Now, this player has four arlines: two I have just mentioned and two in S1, one of which is in 18th place. My best three rankings are 6th, 32nd and 54th (the second two are going backwards) and I have 11 airlines. IT'S JUST FRUSTRATING. There are many more examples but I want to keep this brief. There is either a loophole of some sort or else these guys, to their credit, are just brilliant. If you are reading this guys that I'm talking about, how the hell do ye do it?

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[Mobeer]

I'm suspicious about the airlines you mention. But one fair piece of advice would be to have fewer airlines and concentrate your time rather than spreading it around.

[mxax-ai]

Your airline is already expanding unrealistically fast. Still it does frustrate you (& rightly so) that other airlines are bigger & grow faster. One of the strategies in the beginning of a game world is to check the used market once every new (game) day begins. The aircraft from Bkted airlines show up there and also sold aircraft, though they are rare in the first week or so. They rake the used market clean before anyone else can grab them. Then they spend a lot of time to route those aircraft (& no, they don't just spam flooded routes). If you want to be in the top 10 & stay there, don't go for the realistic approach. Instead do a extreme LCC profile. Expand rapidly in the beginning & max your routes' profits while routing all your aircraft asap. Don't let your airline grow on its own, as competition & expiring leases will shrink its profitability. & at last the factor of buying aircraft instead of leasing them raises the value of your airline.
Or you could just have one of those medium sized nicely to handle airlines with a decent profile.

[the DOC]

I'm suspicious about the airlines you mention. But one fair piece of advice would be to have fewer airlines and concentrate your time rather than spreading it around.

I only spend time on the airline that I've mentioned in R1. The only time I'd ever log into another airline is if on the rare occasion that a lease is about to expire or on the extreme rare occasion that if an airlines DOP doesn't increase the airline will go bankrupt. And even then it would take only a few minutes

[the DOC]

Your airline is already expanding unrealistically fast. Still it does frustrate you (& rightly so) that other airlines are bigger & grow faster. One of the strategies in the beginning of a game world is to check the used market once every new (game) day begins. The aircraft from Bkted airlines show up there and also sold aircraft, though they are rare in the first week or so. They rake the used market clean before anyone else can grab them. Then they spend a lot of time to route those aircraft (& no, they don't just spam flooded routes). If you want to be in the top 10 & stay there, don't go for the realistic approach. Instead do a extreme LCC profile. Expand rapidly in the beginning & max your routes' profits while routing all your aircraft asap. Don't let your airline grow on its own, as competition & expiring leases will shrink its profitability. & at last the factor of buying aircraft instead of leasing them raises the value of your airline.
Or you could just have one of those medium sized nicely to handle airlines with a decent profile.

All of the aircraft from bankrupt airlines for the first few weeks get scrapped. They don't go near the used market. I minimised every last cost possible (I won't give anything away yet) and increased ticket prices to the limit without reducing loadfactor. It's just that I can't see how one could get such big airlines unless they sit in from of the computer all day

[mxax-ai]

It's only the first week that they get scrapped. And yes, people in here believe that such giant airline's owners do nothing but manage them,

[52N13E]

Suggestion: Ignore the rankings, they're BS most of the time anyway.

[pseudoswede]

You can easily multi-account and get lots of aircraft, and you don't have to sit in front of the computer all day.

[pseudoswede]

Someone just dumped 76 787-800s and 46 350-900s onto the used market in S1. Those aircraft have only been around for about 3-5 game years.