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#265141 Purchased Aircraft Not Showing Up In Available Aircraft Listing

Posted by pseudoswede on 03 March 2018 - 04:04 PM in New Players and Questions

It's happened to four aircraft recently. It's an on-going issue. They do eventually show up--as in up to 1-2 game years later. In fact, one I purchased a few days ago is now available as of this morning. They don't count against your utilization until they "appear".




#257755 how create a good IFS

Posted by pseudoswede on 20 December 2017 - 06:36 PM in New Players and Questions

It's impossible to have a 5-star (and most likely 3 and 4-star) IFS and break-even.

 

Just be comforted by the fact that AE passengers have unlimited disposable income and will pay whatever you charge. They may not like it, but you'll make money--which is most important.




#257558 Still can't Set up new Routes!

Posted by pseudoswede on 18 December 2017 - 05:21 PM in General AE Discussion

The easiest solution is to stop playing Open Worlds.




#255234 What caused some airlines to drop in valuations rapidly?

Posted by pseudoswede on 02 December 2017 - 08:44 PM in General AE Discussion

It's a simple strategy that will help you on the long run.

 

I keep track of competitors' DOP, fleet, and destinations. If their DOP increases (which means an increase in fleet and destinations), that means they're active. If their fleet or destinations decrease, that means they are probably inactive, and I attack their routes (especially once their gate utilization to a destination drops to 0%).

 

When a large airline shuts down, you can easily tell who picked up a bunch of planes off the used market by tracking their fleet size.




#245133 Why Is It Important For Utiliziation To Be Low?

Posted by pseudoswede on 25 September 2017 - 04:17 PM in New Players and Questions

It's not important. Every single minute your plane sits idle, it's losing money. Your planes, no matter how old, will never suffer any major mechanical issue that prevents it from completing all of its scheduled flights per day. Your mechanics, no matter how little you pay them, are incredibly fast and efficient with maintenance, too.




#243970 What is this?

Posted by pseudoswede on 11 September 2017 - 05:18 PM in New Players and Questions

and there's no f*&cking way that 151 residents of a gorgeous and cultured city visit the red wastelands of Indiana daily. 

 

The shrimp cocktail at St. Elmo's is so worth it, though.




#243519 Best Seat Configuration

Posted by pseudoswede on 05 September 2017 - 10:48 PM in General AE Discussion

http://www.airline-e...tion-guideline/




#243516 Best Seat Configuration

Posted by pseudoswede on 05 September 2017 - 10:42 PM in General AE Discussion



I've been playing Airline Empires on and off for about 2 years now and found something out about one year ago that i have seen no-one mention on the forums. I found out that demand always comes in a 1F-6C- 43Y configuration or a multiplication of this configuration. As a result, all my airplanes are always configured in this configuration or thus a multiplication. This way, my airplanes can always fill the demand completely without over- or underfilling the demand. 

 

It's okay to over-fill demand (to a point, then diminishing returns increase exponentially). Your ratio is good for pure green pax, but, as mentioned above, you can exceed C and Y actual demand by a decent percentage. I would always work on meeting and never exceeding F demand, except when there is a very large F demand. A little bit of blue pax is perfectly fine.

 

There is a thread somewhere that talks about the ratio. I think it's from 2-3 years ago. I figured out the ratio about 5 years ago.

 



by the way...

 

It always struck me how few people noticed this. I often see players with far too much F/C demand and wonder whether they're manually adjusting their premium prices downwards to adjust for their miscalculation. If so, how did they never just try adjusting their cabin mix until they reach the proper configuration? 

 

It boggles the mind. This airline uses a head-scratching 1:4:5 ratio, and always does 14-28 frequencies on any small demand route (2-4F). That means the player is exceeding F demand by upwards of 46 seats. The player also uses default pricing, and I have no idea how he could possibly have anywhere close to 100% LF in F or C, or even make any kind of profit in F or C on those routes.

 

The airline's DOP is only around 70M. If the planes were configured properly, the DOP could be 2-3x that.