NICE FLIGHTS, NO PASSENGERS

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Just did a reset on my company.

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.

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

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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