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[LilTooClose]

Hi so I've been trying to find info on hubs and from what I've gathered they provide "connecting passengers" that pay 50% the price of regular tickets but fill up empty seats on an airplane. Sorry if this question seems kind of redundant, but does that mean if my daily seats on the market (between 2 of my hubs) is greater than daily demand, my flights will still have 100% load factor but make a slightly less money per flight? I'm guessing the end game here is to flood hub-hub routes with flights regardless of the daily demand as you'll still be earning lots of money through the half-priced connecting passenger tickets. Thanks.

 

Edit: I noticed the load factor meter has a small blue section next to the green section, is that the connecting passengers indicator?

[TarquinShrapnel-Carruthers]

Hi so I've been trying to find info on hubs and from what I've gathered they provide "connecting passengers" that pay 50% the price of regular tickets but fill up empty seats on an airplane. Sorry if this question seems kind of redundant, but does that mean if my daily seats on the market (between 2 of my hubs) is greater than daily demand, my flights will still have 100% load factor but make a slightly less money per flight? I'm guessing the end game here is to flood hub-hub routes with flights regardless of the daily demand as you'll still be earning lots of money through the half-priced connecting passenger tickets. Thanks.

 

Edit: I noticed the load factor meter has a small blue section next to the green section, is that the connecting passengers indicator?

 

You will have some extra load, but not necessarily 100%. The more hubs you have at airports with lots of pax the more connecting pax there will be on all of your routes to/from a hub.

 

The blue section is indeed connecting pax, the size reflects how many there are.

[LilTooClose]

You will have some extra load, but not necessarily 100%. The more hubs you have at airports with lots of pax the more connecting pax there will be on all of your routes to/from a hub.

 

The blue section is indeed connecting pax, the size reflects how many there are.

Thanks for the answer. Is it worth flying routes to the same location from 2 separate routes? If A and B are both hubs does it make sense flying an A-C and B-C route simultaneously?

[TarquinShrapnel-Carruthers]

Thanks for the answer. Is it worth flying routes to the same location from 2 separate routes? If A and B are both hubs does it make sense flying an A-C and B-C route simultaneously?

 

I don't know whether hubs being connected like that makes any difference to number of connecting pax. I would focus on whether the routes are profitable in themselves/more so than other routes you could fly.

[LilTooClose]

I don't know whether hubs being connected like that makes any difference to number of connecting pax. I would focus on whether the routes are profitable in themselves/more so than other routes you could fly.

Thanks for the help!