Pax Demand?
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27kid:
Hey Guys,
hope everyone is doing fine during these very initial stages of the game. I have one question: I haven't played the last round of games, so my last experience with AWS is the Jet Age #1. Back then, it usually was not a big problem to fill a/c as long as demand was there and you would price reasonably.
Now, I understand that company image, seat config, a/c type and age etc. became more important with the new engine, but I am using an 8 1/2 yr old A300 on a SFO-HNL sector with no competitors, but still never managed to bring pax load to more than 65%. Comany image is 50 and rising and I have trimmed prices down twice. I am barely making money, which never happend to this extent before...
So what's the deal?
sami:
You need to wait a while and be patient for the route image (= how well route pair is known amongst the public) to raise.
And/or initially lower the prices on new routes.
Maarten Otto:
If you want to fly at maximum payload from day one you should reduce prices by 25%.
Talentz:
Hm... I am flying three class standard configs and getting 90+ LF on all three classes for both my routes. This is with 10% off default.
My CI isn't even at 50 yet.
Talentz
DutchBlond:
Find one route guys, & put all yr aicraft into utilise its Maximum capacity.
take up all the max sets needed.
DONT FORGET, do your marketing a few weeks before. If its not known about it will run below capcity.
then balance yr fares til demand rises. this may take several weeks, but make sudden discounts, & when other compete, you are all too low & thr route wont profit anymore.
Or ditch yr route, n find a moderate route you can take all capacity no one else has & prime that.
Seating configurations are important as are flights throughout the day to attract new & reg custom.
Hope that helps working well for me at capacity over 93% in all classes on average over all routes.
Aircraft that have a decent capacity 150+ are the best on short haul routes, still use only 2 pilots. Configure them to be comfortable, but max yr capacity to demand. These are the key elements to yr % seats taken up.
Hope that helps.
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