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Game Strategy / Re: Help at beginning airlines

« on: April 16, 2009, 03:55:37 pm »

The 757 was a test, I will wait at least a few days to see how it works out and you will probably be proven right.
I must say I've been stupid as I thought 'damn those 30 knots, I'll take the boeings' and when I start to calculate:
24 game hours * 30 knots = 720nm that's like one normal european route worth between 50-90k. So I lose around 70k a plane a rl hour that * 4 737-400's I bought makes 280k lose a hour!!!!! Goddam, I won't be so dumb next time!

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Game Strategy / Re: Help at beginning airlines

« on: April 16, 2009, 03:20:11 pm »

I'm anti airbus(I know it's childish) so I decided to order 4 737-400's to test them on all sorts of routes. If they are overkill I will probably go for 737-300's with 30 pax more than the F100. I currently have 10 leased F100's and 6 leased 737's which I will replace first with either the 733 or 734. Also bought a single 757 which is now running routes to the middle east from Paris. It makes 300k on 3x 0.5 routes to Dubai, Jeddah and some other saudi arabian airport. Thinking of eventually purchasing more 757's for such routes(mediumhaul I guess it is?) as I don't think I can make more profit on longhaul routes with bigger a/c like the 767/777 and A340.

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Game Strategy / Re: Help at beginning airlines

« on: April 14, 2009, 02:13:16 pm »

I'ld say 1 or 2 is the best, determining on the lease rates of the F-100s and 737s.

If the 737 or the F-100 is over 2 to 3 mil per month, I'ld prefer replace some of them and stick onto option 2

If all of their leases werent really expensive, go for option 2

IF you really insisted to do option 3, REMEMBER, only use B-767-200ER (a certain engine varient will get you over 7000nm)

EDIT: Get rid of the A-340 as soon as possible if youre running LH routes with it.

Thanks Got rid of the A340. Now the question is that if I start replacing should I replace the F100/737's for jets with more(200~ pax) instead of 130~ or is that unneccesary?

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Game Strategy / Re: Help at beginning airlines

« on: April 14, 2009, 01:12:57 pm »

Thanks alot everybody I'm currently 3rd in PAX count and 8th in value and steady climbing but I've come to another problem.
I currently have 5 bases: Tokyo Narita, Rome Leonardo, Manchester, Paris Orly and London stansted. I can either make another
base in a other continent or two more in Europe.
I operate 23 F100's(10 leased) in Europe, 2 MD90 from Tokyo, 8 737-300's(6 leased) 50/50 in Europe and Tokyo, 2 737-200 leased in Europe and a single A340(leased) for ICA.
Now I'm considering the following options:
- Start replacing all leases for own versions of the same plane and maybe replace the leased F100's with 737 or MD90's with +- 25% higher pax cap.
- Start two more bases in Europe and buy a whole new load of F100's or 737/MD90's to operate from those airports to all european destinations.
- Start LH routes out of Tokyo and Europe(maybe open a new base in Asia or the USA) and also between those with any LH plane: 747, 757, 767, 777, A330, A340, MD11?

Please advice 

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Game Strategy / Re: Help at beginning airlines

« on: April 09, 2009, 11:04:22 pm »

I got another one. Currently I have about 13 F100's/B737's spread over 3 europe bases but a concurrent created a base at the same airports as me. He's a little larger than me(I got 22k pax and he got 25k pax) and we continiously drop down our fares 1 euro below each other to keep it at a 100% loadfactor but is this the way?
Is this the beginning of the tough world were people keep nailing each other routes until somebody goes red and has to break off or are their ways to outsmart him, yesterday I read some stuff about multifrequencing the routes you share to put him out of business but is that an effective way or are there other better strategies?

Please advice 

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Game Strategy / Re: Help at beginning airlines

« on: April 08, 2009, 02:14:33 pm »

Ok, thanks CHR that clarifies alot. For now there are routes to be flown but no leases avaible altough I'm expecting some offers today.
Please advice: I'm thinking about either buying a F70 now or wait till tonight and than purchase a F100 or B735 to replace the EMB120? In both ways I keep about 10m so I'm also able to lease some more planes if they get avaible.

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Game Strategy / Re: Help at beginning airlines

« on: April 08, 2009, 01:12:12 pm »

I pay 3.3m for the B737-2 and 2.2m for each of the F100's. I make +- 600k on the F100's and 800k on the 737-2.
Not sure how to calculate the ROI of a lease but I make alot of net profit on them each month.

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Game Strategy / Re: Help at beginning airlines

« on: April 08, 2009, 08:02:49 am »

Well I started another base in Paris Orly now, works fine I'm the only one there and I got my doc up to 4.4m.
I currently have alot of leases and I'm thinking of either replacing them now plane by plane until all the aircraft I use are fully mine and than start expanding or keeping the leases for now and buying more planes to open the remaining routes in europe (+- 15) and than when I got europe completely start replacing the leases?
My fleet now is: F70, ATR72, B737-3
Leasing: B737-2, 3x F100, EMB120.
Either way I'm gonna replace the embrear because it has only 30pax and it fly's some very profitable routes so I rather have another F70/100 on those routes.
But what with the rest? Expand further or replace the leases?

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Game Strategy / Re: Help at beginning airlines

« on: April 07, 2009, 06:03:33 pm »

Good point, thx! 

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Game Strategy / Re: Help at beginning airlines

« on: April 07, 2009, 05:32:58 pm »

Okay, well I just checked some routes and it turns out that on the ATR I can only do 3 routes from Stansted and 4.5 on the F70 if I give the shortest to the ATR so I probably will allready make a new base for those planes to fly to the same destinations I fly to now from Stansted. Just another question? Is it neccesary to take a airport with 45m + pax for a base or will a smaller with 20m + will do good aswell, is it a big difference?

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Game Strategy / Re: Help at beginning airlines

« on: April 07, 2009, 05:13:55 pm »

Okay, well I got 25 out of 64 destinations in Europe now so with 2 more planes I could bring that up to 40-45 destinations and than when DOC won't grow that fast anymore open a new base in central europe.

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Game Strategy / Re: Help at beginning airlines

« on: April 07, 2009, 04:49:06 pm »

Okay, thanks dktc and pseudoswede for all the help so far. Tonight when I get my planes I'm gonna set them up for the destinations a little further away until I got like whole europe and than start another base in europe to open new routes out of there.

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Game Strategy / Re: Help at beginning airlines

« on: April 07, 2009, 12:54:33 pm »

I can bearily put them on routes from my current base, I will have to go to far destinations than which was disrecommended because more routes per plane is better doc and vica versa or does that only count for your first plane?

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Game Strategy / Re: Help at beginning airlines

« on: April 07, 2009, 12:22:29 pm »

I got two more questions. I got 25 destinations in europe, I can take some more high pax airports in southern europe but not really much due to the 'Large world'. Now I got 2 options I think, I got 1 737-300 myself and a 737-200 + EMB120-RT leased and I got a ATR72 and F70 ordered. Now when I get the new planes shall I end the leased and replace those flight with the new aircraft or create a new base in a large airport(Amsterdam, Paris, Frankfurt etc.) and start routes with the 2 new aircraft from there?
I think the last option is the best but if I'm right is it neccesary to take an airport with like 40m + pax with 300/350k per gate and than another 20m~ for the base or is a smaller airport with gates that cost around 200/250k and have 20m + pax good aswell?

Thanks in advance !

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Game Strategy / Re: Help at beginning airlines

« on: April 07, 2009, 10:09:34 am »

  Excuse me for my poor maths.