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Game Strategy / Re: The stupidity of Multifreq
« on: February 26, 2009, 04:13:27 pm »
In terms of this particular sim, multi-frequency routes are mainly used only to reduce competition (if you can get people to drop routes, which most of the time does not occur or to hog gates).
One thing people must remember is that real life airlines generally do not run very high multi-frequency routes with the same aircraft. For example, Southwest runs 20+ or whatever daily flights between DAL and HOU. However, these are generally flown by different airplanes. While they may have 20 daily flight frequencies between these two airports, this does not mean that one airplane flies all of these routes, or even 2 fly 10 each.
Most airlines which fly into larger airports would run what (in the sim) would be considered a one way flight. For example (and very simplified).... Plane A starts in DAL and flies to HOU.... Plane B starts in HOU and flies to DAL (this would not be considered a round-trip for an idividual plane). Plane A then flies to LAS from HOU. Plane B flies to LAS from DAL. Plane A then flies from LAS to DAL and Plane B flies from LAS to HOU, and you do it again the next day.
If you follow the logic, even though the planes technically are not flying round trip (back and forth), they cover the same logic just by using one way flights.....
Sorry if this is cofusing, I think i confused myself just typing this.. haha
One thing people must remember is that real life airlines generally do not run very high multi-frequency routes with the same aircraft. For example, Southwest runs 20+ or whatever daily flights between DAL and HOU. However, these are generally flown by different airplanes. While they may have 20 daily flight frequencies between these two airports, this does not mean that one airplane flies all of these routes, or even 2 fly 10 each.
Most airlines which fly into larger airports would run what (in the sim) would be considered a one way flight. For example (and very simplified).... Plane A starts in DAL and flies to HOU.... Plane B starts in HOU and flies to DAL (this would not be considered a round-trip for an idividual plane). Plane A then flies to LAS from HOU. Plane B flies to LAS from DAL. Plane A then flies from LAS to DAL and Plane B flies from LAS to HOU, and you do it again the next day.
If you follow the logic, even though the planes technically are not flying round trip (back and forth), they cover the same logic just by using one way flights.....
Sorry if this is cofusing, I think i confused myself just typing this.. haha