Leaseing of Planes

NorfolkInternational · **on:** July 25, 2008, 01:32:08 pm

This is not a dig at prices, so fair play if you can get other players part with there hard earned money.

Having a look at a few prices on W8 today.

Airbus A300B4-100 € €74,000,000 24 months
Aerospatiale-BAC Concorde €170,000,000 12 months

In Order to make a profit on routes with the A300 you need a min of 2.4 million a day on a 30 day month. (If my maths is right)

Do people really make profits with thise planes?

pseudoswede · **Reply #1 on:** July 25, 2008, 01:42:04 pm

Quote from: "NorfolkInternational"

Do people really make profits with thise planes?

No, but there are suckers that will lease them out for that price--especially if the planes are new to the game.

Kerdmass · **Reply #2 on:** July 25, 2008, 02:11:16 pm

Or the person leasing the plane out just doesnt want the plane showing up as availible when creating new routes.

If someone takes the ill-advised lease; that's their problem

SkinnyRabbit · **Reply #3 on:** July 25, 2008, 02:43:52 pm

Or thay just do it to waste their money

Zero-G · **Reply #4 on:** July 25, 2008, 04:24:14 pm

Its a newbie trap! leases should be 10-18% of the aircraft cost.

LOT 737-300 · **Reply #5 on:** July 25, 2008, 05:01:10 pm

That is a good ol' fashion newbie trap for sure. The common misconception that some players have is that that is the leasing price for the whole time period rather than a monthly cost.