Low demand routes

[Zabuti]

Hello

I have a question regarding the way the system handles low demand routes. (I haven't seen this question on the forum, so I ask it).

Suppose I would like to open a longhaul route with low demand (e.g. 100 pax per day), but no competitor operating.

Due to range issues, I can only open that road with very large aircrafts (let's 200 pax after resetting the cabin with C and F seats), and of course I want to maximize the number of pax in the aircraft.

I open this route on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Will pax from Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays take it until a new route is opened on these days ?

I believe that in real life that would be the case, but maybe the system considers days as independant.

Thanks for your help

[RushmoreAir]

No. I would run the route 7 days a week, or else it won't be worth it because of bad route image.

[auerbacs]

No, demand for Tuesday will not migrate to other days which have excess supply. You're going to have trouble profiting on that route unless you have a plane that can cover that range daily without oversupplying too much.

[Zabuti]

Thanks for your replies. That's what I wanted to know.

Have a great day

[antillesatlantique]

I'm certainly not an expert, I just started playing, but from what I've noticed, demand does seem to spread over the available flights when it's a thin route and there is no competition. Having said that, I would personally only count on that on shorter trips (<2500NM or so). The flights will take a while for image and demand to pick up but they will. I think the longer the route is the more passengers you need to be on each flight for it to be worth it (whether it's once a week or 7x a week). I've done this quite a bit on shorter routes and I plan on trying it on intercontinental routes that I want to "warm-up" image for until more/better aircraft arrive for more frequent service.

That's what I've found, your results may be different.

Peace.

[RushmoreAir]

I'm certainly not an expert, I just started playing, but from what I've noticed, demand does seem to spread over the available flights when it's a thin route and there is no competition. Having said that, I would personally only count on that on shorter trips (<2500NM or so). The flights will take a while for image and demand to pick up but they will. I think the longer the route is the more passengers you need to be on each flight for it to be worth it (whether it's once a week or 7x a week). I've done this quite a bit on shorter routes and I plan on trying it on intercontinental routes that I want to "warm-up" image for until more/better aircraft arrive for more frequent service.

That's what I've found, your results may be different.

Peace.

You're probably seeing the effects of good company image.  If you have a good CI, you can capture up to 150% of the "estimated" pax load.