Hello,
I think that it's not fair on other airlines that one airline is based on a Very Large/Large/Mega airport (for example LHR HKG SFO DXB and many more) because it blocks lots of slots. So everyone would have to operate flights into that airport/back to hub but not out of that airport.
Are you desperate that you cannot find huge airport with sufficient available slots to start? Well...there are BIG HUBS (8-9 bar airports) on existing servers that have very little traffic and 50-80% slots available. Even on Aspern many 8-10 bar airports are still less than 50% full. But you must be willing to not base in LHR, JFK, FRA or DXB and SEARCH...and serach...and search.. world by world (you can actually search any world without activating it).
And your proposal really does not make sense ... even if you base a hub elsewhere (e.g. 6-7 bar airport) you can still schedule flights between two 9-10 bar airports ... so it really does not make sense.
Hello,
I think that it's not fair on other airlines that one airline is based on a Very Large/Large/Mega airport (for example LHR HKG SFO DXB and many more) because it blocks lots of slots. So everyone would have to operate flights into that airport/back to hub but not out of that airport.
you can make perfect HUB on small airport with 4 bars with no competitions
only requirements its 3400+ m runaway
Are you desperate that you cannot find huge airport with sufficient available slots to start? Well...there are BIG HUBS (8-9 bar airports) on existing servers that have very little traffic and 50-80% slots available. Even on Aspern many 8-10 bar airports are still less than 50% full. But you must be willing to not base in LHR, JFK, FRA or DXB and SEARCH...and serach...and search.. world by world (you can actually search any world without activating it).
And your proposal really does not make sense ... even if you base a hub elsewhere (e.g. 6-7 bar airport) you can still schedule flights between two 9-10 bar airports ... so it really does not make sense.
Well lets say that everyone started in HKG then there would be no slots almost straight away but if one person started in one other airport they would not be able to fly to HKG.
Well lets say that everyone started in HKG then there would be no slots almost straight away but if one person started in one other airport they would not be able to fly to HKG.
Then shedule flights to other airports within the ground network and wait until you get a direct flight. Every airline started with the same amount of money. So why should it be unfair when my airline grows and uses 70 or 80% of available slots? I have more than 15.000 departures at Denver airport, but I havnt started there ... I used it as a new hub after an another big airline went bankrupt and add flight after flight which took more than one year to reach the actual size. Any other airline was able to shedule flights from or to Denver.
I run a Hub at Nashville to, noone used this airport as a hub and it works great. You can find several airports in US or EU like Nashville. MCI for example or CLE are great too and mostly not occupied by big airlines.
you can make perfect HUB on small airport with 4 bars with no competitions
only requirements its 3400+ m runaway
If its a hub you really mean, then this is spot on. It might offer a much more attractive connection time too.
I love to use 7/8 bar airports, just to avoid competition! And like said above, it often offers shorter connection times.