The Most Profitable Aircraft in AM

[Australis]

at the moment I have only SE 210 Caravelle Super 10B in my active fleet- I like them, but for the future I replace them with Douglas DC-8-55 because of the passenger-capacity. at this moment (1965) it's that one with the most capacity (along with B707-320/-420) but it is lower priced and as long as the longer range of the 707 doesn't matter I believe it's the best choice...

[Jps]

Go with the Caravelle.. Then when the 733 is released, replace them. If you happen to play in a round where the 733 also goes out of production, replace with the 735.

[balaji]

i prefer MDs

[Australis]

Ok, my plan to carry as much passengers as possible using the Douglas DC-8-55 failed. In fact of the longer turn-time and the higher maintanence cost it gave me round about the same profit then the caravelle... now I use 2 dc8 for long range routes the other 4 I ordered made a good profit for me on the aircraft-market now I'm replacing the caravelle's with 721's and it works fine- per 721 I make ~100000 more profit a day...

[hippogroup]

In W506 I can get a tidy profit of 270,000-280,000 with my default N262.

[Cheung Airlines]

two ways:
It will, at the beginning of the world, as long as you based at any airport with 200k/200k+ pax
OR
Base in 350k airports and do super-short hops.

[convair0990]

I think Dc-9's are better than 737-100/-200. They have less fuel consumption and bigger speed than these 737.
The price for buy one DC-9-30 is bigger than to buy a 737-200 but, at the end of the game, we can see a big difference about the fuel costs(yes, they are important in the game).
About Caravelle, it's price is really low but i think at the end it"s lowest speed and higher fuel consumption could make difference, but they are good aircrafts(when I changed my Tu-104V for the Caravelle it was a good deal).

[Trans Global Airlines]

In the 60-80s. the Caravelle Super 10B and Caravelle 10R are the best and most profitable.  I also liked the BAC 111-200/400 very much. MDs and the B727/737 are sometimes too in reference to passenger demand.  It is my 4th round in the eighties and most of my short and medium haul fleet always consist on the core: Caravelle 10/BAC 111.
For longer and strong demand routes the best is Boeing 757-200 , Airbus A310HGW and DC8-62/63.
Asfar as regionals are concerned, my top is for  the NAMC YS11A-500, followed by Fokker F28Jet.

[Japanair]

In more modern worlds, the A32X family is the most profitable aircraft for short to medium haul routes. Caravelles are also pretty good in the older days. If you compare the 737-100/200/Adv. with the DC-9 in general, the Douglas is supposed to be better EXCEPT the DC-9-50. Although much better quantity of seats, the -50 has a really slow speed and high turn time...

[pseudoswede]

In more modern worlds, the A32X family is the most profitable aircraft for short to medium haul routes.

From an ROI and maintenance perspective, the A319 is much more profitable.

There were some people using A320s from EWR on short/medium-haul flights to 50k airports. I did some experimentation--tried out an A321, A320, A319, F100, F70 and ERJ--and, just from route profit, the A319 was actually making 10-20k more per route. The F100 was a close second.

[BINDU]

If you start playing in the 2000s, the Boeing 717-200 is beast. 34-38 million for 117 pax, good speed and decent fuel usage. I can make 600K per in an airport with 18 carriers based in it.

[Belfordrocks]

CRJ-701LR.

I'm lovin' it right now. Doing nearly 20 routes per day, at 515 knots. What else can you say 

[Belfordrocks]

If you start playing in the 2000s, the Boeing 717-200 is beast. 34-38 million for 117 pax, good speed and decent fuel usage. I can make 600K per in an airport with 18 carriers based in it.

Not really, comparing pure stats the E195 just pips the 717 in my opinion.

Funny the biggest duds in real life can be the most profitable aircraft here.

[Cheung Airlines]

Funny the biggest duds in real life can be the most profitable aircraft here.

It is, for most of the case (e.g. SE 10B Caravelle), with exceptions like A-320s or 737s

[Japanair]

In more modern worlds, the A32X family is the most profitable aircraft for short to medium haul routes.

From an ROI and maintenance perspective, the A319 is much more profitable.

What I meant by the A32X family includes the A318, A319, A320, and A321... Since the original aircraft was an A320, I used the term A32X instead... XD

and yes, the A319 is more profitable than the A321...