manudo

Thank you. I found it.

It seems the algorithm for replacing a leased aircraft could use some work. It will not let you buy an aircraft you have been leasing if the value of the airplane is less than 50% of the lease payments you have made. In real life I can't imagine an aircraft lessor would not let you buy the plane for something. You can let the lease run out then buy the very same plane off the used aircraft market but then you have to reset all your routes and fares. Of course you will not have the same profitability you had before. I don't know why.

Another odd thing is that when you replace a leased aircraft with an identical one and use the "move all routes to another aircraft" you don't have the same profitability. It really shouldn't change anything in your routes but I had a case where a leased ATR making $38,000/day was replaced by an identical ATR I bought used. After the replacement the ATR was losing money on every route.