Maintenance Cost

[iranair777]

Anyone want to challenge this for the highest maintenance costs??

Maintenance Fees (Monthly) €211,707,555 €211,707,555

I don't mind it tho.  I still make close to half of a billion Euros a month after costs...

Lusitana's the largest airline in the whole game and he disclosed a montly cost of EUR5.7billion

iranair, I'm a cheater then!  I have a "set" range of fares and ramp up my frequency/seats to reach my "target price".

yup you are as your not playing by reality as most of us would like to

[Pacific]

Oh, I think it's only natural that my routes to bigger airports have more seats/frequencies.

You can accuse Cathay Pacific of cheating by flying HKG-LHR 4x a day yet only fly to Xiamen 3x a week.

I think we've digressed and the Irishman can turn the lock?

[Chavaquiah]

Lusitana's the largest airline in the whole game and he disclosed a montly cost of EUR5.7billion

Oh, it's lower now! Thank Goodness (bet Will and Stephen were never called Goodness before) my bill went down to 4.3bn this month.

[iranair777]

Oh, I think it's only natural that my routes to bigger airports have more seats/frequencies.

You can accuse Cathay Pacific of cheating by flying HKG-LHR 4x a day yet only fly to Xiamen 3x a week.

I think we've digressed and the Irishman can turn the lock?

In english that is?

The problem is with the pricing model that AM has got also. If you do a freq of 10 from LHR-CDG in reality, each flight is independent of each other therefore either their prices will be different or it will be about the same price each way and with competing airlines. In AM if you do LHR-CDG with a freq of 10 your more likely to have to put the price down to E1

[Pacific]

It's perfect English.

I've done 10x FRA-LHR/FRA-CDG before with a 100 seat Boeing Stratocruiser many months ago.  It was more like EUR100 instead of something ridiculous like 500.  Just think how low real-world prices are: I flew LGW-VCE for £45 return in April.

[Air Elbonia]

Oh, I think it's only natural that my routes to bigger airports have more seats/frequencies.

You can accuse Cathay Pacific of cheating by flying HKG-LHR 4x a day yet only fly to Xiamen 3x a week.

I think we've digressed and the Irishman can turn the lock?

In english that is?

The problem is with the pricing model that AM has got also. If you do a freq of 10 from LHR-CDG in reality, each flight is independent of each other therefore either their prices will be different or it will be about the same price each way and with competing airlines. In AM if you do LHR-CDG with a freq of 10 your more likely to have to put the price down to E1

you're lucky if two seats on the same plane are the same cost.  i am periodically tinkering with this and that, i'm softly trying to crank up a distance multiplier to further hurt short-hops and further boost long-hauls, however it's relatively slow going (as otherwise it's too sudden and causes complaints).

Please note that just because the formula isn't transparent that it doesn't necessarily take into effect distance or frequency.  both are in there, however they're relatively weak as I was a little afraid of letting the cumulative effect of the dozen or so multipliers get too high, however i am (as i said) stealthily doing this and that to tweak it.  The distance mod i'm (presently) making a goal of having fully phased in within 6 weeks. frequency, i haven't a strong goal as to how i want to tweak that yet, however i have periodically upped the multiplier for additional frequencies.

[Blue Sky Mine]

Hey fellas, I've got a cheat for turning your MX costs down:
-Buy a Concorde
-Scrap it (yes, the new plane!)
-Lease a CASA C212-300
-Return the lease
-See what will happen to your MX costs!!!

 I don't get it, MX Costs shouldn't be historic on a months transactions, so I'm guessing your seeing how gullible people are?

Oh noes, I wish you'd just have waited for the first 5 or so guys to scrap their brand new Concordes :twisted:

[Fleur-de-Lis]

Oh phew...

You guys fixed the maintenance fault, I assume?

I was about to hit 5 billion euros in costs.

I stopped making large aircraft purchases, cause I needed 14 days of cash accumulation per month just to pay maintenance. Another 2 days for the rest of the expenses, and a day for gate costs. That wasn't leaving me much (percentage wise) to buy new.

Last few days; I was supplementing my income by buying and selling used aircraft, and I also started leasing in planes, to avoid additional maintenance costs.
 

[Cheung Airlines]

AAAAhhhh..... I take 11 days for maint. and 15.3855.... days for all costs. ( Calculated after the fix )
Just got way too high. :cry:

[chrissxb]

I fully agree. the fun is gone because you need too much money to face maintenant, which is for me almost 16 DOPs
please adjust and bring back the fun

[Blue Sky Mine]

Lol, 180 mio out of 240 mio every month... not bad!!!

[Cheung Airlines]

In deed, you are only 3/4
For me.....
79/100 ( I've gone past 1/4 somewhere 2 years ago)


Also, I'm thinking if I sell my fleet out now and buy loads of Caravelles and send them flying the same route all over the day, will this going to save maint. cost

[Jacko-Smitha]

Sorry if i'm about to dobule post but
what is your recomendation of retireing yout aircraft at what age?
i know most of my saabs are coming on to the age of 3 is it time to
buy a new fleet and sell them? or can u use them till they hit the 7 year mark?
not sure thanks for any advice

Southern Cross Airways (W4)
Lighting the Sky's of Australia

[Cheung Airlines]

The cost that kills airline now is fuel cost. In this game, its maint. cost....Hmmm....QUITE unrealistic.

[iranair777]

The cost that kills airline now is fuel cost. In this game, its maint. cost....Hmmm....QUITE unrealistic.

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