A Few General Question

[gallen89]

I'm new, and I'm having some difficulty, so I have a few general questions.

I have two routes being flown by one plane, and both routes have demand for the flights, but I can't seem to get ANY passengers.  Not one.  I keep lowering the price, but still nothing.  I have marketing campaigns working for both routes, and for my company in general.  Am I doing something wrong?

Also, is there a way to see how much other carriers flying the same route are charging?  I can't seem to find out.

[Sami]

What kind of prices you use, and how's the flight time (dep/arr time)? And how many times a week you fly to each destination? What type of aircraft (their age, condtion etc..). And your company image?

[gallen89]

I finally picked up some customers.  Each route goes every day of the week.  Company image is 11.92.  I fly a leased Antonov AN-24, 21 yrs old, 79% condition, which has delays occasionally but has never had flights canceled.

Sydney to Brisbane: Departs 8:10, Arrives 10:35
  - Load Factor: 23.1%
  - Aircraft: AN-24
  - Ticket Cost: $110
  - Route Image: 15
Brisbane to Sydney: Departs 11:15, Arrives 13:40
  - Load Factor: 21.9%
  - Aircraft: AN-24
  - Ticket Cost: $110
  - Route Image: 15
Sydney to Melbourne: Departs 14:20, Arrives 16:40
  - Load Factor: 33.9%
  - Aircraft: AN-24
  - Ticket Cost: $100
  - Route Image: 28
Melbourne to Sydney: Departs 17:20, Arrives 19:40
  - Load Factor: 34.5%
  - Aircraft: AN-24
  - Ticket Cost: $100
  - Route Image: 28

[Sami]

I would suggest to try some other equipment than 20+ year old Russian turboprop. Perhaps not the most convincing plane to fly from customer's point of view

[rybob1]

I would suggest to try some other equipment than 20+ year old Russian turboprop. Perhaps not the most convincing plane to fly from customer's point of view

Why even include them in the game if you can't A) make money, B) gain customer confidence in the aircraft?

[Curse]

You can make money with them and sometimes they are a clever alternative, but in most cases not. So why not include them?

[Ssiregar]

Why even include them in the game if you can't A) make money, B) gain customer confidence in the aircraft?

Well I think the answer it to make the game looks more REAL and CREATIVE,

Correct me if Im wrong Sami. But you are genious person I've met 

[GDK]

Well I think the answer it to make the game looks more REAL and CREATIVE,

Correct me if Im wrong Sami. But you are genious person I've met 

Maybe it is to make the crowd o hate those Russian planes. Honestly, people in this game don't like Russians. You can read from tones of thread in the forum.

[d2031k]

Maybe it is to make the crowd o hate those Russian planes. Honestly, people in this game don't like Russians. You can read from tones of thread in the forum.

I think that is the case with some of the posters on here, but not everyone, but I can see why you'd think that with some of the posts that appear   There are a fair few threads about attempting to improve the passenger data for the Soviet Union/Russia e.g. https://www.airwaysim.com/forum/index.php/topic,20094.0.html from those that aren't still stuck in the cold war.

As for the aircraft, they get bashed so much because 95% of them aren't worth the hassle if you want to compete.  They can provide a cheap and readily available way to get capacity on routes, but their long term viability is less than favourable.

[GDK]

Of course not everyone is anti-Soviet here. But, overall the scenario make people sense a strong discrimination to the Soviet. Not only about their planes (in fact Russian aircraft are a really a little behind Boeing and Airbus), but everything related to Soviets seems to be 'bad'.