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General Chat / BROKERS - Advice to airlines using them.
« on: December 15, 2007, 08:44:07 am »
This looks more like an advertisement then advise.. sorry to say
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General Chat / Some Players are killing the game
« on: November 16, 2007, 01:15:32 am »
I'm guessing the blue game means AE
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General Chat / Crowded airports in major cities, how to deal with?
« on: November 14, 2007, 07:56:54 am »
I didn't say... become successful... I said.. become one of the largest.... largest and successful.... they're not the same thing. United is large, but would you consider it very successful financially?
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General Chat / Price slashing...Is there really a point to it or...
« on: November 14, 2007, 07:46:20 am »
I'm one of those players that slash the price of tickets dramatically, and personally, I find nothing wrong with it. I'm not killing my own profit at all, I'll still making the same amount of money flying at 40-90(almost the same), what I am doing is, driving out competition. As far as I can see, there aren't any anti-trust matter going on here in AM, so I don't see anything wrong with me trying(would never happen) to monopolized the hubs I am in. Destroying the route profit for other? Sure, why not? They are all competitors, the less they get, the better for me. So, since AM is a democracy, so, yes, you have to right to express what you think, but I, also have to right to defend what I believe in.
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General Chat / Sharing some AM experience (Product of OpenSkies)
« on: November 14, 2007, 07:37:58 am »
sure.. why not... its here so everyone can see
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General Chat / To player: Stealth Bomber Air
« on: November 13, 2007, 12:24:46 am »
I don't understand whats the problem with that.. I do the same thing.. fly more frequencies with more planes.. thats how you compete. What did you expect?
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General Chat / Sharing some AM experience (Product of OpenSkies)
« on: November 10, 2007, 03:48:00 am »Quote from: "jameswyhk"
What should I do in Australia? I am making little profit in Australia's regional market. It seems that Middle East is extremely easy. There are so many airports that have so many pax. There are less airlines than Oceania. Maybe I'll have to move again? (but I don't want to disturb the admins)
Australia isn't that bad, as I mentioned before, Australia has decent airports such as Sydney and Melbourne and so on.. also, its close to south east asia, which has quite a couple large airports too.
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General Chat / A Distance Calulator Would Be Nice
« on: November 07, 2007, 08:09:14 pm »
What happened to the tool where you could search for gates within an specified range of an airport? It was there before... but gone now..
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General Chat / ROI on Super Constellations
« on: November 07, 2007, 08:07:47 pm »
6.6... Thats not bad, decent. If you are only a start-up airline, I would suggest using the plane on short, and mid range routes, this way you could maximize the potential profit of the aircraft.
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General Chat / Sharing some AM experience (Product of OpenSkies)
« on: November 07, 2007, 07:24:04 pm »Quote from: "Dora"
I guess if base at all large airports (pax>20,000,000) without % of seats provided > 25%, the thraot cutting really hurts.
Last round I base at 5 large airports and my DOP and company value was no match to KFAI and MOMO Rabbit where some of their bases were in mid-size cities...
It really depends on who is your competitor. If it is Shanghai Airlines, then it should be a tough war.
urgh... you're making it sound like I'm a mean competitor....
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General Chat / So what happens in 1960?
