38 replies to this topic

[Whirligig]

Beechcraft starship. I lost money even in a spamline.

[Marb1]

Bell 212?

[Infestation]

Hey kids! Now remember, stay away from the Tupolev TU-104. Even when reaching full route demand, your DOP is in the negatives

[G.J.]

I'm not sure. I found the Trislander to be OK on ultra low demand routes. But then again, that airline fell flat on its face...

[Bizz]

Defiently Beechcraft Bonanza. SO SMALL AND SO BADDDDDDDDD!

[Bizz]

The Concorde

NO WAY! The Concorde may be expensive but it will finish more routes faster thus having more time for more routes.

[KMRobinson318]

The Tupolev Tu-104, Tupolev Tu-124, Tupolev Tu-134 and Tupolev Tu-154 (I had made profit with it before).
The Yak 40, and Antonov An-2 as well.

AE seems to have Bias against Russian planes

The Tu-214 works pretty well for me as a starter aircraft, due to being extremely cheap.

I found the A340-500 to be a complete waste. They hardly made me any money at all when I used them, and when I replaced them all with Dreamliners my profit margins on those routes multiplied.

[Jeb]

For me are the DC-8 variants -20, -30 and -40 are worse, the standard VC-10, all russian planes except the TU-204 and the SSJ, the A340-500 and i´ve made also bad experiences with the 707-400 and the Trident 1C.

And don´t forget the Caravelle except the 1 and the 12 because the fact that except the 12 all JT8D Variant aren´t in the game.

[Dfthu]

Metro 23, only about 5k profit pax

[james767]

For me are the DC-8 variants -20, -30 and -40 are worse, the standard VC-10, all russian planes except the TU-204 and the SSJ, the A340-500 and i´ve made also bad experiences with the 707-400 and the Trident 1C.

And don´t forget the Caravelle except the 1 and the 12 because the fact that except the 12 all JT8D Variant aren´t in the game.

 Some of the most profitable routes my airlines have done have been flown with DC-8s and DC6s in all 1st and business class layouts from JFK to ZHR/GVA, but this was at the start of a new world, so you could charge sky-high prices to achieve this.

I also once had an airline based in Cuba with a fleet of Russian planes like the Il-62 and somehow made a profit (this was way back in like 2011)

[alexSD]

the 737-900, A350 1000 and A350 900R (,787 10)

more expensive and less efficient versions of their aircraft family counterparts. there is no point in getting them its completely useless.

in reality their all actually damn good aircraft but AE devs seem not to like them very much..

 

oh and the likes of 737 700C, 747 400M, 757 200M 

those are as well inferior to their main in-family counterparts (737 700, 747 400/ER, 757 200)

[KMRobinson318]

the 737-900, A350 1000 and A350 900R (,787 10)

more expensive and less efficient versions of their aircraft family counterparts. there is no point in getting them its completely useless.

in reality their all actually damn good aircraft but AE devs seem not to like them very much..

 

oh and the likes of 737 700C, 747 400M, 757 200M 

those are as well inferior to their main in-family counterparts (737 700, 747 400/ER, 757 200)

 

Disagree on the A350-1000. Makes me very tidy profits, more so than the 777-300ER despite slightly lower seating capacity.

 

The 747-400M is actually slightly more fuel-efficient than the 747-400ER...

[Veigar]

Any combi aircraft 

[MidwestAIR II]

VC-10 or super? the Super is OK, but the standard is horrid.

 

Mine is the Comet, but the Islander and Trislander aren't that great as well.

 

Also - just about every single helicopter

 yeah who even uses the helicopters?

[Jarkii]

Dc-8-20. Or any early DC-8 besides the -10 and -50. Tu-204. Caravelle-1. 707-220. I think you see the pattern. I like to remain in the 'propeller' age until the '70s; where you actually can get profitable jets

[TNT88]

B737-200 non advance.

 

Because it's not advance.

[Mr Tree]

 yeah who even uses the helicopters?

 

Yeah in the in game mechanics make helicopters pointless unless you like having a very unprofitable division. They aren't tremendously lossy though, a profitable 737 can make enough money to counter a handful of helicopters

[douglas90]

737 any generation is the worst!!!!!
UGLY
SLOW
UNDERPOWERED
( I work on 737s everday BTW )

[gvgch]

Airbus a380 because its big and now dead