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General Chat / Any Sense in less than 100% Loadfactor?

« on: October 16, 2010, 12:55:01 pm »

I've noticed that a lot of my competitors average less than 100% loadfactor on their operations. Is there any sense in operating flights that are less than 100% full? Enlighten me, because I do not see the logic.

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Game Strategy / Re: What is the best Homebase?

« on: October 13, 2010, 08:22:10 am »

If you want to be in the top of the rankings, you must base at 350k airports. Zero exceptions.

NOT TRUE!

With some work, you can base at airports between 200K-350K/gate and still climb to the top of the leaderboard. I wouldn't suggest starting at an airport that's already used as another airline as their hub, otherwise, you'd be hard-pressed with some stiff competition. Nor would I suggest starting anywhere less than 200K/gate.

HUBS:
Minneapolis/St. Paul (MSP): Main hub ($300,000/gate)
Detroit-Metropolitan Wayne County (DTW): Secondary hub ($300,000/gate)
New York- John F. Kennedy (JFK): Eastern hub ($300,000/gate)
Lambert St. Louis (STL): "Budget" hub, ($200,000/gate)

Whenever I start an airline here, I always pick MSP as my homebase. Why? MSP is rarely picked as a homebase, for reasons still unknown to me. The second-place airline in my scenario picked all of the American 350K airports (except ATL) plus some strategic 300K airports for his bases. He was in first for a while, until I bumped him out of there. Even though I lag behind him in fleet size and passenger volume, my airline's value is still tops.

In a nutshell, it's more about using your bases to their fullest extent. Pick a good hub, and fly to as many airports as you can find. Size up all your destinations and use the most appropriate aircraft for the place (using regional jets to fly to 50K/gate airports, and such).

Not only that, you need to KEEP GROWING. Your value can't grow if your airline doesn't grow. Keep on adding to your fleet and adding more routes as you go along.

Airline Mogul - See my airline