Hi at all,
i've start new enterprise here some days ago and i'have already played in perals last year.
I've 1 b737-800. 4 dash 400 e 1 crj900.
Now all is great, the flights are all fully and the marin are between 20 and 40%...it's fantastic but..but....i've see that lor of other enterprise has a very olf fleet, like dc8, dc-8, they have planes the in real life don't fly but theese make fully booked, and thank's the realy cheap leasing cost they can offer lot of destination.
My question is, Think it is worth the investment in modern aircraft to offer high quality and stay close to Realto or just have planes so passengers do not care if the ereo is new or old?
Thnk's in advance
I would say buy as many cheap seats as your investment can allow. Rack up as much money as you can (I think in the beginning you can increase prices by as much as 50%) but beware of using anything less than Comfort seats in business class. Start building a powerful connection network. Then, after about two months when demand starts to get filled, start switching planes one by one to more modern planes (and maybe something of slightly smaller capacity, e.g. 73G). If you use B727 which is faster than B737 or A320, you should leave about 2 minutes for every started hour of flight time as a "schedule window" so when you reschedule you do not find yourself with schedule that does not fit.
Tnx for reply, so, you suggest me to lease, from now, cheper plane for create myclients and, when the demand will be stable, lease modern plane. Is it correct?
Well.. yes and no. If you lease cheaper planes now e.g. 727, you will have 5 maintenance types and your maintenance costs will be 30% higher. You already have 4 fleet type and your maintenance cost are already 15% higher than normal.