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Airline Mogul => Game Strategy => Topic started by: cyon20 on July 06, 2008, 03:33:20 pm

Title: Purchasing an aircraft
Post by: cyon20 on July 06, 2008, 03:33:20 pm

I just bought my first plane for my fleet and when I confirmed the order, it said it will take 24 days to build and deliver. Does this mean 24 real life days or game days?

Title: Purchasing an aircraft
Post by: Aerobat on July 06, 2008, 03:39:36 pm

Game Days It will be there in Exactly 24 hours . You Will have your plane tommorow same time you ordered it :lol:

Title: Purchasing an aircraft
Post by: Cheung Airlines on July 06, 2008, 03:40:15 pm

Game days.
BTW, a game month is 24 game days, not 30/31/28 game days

Title: Purchasing an aircraft
Post by: cyon20 on July 06, 2008, 04:03:05 pm

thanks because 24 real days, that's long!

Title: Purchasing an aircraft
Post by: Lord Voldemort on July 07, 2008, 03:10:34 pm

Quote from: "cyon20"

thanks because 24 real days, that's long!

Yep... We'd have a pretty bad game if we had to wait 24 (real) days to get Aircraft.

Title: Purchasing an aircraft
Post by: StephenM on July 07, 2008, 03:12:28 pm

Quote from: "cyon20"

thanks because 24 real days, that's long!

The worst is 13 real days. A380s are big planes!

Title: Purchasing an aircraft
Post by: SkinnyRabbit on July 07, 2008, 03:17:05 pm

130 you mean

Title: Purchasing an aircraft
Post by: StephenM on July 07, 2008, 03:21:59 pm

Quote from: "SkinnyRabbit"

130 you mean

In game?

Title: Purchasing an aircraft
Post by: SkinnyRabbit on July 07, 2008, 03:57:46 pm

Lol, never mind, my brain was malfunctioning...

Title: Purchasing an aircraft
Post by: Mayor Quimby on July 20, 2008, 06:15:19 pm

Not sure where the best place to ask this is but where can I buy new aircraft (ie from the manufacturers).  When I check the aircraft market, it is only the aircraft being sold by other airlines.  I have searched for "new aircraft" but haven't found the answer.

Thanks

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Title: Purchasing an aircraft
Post by: StephenM on July 20, 2008, 06:17:33 pm

If you go to the aircraft page, you will see two dropdowns on the right hand side. Select from the top one (Normal ordering from the manufacturer) either All or the manufacturer you want.

Title: Purchasing an aircraft
Post by: nwadeltaboy on July 20, 2008, 06:18:52 pm

Quote from: "StephenM"

If you go to the aircraft page, you will see two dropdowns on the right hand side. Select from the top one (Normal ordering from the manufacturer) either All or the manufacturer you want.

This is the view aircraft page that he is talking about.

Title: Purchasing an aircraft
Post by: Mayor Quimby on July 21, 2008, 06:33:06 am

All right, figured it out.  Next question is:  What is the difference between buy and request?  I apologize if this has already been asked a million times.

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Title: Purchasing an aircraft
Post by: Obmit on July 21, 2008, 07:34:13 am

Buy means you pay for it yourself and order it there and then.
Request means you put it up for Public Brokering, and someone might order it for you.
The advantage of this is you pay only a small amount upfront up front and then the rest when you buy it off the broker.
Also, you have three months to pay, so it makes it a lot easier if you're short on cash

Title: Purchasing an aircraft
Post by: nwadeltaboy on July 21, 2008, 07:53:30 am

Quote from: "Obmit"

Buy means you pay for it yourself and order it there and then.
Request means you put it up for Public Brokering, and someone might order it for you.
The advantage of this is you pay only a small amount upfront up front and then the rest when you buy it off the broker.
Also, you have three months to pay, so it makes it a lot easier if you're short on cash

The problem is, in order to make brokers want to take your request, you should put it up with a positive markup, meaning you pay more in the long run.

Title: Purchasing an aircraft
Post by: dktc on July 21, 2008, 11:30:10 am

Quote from: "nwadeltaboy"

Quote from: "Obmit"

Buy means you pay for it yourself and order it there and then.
Request means you put it up for Public Brokering, and someone might order it for you.
The advantage of this is you pay only a small amount upfront up front and then the rest when you buy it off the broker.
Also, you have three months to pay, so it makes it a lot easier if you're short on cash

The problem is, in order to make brokers want to take your request, you should put it up with a positive markup, meaning you pay more in the long run.

Depends on the world you are in. If the world you are in have been running for a while, you should take a look at the A-Z Broker Market in this forum to see what discounts the official brokers are offering. Also, buying new planes is not necessarily the best option at times.