Just started my first airline here, and so far I love this!!! Really neat.
One thing, I am unable to find anywhere(wiki, forums, etc) is what the "Product Ratings" section is on the airline page means or does. I always go back to each route and change it from locked to active. But I have no idea what this is doing. See attached picture.
Thanks in advance!
Active/Locked means that the flight is available to be scheduled. If available, it is entered into the scheduling (ORS) system. If locked, the flight won’t be available to be booked.
Product ratings refers to how your customers like your flight. These influence whether someone chooses your flight over another airline.
Active/Locked means that the flight is available to be scheduled. If available, it is entered into the scheduling (ORS) system. If locked, the flight won't be available to be booked.
Product ratings refers to how your customers like your flight. These influence whether someone chooses your flight over another airline.
So when I activate all my routes for a given aircraft, does this automatically change all of these from Locked to Active? Or do I have to manually go into each flight and click active for each one(x7)?
Also, unrelated, when I activate all the routes for a given aircraft, why does it not start the flights in order? See attached screenshot for an example. I had to cancel all the flights on the top, because the departure location wasn't LAX until later in the day. The A/C flight schedule starts at AJ 100. Hope that makes sense....
Thanks for your fast reply!
P.S. I actually haven't even had an aircraft complete a flight yet, I hope I didn't miss anything and that tomorrow at 5AM hub time, the flight departs.
Just click activate button and that’s it. If your schedule turns into green, all is OK. Flights get booked either 24 or 72 Hours from when you activate, immediate activation will make first flight depart in 24 hours, delayed activation in 72 hours. It is counted always since the real time you activate. You o not need to cancel previous flights, those will be cancelled automatically if required, by the system itself.
As long as you have assigned pilots and aircraft condition is over 50% the aircraft will be transferred to the origin point of the first available (and feasible) flight.
Just click activate button and that's it. If your schedule turns into green, all is OK. Flights get booked either 24 or 72 Hours from when you activate, immediate activation will make first flight depart in 24 hours, delayed activation in 72 hours. It is counted always since the real time you activate. You o not need to cancel previous flights, those will be cancelled automatically if required, by the system itself.
As long as you have assigned pilots and aircraft condition is over 50% the aircraft will be transferred to the origin point of the first available (and feasible) flight.
Got it, I guess I was just trying to do what the system would already automatically do <_< Thank you!
Btw your schedule is really messy you should come back to your hub, on server start this is OK but later on you will have very few passengers, AS is based on hub and spoke system and especially connecting passengers. Your passengers will not be able to connect with a zig zag network all across the southwest US.
Btw your schedule is really messy you should come back to your hub, on server start this is OK but later on you will have very few passengers, AS is based on hub and spoke system and especially connecting passengers. Your passengers will not be able to connect with a zig zag network all across the southwest US.
So just have constant flights, going back and forth?
LAX-LAS-LAX THEN LAX-SFO-LAX, etc?
Got it, I guess I was just trying to do what the system would already automatically do <_< Thank you!
Well, it’s hard to tell what the system would do because it depends on the current aircraft location vs. the first feasible flight.
So just have constant flights, going back and forth?
LAX-LAS-LAX THEN LAX-SFO-LAX, etc?
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That makes sense. I'll let it go tomorrow, see how it goes. Then make the changes like you recommended. Regarding hubs, does the system only recognize one "hub"? Is there a way to have multiple in the future? Or just by having a lot of flights from one specific airport? Thanks again in advance!
You create hub by scheduling a lot of flights to and from it. You can crate hubs in any airport that permits connections. You are playing in the USA so you can technically have dozens hubs.
Historically, the gameworlds end up with 3 to 5 really big US airlines and dozen or so smaller or medium ones, and the biggest airlines in the USA run 5 to 7 megshubs and over a dozen focus cities, and usually none absolutely dominates a single major airport (8-10 bars), save for gameworlds Nicosia (Ewing) and Pearls (Liberty) where there are virtual monopolies in the US run by a single player.
I see...
Most of the time servers end with a few big players is because people sell/quit after a certain period of time and these airlines are the first to pounce on the opening of slots. Growing big airlines is a time consuming endeavor. Every now and then one of the mega airlines will throw in the towel and create new opportunities for players.
The hardest thing to do is to create a new airline on an established world with established big time players. If you manage it well you can usually survive, but growth is slow since airports are frequently at or near saturation. It isn't like the green fields of most new server starts. Riems seems a bit different though as I've already noticed competition on even trunk routes. The lower demand really is lower. It is going to make growth slower...and make it more important to find airports without a lot of competition early. Size matters in airlinesim.
Right now I'm trying to build a Canadian airline in devau...but I've come to the notice of the biggest player there and my routes are under attack. I'm still profitable but I foresee things getting harder before they get easier. Generally speaking though I've found that once you reach critical mass (IE...control enough slots) it is hard to put you under. Getting there is the hard part.
since I don't want to create new thread for one simple question, I think the title in the thread should relate.
If 'lie-flat 140' give 5 green rating for business class seat on 5,000km route, will 'lie-flat 160' give more advantage on ORS rating?
of course all other things are assumed to be equal.
since I don't want to create new thread for one simple question, I think the title in the thread should relate.
If 'lie-flat 140' give 5 green rating for business class seat on 5,000km route, will 'lie-flat 160' give more advantage on ORS rating?
of course all other things are assumed to be equal.
Depends on how you see it, you can have higher price put not loose rating, but you will have drastically less seats. I use full-bed for buisness and recliner shorthaul for economy, have the best service profile and max flight attendats on my shorthaul flights.
Sorry i don't quite get it. Was asking whether better seat (but both 5 green on same distance) give better rating with all other thing being equal, including price. I know it will certainly reduce the seat count but with the goal of stealing your competitor passenger, that's an acceptable trade-off. But if it's not, as the both give same 5 green bars, than the better seat was at disadvantage because the less seat count.
Yes you will get several points more ORS rating. But asking for answers is easy, finding them on your own takes time and effort :)
Remeber, 5 bars can mean anything between 80 to 100 points! The bars only give you a hint, not exact answer.
okay got it, that's what I wanna confirm. the rating is actually a number represented by the bar.
Remeber, 5 bars can mean anything between 80 to 100 points! The bars only give you a hint, not exact answer.
Yes and no.
You can have an AS$14.40 service profile for Y (5 green bars) on 1600 km flight, and you can max out the profile at AS$43.85 in the same Y for same 5 green bars for the same 1600 km flight, and you will have the same ORS rating.