Hello everyone!! My airline is currently expanding at a very decent rate and lately i have been concidering expanding my routes to include som trans-atlantic flights..i've never had an airline with these kind of flights...the routes would start from Eastern Canada and reach europe....are there any good aircraft for this kind of flights?? I'm not too sure what are the best options for my airline..i could use some help!
Thanks!
Try the 737-900 HGW / HGW Winglet. You can earn great margins. If you need more capacities, a 767-300/400 would be a good choice or the 787. But you should start with the 737, if you have not a big feeder network.
Right now, i'm still building my HUB, but i hope that i can start sending out some trans-atlantic flights when i reach a good amount of planes serving the HUB! :)
Try the 737-900 HGW / HGW Winglet. You can earn great margins. If you need more capacities, a 767-300/400 would be a good choice or the 787. But you should start with the 737, if you have not a big feeder network.
this is a good advice
leave the 767-300/400 til you have 50+ airplane specially if your hub is YUL (YYZ can handle a 777 witch is a good money maker )
My hub is YOW and currently has 13 planes with 393 weekly departures!
I wish you luck but I found I needed a big domestic base (100+ aircraft) before I could get any transatlantic traffic. One tip, use ecoplus seating.
the 737-900 would be the best choice for now i think, but 13 planes in your fleet its maybe too small
for example
one of my airline at yyz had 20 crj700 and around 30 A320 plus 5 B777
simply make sure that the north american network connect with the trans Atlantic flights and get partners in Europe with the best connection time for your flights
ecoplus seating is a must
Right now, my airline is composed only of Dash8 Q400As. I'm planning to add some canadair jets to the fleet to increase my passenger capacity and also my draw distance, right now, i don't serve that many big airports. So, I hope that within a few weeks I can have a big enough network to develop some trans-atlantic flights!
look at the use market too
if you get a 757 cheap ill be good to build your trans atl network
You might consider an AN148-100E. Inexpensive to lease NEW, has decent CP/SM, you can get close to a used B757 if configured properly AND not have to deal with the higher maintenance costs. I ran them between EWR/LGW, LGA/LGW, and filled them with little support from my main hub. Max seats, 84, a little more than the DH-400, but has incredible range!!! Do an evaluation and check it out.
You might consider an AN148-100E. Inexpensive to lease NEW, has decent CP/SM, you can get close to a used B757 if configured properly AND not have to deal with the higher maintenance costs. I ran them between EWR/LGW, LGA/LGW, and filled them with little support from my main hub. Max seats, 84, a little more than the DH-400, but has incredible range!!! Do an evaluation and check it out.
Does the FAA know about this? AN-140E lol! You have brave pax and crew 