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Game Strategy / Re: Lowered Incomes As A Result of Switching Airplanes

« on: October 23, 2009, 03:43:31 am »

€30,094 (it used to be €30,489, and before that, I would expect it would have been about €31,000)

Note that I rarely bother with cents, as I find that a waste of time for a gain of €50 or so.

This is just one among many instances. Actually, I also noticed that one or two of my routes had their optimal ticket price go up by a few Euros. That happens about 5% of the time, whereas the decreased price and profit is the norm. All of the routes I'm referring to are ones with no competition.

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Game Strategy / Lowered Incomes As A Result of Switching Airplanes

« on: October 23, 2009, 12:42:42 am »

Airline ID: 29813
World ID: 799
Current world year: 2005
Current bases: SKBO     El Dorado, SKRG     José María Córdova International, SEQU     Mariscal Sucre International,     SVMI     Simón Bolívar International
DOC: € 14,111,270
Airline link: http://airlinemogul.com/airlinemogul/view_airline.php?id=29813


When I decide that a plane is too old to use, I will often switch it with a plane of the exact same model that I had bought from the manufacturer. When that happens, the optimal price seems to change if the route being flown is being carried solely by my airline. For example:

Old flight (Dash-8-400)

El Dorado to Miguel Urdaneta Fernández
    Freq     Load     Ticket Price     Profit
        1      100%         €225                  €30,489


If I use the same ticket price when I replace it with the exact same plane (just brand new), then this is what happens:

Proposed Fare: €225
Total Profit/Loss   €29,900
Loadfactor   98.53%

My prices have been dropping constantly because of this. There has never been any competition on many of these routes, but ticket prices are forced to fall anywhere between €2-10 every time I change the plane to the same type of plane.


Can any veteran of this game enlighten me as to why this is?
Thanks!