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I created a hub by mistake today! Anyway, those things do happen but what is the point of having your own hub? I only notice it is more expensive to operate out of it?

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After you operate more than 25 gates or so with larger props and jets, you'll get the benfits.
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Or...you could be bored...mess around with the gates...and accidentally make a hub and go 2 mil in debt (yes thats what I did, and now I have a hub at nrt)
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After you operate more than 25 gates or so with larger props and jets, you'll get the benfits.


What kind of benefits?

Or...you could be bored...mess around with the gates...and accidentally make a hub and go 2 mil in debt (yes thats what I did, and now I have a hub at nrt)


Yes, that's what I did! I went 3 mil in debt!
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When you make an airport in which you have a considerable market share a hub, since you're handling lots of PAX traffic, you can say those same PAX start using your airline's routes as connections, therefore increasing the load factor (1st time you have to reset prices). If you got like 25 gates and lots of market share, add a high density long-haul and you'll notice how the 100-300nm routes boost up considerably.
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With a strong hub, the elusive million-dollar route becomes a possibility.

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Is there any way to remove a created hub? I did create it by mistake!
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I think you have to sell all gates and buy them back, or thats with terminals, but anyway. I think you're now forced to expand at it.
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Is there any way to remove a created hub? I did create it by mistake!


Return all gates and start over at that city.

At this time there is no way to return a terminal that you may have built and if you put a hub on a terminal, then that is permanent.

And for your info, if you build a terminal, the gates that you had at that airport are released for rental. You do not retain or absorb them.
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What would you recommend me to do? Continue expand or return all gates and inauguarate the routes again? :/
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3 Fairchild Dornier 328

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Return all the gates and start all over again at that city...boy that is harsh....
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What would you recommend me to do? Continue expand or return all gates and inauguarate the routes again? :/


It depends.

Do you have enough DOP to absorb the hub cost on a monthly basis? Can you buy gates or have you hubbed a popular location? If you don't start over, your strategy is set: build a large spoke and hub network as fast as possible.
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Well the price to run that hub will constantly eat away at you so long as you have those smaller planes....i should have a lot more money and be of much higher rank than i do now if i didn't have a hub
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When you make an airport in which you have a considerable market share a hub, since you're handling lots of PAX traffic, you can say those same PAX start using your airline's routes as connections, therefore increasing the load factor (1st time you have to reset prices). If you got like 25 gates and lots of market share, add a high density long-haul and you'll notice how the 100-300nm routes boost up considerably.


Questions about this :

Do I have to reset ALL routes and if so, what if I have same routings with two different Route IDs?

Also, would a hub with small amount of gates but big plans work? e.g. 5 gates but all operated with 757s, 330s and 747s? Think NWA at NRT.

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It might work...but you gotta get them big planes first...and many our there dont have that yet...should work though. And you cant forget that NWA is still operating DC 10s and A320s outta NRT speaking of which.....i wish we could bring back McDonnell Douglas to the game...be a nice comeback..but thats just a wish...
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It might work...but you gotta get them big planes first...and many our there dont have that yet...should work though. And you cant forget that NWA is still operating DC 10s and A320s outta NRT speaking of which.....i wish we could bring back McDonnell Douglas to the game...be a nice comeback..but thats just a wish...


I forgot about the DC10s, I know they don't operate the 320s into NRT anymore though, they were only they during SARS. Yeah, its a shame the vintage planes aren't in the game. They wouldn't be able to compete with the likes of the 777s and 330s, but I would definitely operate them for the hell of it.

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Well..I'll let you know when i get back from Thailand (My family has to fly NWA to get to Thailand and back due to milage program and my favorite airport to stop in is NRT) if they still have A320s still there.
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