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Airline Mogul => Game Strategy => Topic started by: TheKevinShow on September 20, 2010, 12:47:55 am

Title: Where should my next hub be?
Post by: TheKevinShow on September 20, 2010, 12:47:55 am
Airline ID: 43971
World ID: 1609
Current world year: 1997
Current bases: San Diego International, Denver International, Louis Armstrong New Orleans International, Chicago Midway International
DOC: ~11.82 million
Forum code: Airline Mogul - See my airline (http://www.airlinemogul.com/airlinemogul/show_airline.php?id=43971&wid=1609)

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I want to create a fifth hub, but I'm at a loss as to where. Texas is out of the question since it's too close to New Orleans and I have an agreement with a friend not to open any hubs in Texas, and I'm not sure about the northeast since that'll just be a repeat of my operations in Denver, wherein I'm flying 62 flights and only have 1.56%. The northwest also seems kind of unnecessary, since when 1998 rolls around I'm going to start replacing all of my ATR 72-200s with 737-800HGWs which means I'll be able to cover the northwest much more heavily from San Diego.

I have also considered going foreign. My foreign destinations are Auckland, Sydney, Bogota, Tokyo, Beijing, London, Paris, Amsterdam and Frankfurt. I'll soon be opening flights to Sao Paulo, Hong Kong and Tel Aviv.

Any ideas?
Title: Re: Where should my next hub be?
Post by: BINDU on September 20, 2010, 02:37:42 am
You can consider PDX, YVR, SNA, and/or RSW...

Int'l, try HAM,KIX, or BSB
Title: Re: Where should my next hub be?
Post by: TheKevinShow on September 20, 2010, 02:41:03 am
Well, SNA would be redundant. It's just north of San Diego. However, YVR sounds like a really good idea.
Title: Re: Where should my next hub be?
Post by: norge on September 20, 2010, 02:38:15 pm
What about SEA? It haves more passengers, so you will get more profit.  :o
Title: Re: Where should my next hub be?
Post by: TheKevinShow on September 20, 2010, 06:34:50 pm
In Seattle, I'd have the same problems as Denver. It's already a big hub.
Title: Re: Where should my next hub be?
Post by: fionnair on September 21, 2010, 08:00:03 pm
If you're looking international try dublin. It's in europe not much competition and is the closest european airport to america
Title: Re: Where should my next hub be?
Post by: caoimhin on September 21, 2010, 09:39:36 pm
If you're looking international try dublin. It's in europe not much competition and is the closest european airport to america
Actually Shannon is closer  :P
Title: Re: Where should my next hub be?
Post by: TheKevinShow on September 21, 2010, 09:46:05 pm
If you're looking international try dublin. It's in europe not much competition and is the closest european airport to america
Actually Shannon is closer  :P
But Shannon is smaller.
Title: Re: Where should my next hub be?
Post by: caoimhin on September 21, 2010, 09:55:10 pm
If you're looking international try dublin. It's in europe not much competition and is the closest european airport to america
Actually Shannon is closer  :P
But Shannon is smaller.
Do one in London. Good passengers. easy profit
Title: Re: Where should my next hub be?
Post by: Virgin Serbia on September 22, 2010, 07:54:32 am
If you're looking international try dublin. It's in europe not much competition and is the closest european airport to america
Actually Shannon is closer  :P
But Shannon is smaller.
Do one in London. Good passengers. easy profit

Too easy. Do one in the smallest airport you can find. Possibly a Greenlandish airport.
Title: Re: Where should my next hub be?
Post by: 1993matias on September 23, 2010, 03:58:34 pm
Find an airport you like, and see how big the competition is. E.g. if London Heathrow has no competition, it is perfect, but if it has lots of competition (which it usually has), then it's a bad choice.

Just look at the airport, and see if it suits you.
Title: Re: Where should my next hub be?
Post by: norge on September 23, 2010, 04:05:26 pm
Manchester then? Rarely used in AM...  8)
Title: Re: Where should my next hub be?
Post by: Hal on September 23, 2010, 06:32:58 pm
Nah Manchester and Dublin, are craps they are too isolated. Best is some airport in center of Europe like Munich or Zurich, from which you can cover many airports above 1 mio pax.
Title: Re: Where should my next hub be?
Post by: TheKevinShow on September 23, 2010, 06:35:39 pm
Distance isn't a problem. Pretty soon, my fleet is going to be full of 737-800HGWs and 767-200ERs, which means I'll be able to cover all of Europe without a problem. I'll even be able to fly to Africa and the Middle East from Dublin.
Title: Re: Where should my next hub be?
Post by: 1993matias on September 23, 2010, 06:39:48 pm
Well, yes, but if you want to fly to, let's say, Frankfurt, Copenhagen and Rome from Dublin, you'll use up one 737; but if you fly from Zürich, you'll still have some hours left on the plane.
Title: Re: Where should my next hub be?
Post by: Hal on September 23, 2010, 06:44:09 pm
For me was in Europe best CDG. Its not much west as LHR and still not far to US coast.
Title: Re: Where should my next hub be?
Post by: TheKevinShow on September 23, 2010, 06:47:05 pm
As I said, I've got plenty of 767-200ERs, so distance from the US isn't really an issue. If the game wasn't inaccessible right now, I'd be flying New Orleans-Tel Aviv, so distance isn't the problem.
Title: Re: Where should my next hub be?
Post by: TheKevinShow on September 24, 2010, 10:07:51 am
Dublin it is.
Title: Re: Where should my next hub be?
Post by: norge on September 24, 2010, 01:09:08 pm
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