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komang78

komang78

Member Since 13 Nov 2013
Offline Last Active Feb 17 2023 10:43 PM

A few Qs

15 November 2013 - 04:05 AM

I'm just a few days into the game. I like it, but I have a feeling I'm missing a few things. Could anyone offer their advice?

 

1) I send my routes out to destinations with low gate lease costs and with no competition and just enough to meet pax demand. But I only get like $12,000 in daily profit per route. Is that normal?

 

2) Because of the above, my starter aircraft monthly lease cost means I lose at least a million each month...fast path to bankruptcy. Is there something I can do to offset this cost?

 

3) IFE/IFS. I see that having it increases reputation, but also costs. Is it best for new airlines to avoid it altogether? At the moment, I only offer a cheap snack or two on short flights, 1 or 2 cheaper meals on midrange flights, and a few cheap meals and a pillow and blanket on longer flights (all charging at a few dollars more than they cost). Is this not a good model to follow?

 

4) When setting up routes, I try to avoid any competition and don't send more than what is demanded (and use the highest ticket prices allowable before pax nubers drop). Is there other factors which will raise profits?

 

5) Planes have 2 sets of numbers for range. The second is the maximum allowable distance it can fly. What is the first? The minimum? Or the average? Or what? And how do I know what is the most profitable range for a particular plane?

 

6) How do I know what the good planes are to use for different ranges, airport sizes? It seems like reputation goes up if you have smaller planes flying in a lot, compared to a bigger plane flying in infrequently.

 

7) On-time rating...how is this determined? If the rating dips, do I add more gates? or is it not related to that at all? I see on the Return Gates tab I can check when I have more gates than I need. But where can I check if I have too few?

 

8) aircraft maintenance costs seem really high at the start of the game. And if you expand to make more money, you basically have to get the same plane family as your starter plane to avoid doubling maintenance costs for choosing one from a different plane family. Is there a good way to approach adding new plane types? How soon?

 

Lots of questions, but I would like to know how to improve my game. (as it is, I'm being squeezed out by a top airline in my region who seems to add routes I create that don't have competition...so my profit margins are seriously dwindling anyhow...but it would be nice to know these things for my next airline attempt.). Thanks!