But then what is the whole point? From a business point of view, when I buy a plane that is 4x to 8x as expensive as a 737, I want to earn 4x to 8x more money, right? If not, then why even bother? Then everybody should just stick to short haul.
Since this is obviously different in real life, maybe the game formulas should be adjusted.
Your last statement goes to show you have no idea about airline finances in real life...
The larger the aircraft - the more fuel burned. The longer the flight - the more fuel burned...
Operating a flight between LAX-SYD might yield a .5-mil income per flight, but the cost to operate that will be atleast 1/6-1/5th that price.. which is why a 747 on a long route will make less than a BAe146 on a 500nm trip between two average load airports... and this is the same as in the real world.
Why do people do it? Because short routes are saturated... so if you want to increase your profit and grow as an airline without having to open a large amount of bases, you have no choice but aquire longer range aircraft, so that you can operate routes with the same demand but less competition...
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