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[night owl]

There seems to be a lot more helicopter traffic irl than is possible ig. At the Hong Kong Shun Tak Ferry Terminal helicopters start every few minutes, and it's not 'economy fare' that they charge. Imho there should be no economy slots and lots more business class slots than for instance the 1 to Shenzhen, 0 to Macao, 5 to Guangzhou, or 1 to Hong Kong airports. Helicopters are very profitable there irl, and earn next to nothing ig. Not sure of course, if these changes can be made without undue effort, but it would make owning a few helicopters much more interesting. I'm sure there are other places where the same applies, like New York.

[Nexus8]

The way AE works we can not adjust specific routes.

[Duck]

Yeah sorry to rain on your parade but specific routes cannot be edited, I have a similar problem because flights from my hub of new zealand to the Pacific Islands have low demand whereas in real life they are big money earners. However the way the game calculates demand does not allow for what you are asking.

[night owl]

Well, if it can't be changed, I won't worry about it. Just thought it might make small aircraft more interesting. At the moment I see no reason to invest in any small craft, as they only take up expensive gates and have no adequate ROI.

[Mobeer]

I tried operating helicopters from Hong Kong Shun Tak, and found gate costs are very high because of the high frequency of helicopter flights. Hong Kong Shun Tak itself is cheap to lease gates, but the surrounding Chinese airports are expensive. If there were cheaper gate costs for helicopters then this would help a lot.

[Sheepy]

The way AE works we can not adjust specific routes.

 

My understanding is that specific routes can be adjusted, however in practice this is not done.

I personally see no issue with adjusting the demand between cities for which there is proven demand for.

Those saying it's too much data, this would only be for a very small number of routes. The idea that AKL-WLG has just 300 passengers per day is ridiculous, and there are many more examples, for example the Australian golden triangle of SYD, MEL and BNE.

[Keyelem]

My understanding is that specific routes can be adjusted, however in practice this is not done.

I personally see no issue with adjusting the demand between cities for which there is proven demand for.

Those saying it's too much data, this would only be for a very small number of routes. The idea that AKL-WLG has just 300 passengers per day is ridiculous, and there are many more examples, for example the Australian golden triangle of SYD, MEL and BNE.

Then your understanding is wrong. The demand on specific routes can't be adjusted at the moment, not even by Yuxi.