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General Chat / Re: ??? Why am I constantly being banned ???

« on: October 24, 2012, 01:14:14 am »

Of course My apologies. I edited them out of the post to avoid that then.

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Suggestions / Airports available by date?

« on: October 24, 2012, 12:56:00 am »

This is something I stumbled upon researching destinations on the internet. I often do, simply because there are many airports in game that, although they offer a certain amount of passengers according to game data, would never in real life warrant any sort of scheduled service, or in some cases they would, but only from certain destinations either due to location or some other factor like demographics.

It was doing this that I stumbled upon the dates many of these airports were first opened or since closed. Good examples are for instance O.R. Tambo international airport in Johannesburg South Africa, that was first founded in 1952. Before its founding another airport called Palmiet Fontein was used. Another would be Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport in Egypt, that was only founded in 1968 as an air force base with added civilian access to serve a small settlement nearby that only recently became a major tourist attraction. Or in cases like that of Borg el Arab airport also in Egypt, which only became one used regularly by airlines in more recent years due the closure of Alexandria International Airport due to a re-development program that will take two years apparently. Yet in game one is still able to fly to these and other closed airports. Some of which have been closed until further notice even though they still exist like Agostinho Neto airport in Cape Verde.

I'm sure the above hints strongly towards my suggestion. I was wondering if it could ever be possible to implement a system that would see airports become available and , if applicable, unavailable later much the same way that the current aircraft system works where aircraft are designed, released & later retired and cannot be bought any more. This is of course very applicable to airlines like mine that operate in earlier years that have the option to fly to airports that has not even been founded yet or are forced to operate from them because the airport that actually exist at that time is not available. For airlines operating in recent years its only really applicable when operating to and from airports that are closed for whatever reason or have been replaced by another very close by. Not to mention only applicable to people that care about little details like that.

Now on the same note I was wondering, not knowing if this is actually fluctuating airports as I've never played a world with that enabled, if it would ever be possible to have airport passenger numbers correspond to the date. This would be particularly applicable to airports like Sharm el-Sheikh, even more so Dubai International, that now serve major operations that in the past were nothing but small regional or local airports. If what I'm talking about here is the fluctuating airports feature then please ignore this last suggestion.

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General Chat / Re: ??? Why am I constantly being banned ???

« on: October 23, 2012, 11:41:55 am »

It just dawned on me that I still have the error message in the email that I sent to your direct email. It contains a copy paste of the entire error message, my IP & of course the date of the email is the day that I was blocked.

I just forwarded it to the staff email you provided, hope it helps.

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General Chat / Re: ??? Why am I constantly being banned ???

« on: October 23, 2012, 11:34:11 am »

Stephen the minute I get blocked again I'll send you the error message & the IP.

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General Chat / Re: ??? Why am I constantly being banned ???

« on: October 22, 2012, 10:13:10 pm »

Well... I wouldn't even know where to start with that, luckily there is a PC I can use right next door, albeit under the guise of having a faulty internet connection

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Airline Reports / Re: Commerce Skies [Commercial Air Services in flight magazine (PW#2442)]

« on: October 22, 2012, 09:50:26 pm »

Oh yes, most definitely!

The last two bases that opened in Cape Verde & The Maldives has the sole purpose of serving as an aid to future long haul routes. I'm not going to embellish too much regarding that, I'd much rather save it for the actual post when the day comes.

You must also take into account that it is only 1957 "as of yet". The first ever Boeing 707 will only be available "next year" in 1958 and I dread the idea of flying Comets & what not. Its also true that "currently" there are aircraft available with the range, in fact nearly twice the range than that of the 707, such as the Starliner & all the Constellations, but to spend 100 million a pop now on slow radials when I could just wait a few more months would be foolish.

Also remember from the first post that Commercial Air Services had the unfortunate privilege of inadvertently disposing nearly 70 million Euros worth of aircraft. Essentially what happened was that I wasn't yet sure how the game worked as I only started playing then, so I clicked, clicked & clicked and scrapped both my starting aircraft. So I was starting at a value of roughly 10 million opposed to the 70 odd million everyone else started at. I then leased to get up and running and slowly built up all these bases which are of course all essential for future long hauls. Only recently has the airlines value climbed above 100 million and am I able to start considering upgrading and stretching legs. There is one more major addition that will soon be added before any big jets can be purchased, however I'm also forced to wait until 1958 for that. Luckily being forced to wait for year end means that my pockets are bulging and I can most likely do things in bulk all at once by then.

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General Chat / Re: ??? Why am I constantly being banned ???

« on: October 20, 2012, 09:57:52 pm »

Will do.

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Airline Reports / Re: Commerce Skies [Commercial Air Services in flight magazine (PW#2442)]

« on: October 19, 2012, 04:49:00 pm »

Issue 6: August 1957

Last month Commercial Air Services opened two new bases each opposite from the other in relation to the African Continent. One just of the north western tip of Africa at Amilcar Cabral International Airport on Sal Island, which is part of the Cape Verde archipelago of islands, and another rather far of the north eastern end of Africa at Ibrahim Nasir International Airport which is the main international airport of The Maldives islands.

