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Hey all, 

I've been poking around the game for a couple of weeks and I feel like I have a decent handle on how to make a reasonably profitable airline.

When you join a world that's been running for a while the following principles seem to apply:

- Stay away from the major hubs.
- Try to avoid using too many different aircraft families
- Avoid sectors with competition
- Don't be afraid to lease some stinky old planes for a couple of years in order to build up enough capital to buy or lease nice shiny new ones.

- The less glamorous medium to long range sectors can be an absolute goldmine 


Now I'm starting from scratch in the new world R7 (1985-2015), it occurs to me that the same rules will no longer apply.  On the downside, there will be no plentiful supply of used aircraft to lease cheaply while the airline is in it's early expansion phase. But on the upside, sectors that are teeming with PAX and "always" busy later on in the game might now not be so busy. 

So, for me (and other relative newbies), how should we approach the starting of a brand new world? 



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The same rules apply, except for the used aircraft market, for there is none (as you have correctly pointed out).

 

The good thing is that because everyone's virtually new, it means that there are far fewer sectors with competition when the gameworld is started up. The major hubs rule may or may not apply, since you can get a hold over newer competitors since you have been there for longer. As always, use discretion in making your choices. :)

 

As for procuring planes, feel free to lease them new as an alternative strategy. The first 10-15 years of the game largely has no used aircraft market because everyone's 1) eager to grab anything, and 2) not letting go of any used planes. Thereafter, the used aircraft market should start getting flooded as people with the lack of interest as time goes by would forget to renew their planes' leases, or Yuxi should be clearing out all the inactive airlines as there isn't space left in the world. :)


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It sounds like an altogether more interesting challenge than flooding the skies with 20 year old A300s... Can't wait for the new world to kick off.






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