Is it against the rules......
madeinwales:
... to "over supply a route? :o I've just received a message, an extract is shown below.
"... Perhaps you are not aware of the rules of competition but you are actually oversupplying the route. If this is a 2 leg flight i suggest you change your route so it's only fuel uplift in BCN "
auerbacs:
You can oversupply a route if it's the AB leg of an ABCBA flight. Even if it's just an ABA flight, you can supply 200% of demand. I doubt that you're actually breaking the rules. People tend to whine.
madeinwales:
;D Thanks, didn't think I was, and as I'm making £57k per round trip it doesn't suggest I'm vastly overloading the route
sami:
rules related to this are (clearly?) posted in the Manual. I believe that msg is just a poor attempt to say 'get off my route since I am not making profit'.. ;D
itsux:
Thanks for jumping to conclusion Sami ???... anyway here are the facts and feel free to correct me if I have interpreted the rules wrongly.
The route in question is a ABCBA route. I sent a message regarding the BCB part. On BCB there is a demand for approximately 140 pax and it's operated by an A/C configured for 325. If you are making 57k profit it's surely not from B-C-B sales. Although every time I check the demand for the route in question it's different and jumping up and down between 130-190 pax/day so i guess it's there on the limit for the 200% rule.
The whole point in sending you a message was to inform you of the rules which I suspected that you were unaware of, not a cheap trick to fight of competition. I also suggested in my message that you switch to a smaller A/C if not making it to a fueling stop, not that you "get off my route since I am not making profit".
I fail to see how any of the posts in this tread are relevant to the question you asked. In my opinion you're taking a quote out of context and getting emotional responses. Mostly people guessing what is and what is not without knowing any of the facts. If you want to know the facts you can simply read the rules in the manual and check the figures on the the route and then make a decision based on that rather than getting irrelevant information on what Sami and other experts "believe". If you are still unsure then post the facts and get a relevant answer.
And Sami, as I understand you're running this show, how about we start acting a little bit more professional? Perhaps you should dig up a little more information before you start bashing.
Good luck!
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