The motive behind the opening of these two bases is purely logistical for planned future operations. However both the Sultan of The Maldives & The Portuguese Authorities, which currently reigns over Cape Verde as a foreign province of Portugal, agreed that Commercial Air Services is to set up regular scheduled flights between the islands of both regions respectively as a precondition to operating from their airports. Two newly purchased DC-3 aircraft are dedicated to operating these routes.



>>> FOLLOW THIS LINK TO VIEW THE COMMERCIAL AIR SERVICES HOME PAGE <<<

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General Chat / Re: ??? Why am I constantly being banned ???

« on: October 19, 2012, 04:47:28 pm »

Was banned again for the past two days, unbanned today. No need to reply Stephen I'm just posting for records sake.

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General Chat / Re: ??? Why am I constantly being banned ???

« on: October 17, 2012, 01:32:14 am »

Thank you Stephen, I understand. I'm sure there are many others that do not even bother to report being blocked. Good luck getting any meaningful response out of the hosting provider

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Bugs / Re: Can't fly route???

« on: October 16, 2012, 04:53:10 pm »

Pity that, in 1957 there aren't any other aircraft with that range and there wont be for quite some time. It seems that during the early jet age (50's & 60's) one had to sacrifice range for speed and vice versa. The even bigger pity is that the Starliners were famous for their extraordinary range, though the longest flight ever done by a Starliner, a TWA bird on a non stop San Diego - Heathrow service, was just short of 24 hours. I guess you and me both will have to wait for the 747SP in the 70's.

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General Chat / Re: ??? Why am I constantly being banned ???

« on: October 16, 2012, 12:10:42 pm »

Thank you for unblocking me again. However the question still begs what am I doing wrong to cause for it in the first place? It would be much more convenient not to have to go through a whole process of getting someones attention in order to be unblocked every so often.

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General Chat / ??? Why am I constantly being banned ???

« on: October 16, 2012, 09:48:48 am »

Hi AM

I am only able to post here now because I am posting from someone else’s PC. For the third time since my joining my IP address has been banned by the forums anti virus/ security thing. In the past this occurred whenever I posted using too many hyperlinks in a certain topic. I then sent an email to Stephen from AM and was unblocked although without response. Now yet again I was blocked out right from the start only browsing through topics. I thought I'd rather work through the forum this time albeit from some other PC, I've been blocked now again for a few days.

What in the world am I doing wrong? Surely I cannot pose that much of a threat to the security and stability of the forum by doing what it was designed for, reading posts and posting myself? Help would be much appreciated.

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Airline Reports / Re: Commerce Skies [Commercial Air Services in flight magazine (PW#2442)]

« on: October 16, 2012, 09:35:22 am »

Issue 5: April 1957

Commercial Air Services has been employed by yet another liberated North African State, Egypt. Military clashes revolving around the nationalization of The Suez Canal finally ceased last month when Israeli forces were the last to retreat from the country following the retreat of Britain & France earlier this year.

Having witnessed the success Morocco had with setting up a national air service using the South African airline, Egypt decided to follow in their footsteps in order to rebuild the once prosperous state. Routes are to be flown from Cairo, Sharm El Sheikh & Hurghada to 19 towns & settlements across the country. Many of these communities are in desperate need of a connection to their main lifeline cities, so to speak, after being cut off from trade, medical & other supplies since the start of the conflict.

In addition, rural settlements that were largely isolated even before the conflict started will now also be connected to the outside world. These include far-flung communities such as The Dakhla & Kharga Oases and The St. Catherine Settlement that are quite literally Oases in the most remote parts of the Egyptian desert.

Not only will the airline aid in relief operations but it will also be setting up a network of routes to be utilised for future economic growth and tourism, which was once so prevalent in the region. DC-3 aircraft will serve all destinations, as is the norm with all other operations run by the airline.

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Airline Reports / Re: Commerce Skies [Commercial Air Services in flight magazine (PW#2442)]

« on: October 12, 2012, 07:41:11 pm »

Issue 4: January 1957

Moroccan royalty and its authorities recently made an agreement with Commercial Air Services to have the airline start operating domestic flights within Morocco as the first and only airline, as of yet, to operate a Moroccan based operation. This comes with the kingdoms recent independence as a backdrop when, after three months of negations, the country declared itself independent from Spain & France in March of last year as "The Kingdom of Morocco".

The Kingdom stated that it was in need of a local air service to connect some of its larger cities and towns as travelling by land across the large expanses of desert in-between can be somewhat treacherous. Commercial Air Services displayed sufficient experience with operating in a more rural and extreme environment and also had the perfect fleet to operate in the harsh conditions the western parts of the Sahara can so often create. The name “Commercial Air Services” also proved most apt, as it had no connotation to any other country or pre-existing institution. Hence it was the Kingdoms decision to employ the airline in this task.

Routes are to be flown to 14 destinations across the country from Casablanca, Marrakech & Agadir using DC-3 aircraft. Although the operation will be run as a separate entity from that of the South African one, South African flight crews and aircraft will staff it. The only visible difference between Moroccan & South African based aircraft will be the national flag of either country displayed next to the registration, which for both remains South African.