Just noticed no Turkmenistan in the game

[waerth]

I was looking at the map to schedule flights and stuff and I noticed we have no airports in Turkmenistan in the game .... Anyone has some data?

Waerth

[jagalubnan]

It's there..

[waerth]

TURKMENISTAN .... not Turkey. I am looking in the Asia section of the pulldown menu and it is not there!

Waerth

[Seattle]

Very strange. I submited the data for Ashgabat!

Here's the data (had to go find it again):

UTAA
ASB
Ashgabat International Airport
2000000
15%
50%
35%
24H
0
0
.0695300
1994
0

Im pretty sure that there are like to more airports in Turkmanistan

[jagalubnan]

I know the difference between countries in that region, having been from there.

But sorry, I misunderstood you. I thought you couldn't see it on the map, not the airports.

[waerth]

I know the difference between countries in that region, having been from there.

But sorry, I misunderstood you. I thought you couldn't see it on the map, not the airports.

I am sorry also for reacting that way .... kinda a miscommunication ... 

But I was surprised not to see Turkmenistan as I was looking for connections to the stans for Somchai Airways. Most do not have enough pax though unfortunately

Waerth

[jagalubnan]

It's all good.

Trust me, I know how you feel. My base airport just got downgraded from large international to just boring, normal international. There goes my PAX to more than half of my flights.

I might declare bankruptcy or switch bases. It's a shame; I was doing so well and it took me so long to get to that. I'm sure and avid AirwaySim Beta Tester knows what I'm talking about- waking up in the middle of the night to receive planes, skipping classes to schedule flights on new destinations. 

[waerth]

Well for work I am online most of the day anyway. So in between jobs (I am a professional application tester for some programmers amongst others) I can peak into this airline and my other airline in aviosim often and order planes when I have money immediately, thus not letting funds sit idly in my bankaccount. I do get behind on scheduling though ......  ..... as it takes a long time in this game and the other game. In the other game I have 2 B747-400D's and a couple of DC10's sitting idly. I just caught up a bit in this game today and only have 6 MD-83's and 4 ATR42's sitting idly. I already made a list with all possible destinations divided by model. Over 100 possibilities left .

But I understand your mood having build an airline for some time only to see it all crash in around you. I would personally try and see if I could turn the tide. It seems one of my competitors at Bangkok has given up also it is a shame really as it is good to have competition. Well at least I am now dominating Bangkok in 2 games ..... unfortunately I cannot reach my second goal in this game. Which is South East Asian dominance. In the other game I am close to that.

Somchai .... aka Waerth

[jagalubnan]

I know EXACTLY how you feel. Lol

Anyway, I think my airline rebounded since OLBA's status changed. I've placed an order for some more Airbuses, and although my profit isn't as high as it was pre-change, it's getting close to it!


I wonder how everyone is taking the OLBA change? Cause I noticed that there's a lot of airlines flying into there.

[waerth]

The Olba change is not affecting me I just connected to you! Hope to welcome Yalla pax on my flights and see Somchai pax go to Yalla's network!

Waerth

[jagalubnan]

Well the only way it's affected me is the reduction of PAX on ALL of my routes. Imagine flying an A330 with only 47% LF, when it used to be 97%!

Anyway, yeah I've been wanting to connect to Bangkok for a while now, as well as the entire Southeast but PAX demand is quite low, or at least it says that, to have a larger jet fly there.

I don't know if anyone else has the same issue, but most of the "predicted" demand is wrong and way off. For example, one of my routes says that it only has a PAX demand of 170, however I'm getting an almost full flight on an A330.

[waerth]

Same here, I am only using projected demand as a guideline now. I am trying things on gut feeling! How about a codeshare for our passengers .... I will be using OLBA as a refuelling hub probably for flights to the US or I will find a North African airport that can handle a 310's within 5200 NM from Bangkok.

I am actually very pleased with Somchai's African part of the network  In reality there are only a few airports in Africa flown from Bangkok, but by using two legged routes (like the OLBA - Tunis one) I can still connect to many. Also the refuelling option helps to get smaller aircraft extended to far flung destinations. You should try the same in Asia

Waerth

[jagalubnan]

Codeshare? Sounds good, just details please =]

OH YEAH! I totally forgot about the refueling option!! Cause I really wanted to use an A321 on longer flights, but they don't have the range. (They're my favorite plane  )

[Seattle]

My OLBA flight is doing the same as it was before                                                      

[jagalubnan]

My OLBA flight is doing the same as it was before                                                      

Really? Lucky! Lol
A lot of my pax demand to destinations in Europe and Asia went down significantly.

[Seattle]

Better luck next time

[jagalubnan]

Yeah it's no biggie, I've recovered quite well. 

[Sami]

Yep sorry for the change there - I had to update the airport db due to other reasons and that also affected that airport.