Highest Long Haul -percentage for an airport?

[Meicci]

So, I personally like long hauls more than any else, and that maked me think.. Which airport has the highest long haul -market percentage? And I'm not asking the demand count, but the percentage between long hauls, short hauls and domestics.

I've seen some airports having around 50%, like LHR. But do some airpots have more than that?

[Frogiton]

Tahiti tops LHR at 56%

[Men]

Le Lamentin have 93% Long Hual demand but its have only 32% passenger demand.  

[alexgv1]

Hong Kong is all international traffic and I imagine it would have the majority as long haul.

[Brockster]

Hong Kong is all international traffic and I imagine it would have the majority as long haul.

In AWS I believe HKG is listed at 29% long-haul but when I based there I was able to have over 300+ long-haul planes and virtually all of them flew flights longer than six-seven hours so technically I would consider there to be more than 29%.

Colombo also has a lot of long-haul. I think it's listed at 53%? Guam additionally has a lot-- it's at 70%. In AWS there's quite a bit of demand from Guam to North America.

[ICEcoldair881]

I was wondering when someone would point that out! GUM is actually a very over-looked airport with TONS of demand. Thinking of moving my airline there if things don't work out at my current airport.

[Zombie Slayer]

I was wondering when someone would point that out! GUM is actually a very over-looked airport with TONS of demand. Thinking of moving my airline there if things don't work out at my current airport.

I was there in ATB and am currently in MT2. Big money on LH's, and if you get in quick enough, you can have the whole airport to yourself. I am running about 40 73NG, 8 E70, and 11 772/773...could have had more, but ended up concentrating more on ATB at that point than MT2....

[ICEcoldair881]

where'd you go in ATB? You suddenly went bk and was never heard from again.

[Zombie Slayer]

There were about 3 weeks left and time became limited (in my final semester of college...semester started in September). I had not been active for about 3 weeks before that and decided to just save the 3 credits and close down. I don't plan on exiting a scenario early again, though....it killed me after I closed down...would have liked to see it through, even if I was not still expanding. ATB was my most successful scenario to date. I was bringing in almost $40 mil a week at the end on $160-200 mil in revenue.

Don

[ICEcoldair881]

congrats and sorry to hear that.

I'm trying GUM in MT3 now - any hints or tips for me?

Cheers,
Austin

Pacific Western

[Zombie Slayer]

Tips for GUM:

Open LHR, CDG, ATL, and ORD early. If you can find a 777, you can squeeze 8 flights out of it if you schedule it right....3 longhaul, 5 NRT. In MT2, I got in the long haul game late and am running 4 weekly flights with my 777's and each one is making 1.2 mil+.

Secure GUM-NRT. This is the single largest route from GUM. It will hit 2500 daily demand by the end of the scenario.

Watch GUM-HNL. There might be enough demand to fill a 777. If so, this is your cash cow. 773 with 437 seats in MT2 bringing 3 mil a week.

Orger 73G's and 739ER's. They are your best friends at GUM

[ICEcoldair881]

I'm securing NRT as we speak and my next target will be HNL. Thanks for the tips - I really appreciate it. I was looking at a fleet of maybe B73G, B739ER, B763/764 or A332/A333, B772, B773 and maybe some Saab 2000s or 340s. How does that sound, seeming as it looks quite a lot similar to your ATB fleet.

Cheers,
Austin

Pacific Western

[Zombie Slayer]

Looks good except the Saabs. There are just 3 cities with enough demand to fly to within 1000nm (SPN, ROR, and one other I cant think of now). The 76's worked for me in ATB, but if I could do it again, I would go with 340's or 777's as, with the exception of the 762ER, the 767 serise does not have long enough legs to be effective from GUM. You need a 300 pax plane with 7000nm range to capture the whole market. Also, I would not go past 3 fleet types. The lack of a real short haul market limits cash flow and I found it diffucult to absorb a 4th fleet type in MT2 when my 73NG's started rolling in. I would go with 73NG's (all work well, but the 73G and 739ER have longest range and open more market possibilities), 777's or A340-500/600 (346HGW's have lower fuel consumption than 772ER, carry 35 more pax, and are cheaper , and E-Jets. That mix, I think, would best suit the GUM market.

Don