« on: November 07, 2007, 09:36:29 am »Quote from: "Jps"
For only 1950-1960. I would hope they start with a 707 next round
ha.. ya right.. we're lucky if they don't give us a DC-1
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General Chat / Sharing some AM experience (Product of OpenSkies)
« on: November 07, 2007, 09:25:42 am »
Choosing where to start
Select a continent
a) North America: North America holds 6 out of 10 the worlds busiest airports, and a stunning 28 airports with annual passengers over 20 million. Difficulty Level:9/10
b) Central America: Departing from Central America, most the the important routes are within the range of a 737, and with smaller airports and less of them, means less competition from within the continent. Difficulty Level:5/10
c) South America: as a beginner, this could be your place to test out the game, and learn more about it. South America holds 399 airports, though most of them being tiny ones. Competition here in minimum.Difficulty Level:3/10
d) Europe: Europe has many large airports, and, very close to each other, while this means good profit, it also means extremely tough competition. Most of the time, within the first 1-2 years, the larger airports in Europe are always out of gates.(It doesn't get any better later on) Difficulty Level:10/10
e)Africa: Very much like Central America, the northern African airports are capable of transporting passengers to most of the European airports with a 737, though itself doesn't have any exceptional airports, this could be the place to avoid competition and yet still be able to access the European market. Difficulty Level:4/10
f)Middle East: As is has always been for the past one thousand years, the Middle East is the gateway to Asia, from Europe, or the other way around. While consisting of a couple of decent size airports, it is also capable of flying to different destinations in Europe and Asia.(This is critical in the 50's era, since it hasn't yet entered jet age) Difficulty Level:6/10
g)Asia: Asia is the wierd one, at least for the time being. With a massive Asian population in AM, Asia seems overly crowded. With major airports distanced far away from each other, and heavy competition; Asia, like Europe and North America, might not be the place a new player wants to start in. Difficulty Level:9/10
h)Australiasia: With large airports likes Sydney, Melbourne, Australiasia is an decent place to start out in. The negative side to starting in Australiasia would be that long hual flights to Europe and North America just isn't possible(except the 2000 era). Difficulty Level:6/10
Select a hub
The following should be noted while choosing a specific airport to create your hub in:
a) If you are planning to aim high, a high traffic volume airport can not be neglected; yet, if you are only playing for fun, and do not want to spends hours editing your routes everyday, then a smaller airport is suggested.
b) Location of your hub: An airport located near the center of your continent would be the best choice, since you would be able to fly everywhere with a single type of aircraft, thus making your fleet management easier
c) Do a little research before you choose your hub. For example, Hong Kong is the most crowded airport in Asia, not because of its location, nor of its passenger volume, but because of the Hong Kong population actually playing this game.
More hubs
a) The secondary hubs should be located closer to your primary one, since that way, flights could be created from both hubs to one airport, thus lowering your expense on gate rental.
b) As for the other hubs, distance to your primary hub shouldn't be the only factor. Other factors such as the distance to another continent, or the competition within the airport are also primary factors.
Choosing your fleet
In the early stage
The following factors are the reasons why I personally would choose one plane over another.
a) Cheap
b) The size of the plane isn't a consideration in the early stage
c) The range of the plane(The longer the better)
When competition starts
When competition starts to get brutal, these are the following things you would need to consider
a) Calculate the maximum amount of passenger an aircraft can carry in 24 hours, relevant to the range. Do a calculation of 1000nm, 2000nm, 3000nm, 4000nm. This way you could determine in the specified range, which specific aircraft could carry the most amount of passenger. Use it.
b) When competitors lowers their price, don't simply lower yours too. Increase the frequency of your flight. This way you could be making the same amount(almost the same) of money while matching your competitor's price.
c) Refresh your routes before lowering your price, cuz somethings a little "update" could turn a route with 0% to 100%.
Long-Hual
When I'm talking about long-hual, I'm talking about flights over 4000nm. Choose the fastest plane with the highest amount of seats. For example, in the 2000 era, 774 could do round trips in some routes where the 773 could only do one way. That means more passenger, thus lower price, better stand in the competition.
Will keep updating later... bored of typing
Select a continent
a) North America: North America holds 6 out of 10 the worlds busiest airports, and a stunning 28 airports with annual passengers over 20 million. Difficulty Level:9/10
b) Central America: Departing from Central America, most the the important routes are within the range of a 737, and with smaller airports and less of them, means less competition from within the continent. Difficulty Level:5/10
c) South America: as a beginner, this could be your place to test out the game, and learn more about it. South America holds 399 airports, though most of them being tiny ones. Competition here in minimum.Difficulty Level:3/10
d) Europe: Europe has many large airports, and, very close to each other, while this means good profit, it also means extremely tough competition. Most of the time, within the first 1-2 years, the larger airports in Europe are always out of gates.(It doesn't get any better later on) Difficulty Level:10/10
e)Africa: Very much like Central America, the northern African airports are capable of transporting passengers to most of the European airports with a 737, though itself doesn't have any exceptional airports, this could be the place to avoid competition and yet still be able to access the European market. Difficulty Level:4/10
f)Middle East: As is has always been for the past one thousand years, the Middle East is the gateway to Asia, from Europe, or the other way around. While consisting of a couple of decent size airports, it is also capable of flying to different destinations in Europe and Asia.(This is critical in the 50's era, since it hasn't yet entered jet age) Difficulty Level:6/10
g)Asia: Asia is the wierd one, at least for the time being. With a massive Asian population in AM, Asia seems overly crowded. With major airports distanced far away from each other, and heavy competition; Asia, like Europe and North America, might not be the place a new player wants to start in. Difficulty Level:9/10
h)Australiasia: With large airports likes Sydney, Melbourne, Australiasia is an decent place to start out in. The negative side to starting in Australiasia would be that long hual flights to Europe and North America just isn't possible(except the 2000 era). Difficulty Level:6/10
Select a hub
The following should be noted while choosing a specific airport to create your hub in:
a) If you are planning to aim high, a high traffic volume airport can not be neglected; yet, if you are only playing for fun, and do not want to spends hours editing your routes everyday, then a smaller airport is suggested.
