the fact you are running Shorts 360 makes you a Spamliner
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Posted by haolenate on 22 November 2017 - 08:12 PM in New Players and Questions
the fact you are running Shorts 360 makes you a Spamliner
Posted by haolenate on 17 November 2017 - 07:51 PM in New Players and Questions
I'm losing like 200K on it. everytime I pull back flights, that other guy gains though.
Posted by haolenate on 17 November 2017 - 07:48 AM in New Players and Questions
Hexagon,
If you are talking about Sandbox #4, PSI also confuses the crap out of me.
Btw, thanks for not starting huge fare wars like the guy we compete with -- DCA/BOS is a bloodbath and it shouldn't be. Was hoping some capacity dumping would work, but no. the one guy flying nothing but Q300s also intrigues me.
-Stephen Wolf
Posted by haolenate on 16 November 2017 - 11:24 AM in New Players and Questions
the longer you keep a plane, the more expensive the engines become each month.
Also, when you try to change one aircraft's line (schedule) to another, keep in mind that some planes are faster/slower than others, and bigger planes require more turn time on the ground - so if you tightly schedule each line to have no more than 10 hours open, you may find yourself in a difficult position or have to not move over all the routes. So keep an eye on those hours.
In the sandbox, I'm doing a lot of what this person is asking. Upgauging B717 flights to B738/B739ER (yes, the 900 is worthless), or upgauging EMB 175s to B717s; B763s to 77W or 772's, etc. Just have to keep your eye on the # of flights.
And also, if you are going from one configuration to an other (such as C / Y to a plane with F / Y), you'll need to double check your fares as well.
Posted by haolenate on 10 November 2017 - 08:13 PM in New Players and Questions
Few notes as I play around:
Finances -> Try not to have high-value aircraft leases in the first few days of the month. The game tends to suck out all your gate fees, maintenance fees, and others at the 1st & 13/14th of each month. Which means you need to stockpile money after the 20th. But if there's not enough money, any leases / bonds due at the front end of the month will not clear and you risk default.
Days of months -> It seems the game operates off 24 days a month, NOT 30.
On Time Performance -> I've found if I leave about 20 hours free on each airframe, that tends to help keep On Time in line.
Inflight Service -> I use F/C in smaller cabins, but have a different service for those where they get free food (level2/3) but can pay for level 5.
IFE -> Same as above, I can differentiate between awesome free stuff for premium cabin vs pay for it in back. I try to keep IFE settings at 3 and ads at 1 hour.
Gates -> some are SUPER duper expensive, and that money comes out at random it appears. I try to maximize my slots at all airports and connect dots if the game scenario allows it. This is especially important at very large/expensive airports like LHR, PVG, ORD, etc. building terminals help reduce this cost, but once you make it a HUB, those costs go up again (still cheaper than if you do just gates).