Can someone knowledgeable give me the definitive answer for this:
If you have higher ORS rating than next competitor, would you get full booking first and the lower rated competitor would get what's left, or do you just get a higher percentage of bookings?
E.g. Imagine you are ORS 99 and have capacity of 15 units (pax etc), your competitor has ORS 80 and capacity of 15 units/pax as well, and total demand on the route is 20 units (pax)
You get 15/20 booking (15 out of 20 demand) to fill your capacity 15/15 (100%) and what's left (5/15) goes to lower ORS competitor, who fills his capacity only 5/15 (33%).
You get higher booking ratio (11/20) to fill your capacity 11/15 (73%) and the lower ORS gets lower booking ratio but still a considerable share (9/20) to fill his capacity at 9/15 (60%).
As far as I know if you have the highest ORS Rating, you will get the highest amount of the direct Passengers but not 100%. I don't know how much percent you will get tough. But you can fill your airplane normally only (exept for the first 3-4 weeks after a new server starts) with a combination of direct passengers and connecting Passengers. And connecting Passengers you will get through your network and IL's. I don't use the ORS very often anyways. Get a good Company Image, good seats, get a good service Profile that balances costs and benefit of your Service Profile and get IL's that will help you and don't IL with everybody but use it wisely. Once you have that you should be fine and get good passenger loads. If you have 30 Companies flying between 2 cities later on in direct competition you will get even with the best ORS rating only a small percentage of the direct Passengers .....so focus on your airline, your service and your Hub.
What actually happens if both have a 99 rating and I lower the price again. Does it make any scence? As far as I know, 99 is the highest rating you can get, so if there is anybody who is flying at a 99 rating he cannot get better, does he? Or is the competitor getting a lower rating then?
What actually happens if both have a 99 rating and I lower the price again. Does it make any scence? As far as I know, 99 is the highest rating you can get, so if there is anybody who is flying at a 99 rating he cannot get better, does he? Or is the competitor getting a lower rating then?
MDEA
I've seen the ORS score go to 100. But develop a hub and/or interline carefully and this matters less - you'll fill some/all seats with connecting flights.
faster planes get a rating of 100 when a standard jet gets a rating of 99 and a turboprop gets 92. I mean with the same seating, on-board service and pricing.