NICE FLIGHTS, NO PASSENGERS

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HI all!!!

I started 2 days ago and i´m going to become premium tomorrow as i´m loving the game so far…Besides i´m a co-pilot in a Portuguese airline so there´s some extra incentive.

BUT I HAVE A HUGE PROBLEM.

1 - I currently own 3 B757-200 and 1 B300-b2 and one B300-b4. They are old but in great shape and nicely maintened. They all fly almost 24h a day but have more them 100% in maint. I bought them really cheap at an average of 300k per aircraft. The schedules have nice ETA´s and departure times.

2- All my routes have a very nice demand 7/8, and a very litle number of flights from my hub. In some routes i´m actually the only airline doing them. I fly from Lisbon(hub) to Stockholm, Oslo, Helsinki, Cairo and Brussels. My prices are low low. I did the maths and with 80% of the aircraft full they will get me a very nice revenue expenses included.All my route prices are under the other Airline Prices and trust me in some routes like to Oslo i´m the only airline doing the route and it´s under the default price. So all my routes have at least a 4 stripes rate.

3- My aircrafts were chosen carefully and they are all very popular with passengers. My on-board service is always great with at least 4 stripes. The seats are also great for all flights with at least 4 stripes even in the longest flights. IN ALL MY ROUTES THE PRICE/PERFORMANCE RATIO HAS 5 STRIPES…

[b]SO WHY THE HELL DON´T I HAVE PASSENGERS???WTF???

[/b]Most of my flights aren´t reaching the 20 passengers both on economy and business class…Please help me…Will they start to appear as my company gets more publicity or am i doing anything wrong? I know i´m talkin of my very first flights but in some routes with great demand i´m the only one.Shouldn´t they be fully booked?I still have 6M in my account so i can still handle some days with no revenue but i think thats not the objective am i right?My week-end closing costs is of 2.8M.

Thanks to all.

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Try to create a hub&spoke system. Start flying to Brazil out of Lisbon and make shure pax can connect to places like Porto, Madrid, Barcelona, Sevilla, Bilbao, Valencia for example.

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It may take 2-3 days until you can see if the route is profitable. Also you may need some IL-Partners for connecting flights at your destinations.

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Bookings need 3 days. If you still have not enough pax booking your flights, you should think about your price, seats and service. Have a look on the flight details and your flight rating. try to sign some IL agreements to offer some additional connections.

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Prices, Services and Seats are all rated 4 stripes at least, some have 5 stripes. In every routes i offer the best price.

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Just did a reset on my company.

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Same here. It’s not easy getting started in this game. There is so much that you need to know and work with that it becomes almost impossible to handle.

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Yeah this is a hard game being new. I probably liquadated/reset at least 40 times until I got the hang of it. 

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Yeah this is a hard game being new. I probably liquadated/reset at least 40 times until I got the hang of it. 

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