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Game Strategy / Re: Long Haul?

« on: November 08, 2011, 02:20:35 pm »

Are you in a private world? Then the odds that you'll be selling your planes (at all) are slim to none.  It's only marginally better in a public world (they are so unsaturated that everyone makes enough money to buy their own planes).

So when you get your three aircraft, your best-case scenario is that you'll be making 300-350k per aircraft, that leaves you with a DOC of 900k-1.05M. Given that it costs approximately 120M to purchase a new B762ER, you will have to wait 114-133 game days (4.5-5.5 game months) to purchase your next plane. This does not even include the gate rental costs or the (increasing) maintenance fees being paid. So, in reality, it might be 8 game months (9 months if it takes 72 days to receive your plane--I can't remember) before you have your next aircraft.

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Game Strategy / Re: Long Haul?

« on: November 07, 2011, 09:40:59 pm »

Then you'll be waiting appox. 150 game days for your next 762ER.... By then, you'll just have to swap since maintenance costs will be sky-high on the other three.

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Game Strategy / Re: How to make money?

« on: November 02, 2011, 10:10:36 pm »

There has to be some decent-sized Chinese airports on the eastern border and maybe northern Pakistan. How about Baku (GYD)?

The perk is that you most likely will never have competition on a single route, so you can wait and grind it out for a while. As you keep adding routes, go back and re-adjust fares on existing routes. The hub effect will add a few more Euros to your pockets.

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Bugs / Re: AM down?

« on: October 23, 2011, 04:12:46 pm »

IRC was down from about 1100-1400 GMT.

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Private World Discussion & Invitation / Re: Private World #2092

« on: October 21, 2011, 09:29:57 pm »

Oops. Nevermind.

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Bugs / Re: Error in GCM

« on: October 20, 2011, 05:10:40 pm »

Also in the Wiki...

http://www.airlinemogul.com/manual/index.php/FAQ#I_have_a_route_to_Madrid-Cuatro_Vientos_.28MCV.29.2C_and_the_airport_is_showing_up_in_Australia_on_the_route_map.21

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Game Strategy / Re: Rapid early game expansion

« on: October 04, 2011, 05:38:57 am »

I agree with most of matias' assessment and also lean towards B.

It doesn't matter how expensive the airport is. If it's in range, you fly to it. (Same goes for the cheapest, smallest airports.) If you so choose, you can dedicate a few ATPs to do the "mainline" routes only. Then it will be easier to swap out to larger aircraft when your DOC is high enough.

You've only used 9 gates at CDG so far. I would keep buying ATPs and adding routes out of CDG until you have enough cash and ATPs to easily open another 350k base nearby without having to wait too long to recover (~10M DOC).

Once you hit about 15M DOC, I would start investing in F-100's. Replace the ATPs on the mainline routes and continue to expand. Open another base once you hit 25 gates at CDG and at least 10 gates at your next base. Just remember, when you open a new base, to invest in ATPs to use on flights to all airports within its range.

When your DOC hits about 45M, I would buy the occasional B762ER. Mix long-haul flights (@ 0.5-freq) to large airports with intra-Europe flights to the larger airports (replacing the F-100's).

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Game Strategy / Re: Good Aircraft

« on: September 26, 2011, 03:34:31 pm »

RomBAC-1-11-495. Cheap, fast, has decent range.

Then replace immediately with the Caravelle 10B when available.

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Game Strategy / Re: Good Aircraft

« on: September 24, 2011, 02:56:25 pm »

Short-haul? Trans-con? Inter-con?

Flying to small? medium? large airports?

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Game Strategy / Re: some help please

« on: September 08, 2011, 03:01:49 am »

With your DOC, you are waiting more than a full day to buy just one plane. You should be looking at much cheaper planes (1.2M-2.4M price). Once you get those, fly them to every airport within the UK, northern France and Netherlands.

More planes = more routes = more DOC = more planes

And if you want to aim to become the largest airline, then you need to be basing at LHR, CDG, FRA, MAD, and AMS.

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Suggestions / Re: Some realistic touches

« on: September 05, 2011, 03:47:04 pm »

No one really takes a plane to fly less than 100-200 km/miles.

Really? Thousands of people do every day.

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Game Strategy / Re: Trying to understand aircraft differences

« on: August 19, 2011, 02:29:37 pm »

This is how I rank aircraft performance...

1. Seats
2. Turn Time
3. Range
4. Speed

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General Chat / Re: removal from world 1737 and 1744

« on: August 08, 2011, 03:54:45 pm »

PM the world owner and ask to be removed.

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Game Strategy / Re: Another beginner thought

« on: August 05, 2011, 04:56:33 pm »

As many routes to airports near BHX. You should also be doing 1-frequency flights.

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[=] Suggestions / Re: Private Alliance

« on: July 15, 2011, 09:30:47 am »

I think notification should first go to the alliance owner. If the alliance owner votes (as opposed to outright accepting/rejecting the applicant), then a message is sent to the rest of the alliance members asking them to vote.