b) Location of your hub: An airport located near the center of your continent would be the best choice, since you would be able to fly everywhere with a single type of aircraft, thus making your fleet management easier
c) Do a little research before you choose your hub. For example, Hong Kong is the most crowded airport in Asia, not because of its location, nor of its passenger volume, but because of the Hong Kong population actually playing this game.
More hubs
a) The secondary hubs should be located closer to your primary one, since that way, flights could be created from both hubs to one airport, thus lowering your expense on gate rental.
b) As for the other hubs, distance to your primary hub shouldn't be the only factor. Other factors such as the distance to another continent, or the competition within the airport are also primary factors.
Choosing your fleet
In the early stage
The following factors are the reasons why I personally would choose one plane over another.
a) Cheap
b) The size of the plane isn't a consideration in the early stage
c) The range of the plane(The longer the better)
When competition starts
When competition starts to get brutal, these are the following things you would need to consider
a) Calculate the maximum amount of passenger an aircraft can carry in 24 hours, relevant to the range. Do a calculation of 1000nm, 2000nm, 3000nm, 4000nm. This way you could determine in the specified range, which specific aircraft could carry the most amount of passenger. Use it.
b) When competitors lowers their price, don't simply lower yours too. Increase the frequency of your flight. This way you could be making the same amount(almost the same) of money while matching your competitor's price.
c) Refresh your routes before lowering your price, cuz somethings a little "update" could turn a route with 0% to 100%.
Long-Hual
When I'm talking about long-hual, I'm talking about flights over 4000nm. Choose the fastest plane with the highest amount of seats. For example, in the 2000 era, 774 could do round trips in some routes where the 773 could only do one way. That means more passenger, thus lower price, better stand in the competition.
Will keep updating later... bored of typing
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General Chat / Crowded airports in major cities, how to deal with?
« on: November 07, 2007, 08:22:07 am »
private airlines... so does that mean if the government owns any % of the airline, it wouldn't be considered private? I'm a little confused on the private part... to my understanding... BA is the largest airline in Europe, and Ryanair isn't anywhere close to its size... I might be mistaking...
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General Chat / Crowded airports in major cities, how to deal with?
« on: November 05, 2007, 09:54:06 pm »
avoiding major airports will only get you so far... you might become a some what major player in the market, but you'll never become one of the largest. As far as I can see, I don't see a single airline in AM, or in the real world that would be considered one of the largest without deploying services to or from major airports.
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General Chat / Massive Airlines
« on: October 30, 2007, 03:07:05 am »
well... as I was saying, when people play this game, most of them are lookiing, or at least hoping to achieve top rankings, so large airports are the most dominant factor. As for Aria, although you are not using the largest airport LHR, but frankfurt... thats a huge airport too... and lets be honest, if it wasn't becuz of the distance between large european airports, you probably won't be all the way up there. 5 out of the top 10 are based in Europe, and 4 in N.America, 1 in Asia. This is probably becuz of the limitation of the aircrafts this round, as seen from last round, 8 out of the top 10 were based in Asia. So, I'm not attacking anyone's statement, I admit that they all make sense, I'm just saying, if ranking matters to you, then dun believe in the basing in smaller airport talk.
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