I don't understand this. Ive played already several times and I just don't get it;
Now I have an airline based in Lisbon (which had 52% available slots)
and Im flying for example:
Lisbon - Milan linate on 13:25 daily, with my airline being the only one flying there, and it has a load factor of 1%.
Im using Tupolev 204 and Sukhoi SSJ 100 but both have load factors of 1%..
MEANWHILE,
on a domestic flight, Lisbon - Porto, which has already 20+ other airlines flying, my load factor is 50%
How and Why is this??? Also with other cities my load factor doesn't go more then 2%, even though my airline is THE ONLY ONE flying thát particular route.
Why should I buy credits if everytime I play this game the load factor is so low its depressing , my ticket prices are also -10% but still nobody flies...
AND!! my business class chairs are Eco Plus and the route rating is always 2 or 3 green stripes!
* sorry i meant with load factor, just 1 passenger or 2 passengers, not 1% !! :) please someone help, I love this game how realistic it is but ive played before and stationed in Bogota and one in Bolivia and only had many passengers on domestic routes, international routes nobody flew on it :( dont understand
I can just give a statement for Bolivia. This country has very few international airline connections in reality, too. If you look at the flight schedule of El Alto airport at La Paz, the most flights are domestic ones. Even to Chile (Santiago) or Peru (Lima and Cuzco) is only very little demand.
But flying from Lisbon (big airport) to Mega airports in europe with just 1 or 2 passengers is depressing, since the cabin configuration and on board service has a very high rating. and the fact that there is no competition, whats the point for me buying credits if im going bankrupt soon :(
I tried the south american market on Idlewild and we have alliance members who still do ... but it is for some reason a very very difficult place to start. I started at that time in Chile when a large company went bancrupt but I struggeled a lot. Like you said Domestic flights excellent but international nearly 0. What you need to do is build a Hub and offer lots and lots of connections. As bobojama said check if you have your service profile and seats that you have choosen asigned to you Aircraft and the Service you have is assigned to the routes you are flying. I have 3 service levels one from 0-800km them from 800-1500 and for more then 1500km. If you have nearly no passengers it means that you may not have enough connections. Passengers are only waiting for a maximum of 8 hrs. So when you have flights to milan departing at 6 in the morning coming back at 1300 and your next flight is at 2300 then your passengers will look for other options. Also try to start with aircrafts like Dash, CRJ's or EMB's. They are profitable. Use small aircrafts first and then wenn it is filling increase frequency or look for a slightly bigger airplane. Also each Airport is updated only once within 24 hrs and it takes 3-5 days to see what a route is doing. Also look for IL partners to fill your planes.
Ive tried a smaller aircraft LET-410 with only 19 seats, but still just 5 passengers get on that airplane, I fly from Lisbon to some big airports in Spain (which don't have any routes yet) so sad I wanted to play this game but oh well :(
and Yes; seats and onboard services are asigned to the routes and aircrafts, :unsure:
now started a new airline with embraer 135 and other small jets with just 19 seats, and still most flights have 0 passengers, i dont understand this is so depressing,
i have 13 aircraft and all of them fly to big major airports and 2 times daily (so there is always a connecting flight for transfer passengers) but still only on domestic routes planes are full (flights of 30 minutes long is 100% full) dont understand why this is like this :(
now started a new airline with embraer 135 and other small jets with just 19 seats, and still most flights have 0 passengers, i dont understand this is so depressing,
i have 13 aircraft and all of them fly to big major airports and 2 times daily (so there is always a connecting flight for transfer passengers) but still only on domestic routes planes are full (flights of 30 minutes long is 100% full) dont understand why this is like this :(
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