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General Chat / Antartica

« on: March 15, 2008, 03:26:21 am »

I made a modest profit flying from SCL to Admundsen Station last round.  I forget what I was flying, it was a 15-20 seat prop, not a Convair.

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General Chat / Re: Antartica

« on: March 12, 2008, 10:44:01 pm »

Any Airline ever based in Antartic ? or even had a flight to that region ?? (i mean in AM )

There were several of us that flew to the South Pole last round.  I had one stop service from the Amazon to the Pole.  There's a "press release" in the airline news threads.

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General Chat / Game restarting 24th Decemeber 1974

« on: February 22, 2008, 04:29:02 pm »

I try to fly things more realistically, so you'll see logical fleet and route choices from me (thus meaning you won't see a Tu-114 flying from Koltsovo/Vnukovo/Osnova to Gomel or Zielona Gora, but rather something more like a AN-24V or Tu-134 base version for VKO/Koltsovo and a L-410 from HRK to those two airports.) Devaluation of routes will happen reguardless how many years the round is.  Perhaps when runway restrictions finally get figured out, you'll see lower chances of routes getting A300s and 737-200s on them.

I'm a noob; but that's my experience too.  Many guys who are most improbably shifting to large planes like a 732 on some tiny routes that have squashed my more 'realistic' gauge flights in South America (which, since I'm into eastern aircraft, were AN-24s and Tu-124s / Tu134s too).  

And, lately some people, one guy (*a certain airline*) in particular, are setting up tiny airports with 3x frequency Caravelle service, with a fare of like 5.  Deliberately killing the route and not making any money himself. This is some sort of rivalry that the guy has with another airline or two; but its very childish behavior.  I can't serve like 30 airports in Colombia from Bogotá because these idiots are putting 737s at fares of < 20 on routes that aren't even commercially served to this day because the airports are so small.  As added damage, they eat up all the spare gates with unprofitable flights.

It's not competition, because the 'competitor' is not trying to make any money, he's trying to ruin it for other people.  Aggravating.

Anyway, I would second the runway business being worked out, that might have a leveling-the-playing-field effect and make it more 'realistic'.




*edited by dktc: please don't accuse your fellow players in public*

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Game Updates / Game Reset (24th December 1974)

« on: February 20, 2008, 01:02:03 am »

Pardon my ignorance; but what exactly does a game reset mean?

Do I get my airline back?  With my planes or, if not, do I get the value of those planes? Or does everyone start from zero again? Thanks for the help.