I need help!

[Pilot Oatmeal]

I can't make a profit ...6 planes (4 BAC 1-11s 475 and 2 -500 ) ...all making a profit...and im barely making any money...lucky if i get a 100,000 a week.... im flying routes that are not flown by any one else...all within passenger demand........... LF% is 80+ apart from one new route which is 60%+ but the RI is low at the moment.... all other routes are 75+ RI..... and I'm only flying to 4 destinations...how can I possibly be making a small amount a week......

All tips and tricks will be greatly appreciated

[Pilot Oatmeal]

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[Sigma]

Well, the first week on your chart isn't over yet.  So it's not usable.  The 3rd week you opened a route, that costs a good chunk of change, so you didn't make much that week either.  And the 4th week you had what looks like a C-Check.

The 2nd week however looks absolutely fine.  And that's the week you didn't have any extenuating circumstances.

You're making $216,000+ on revenues of $1.9M -- that's a net profit of well over 10%.  Real-life airlines dream of such profits.

And if you really did have a C-Check back on the 4th week as it appears based on your maintenance costs, then you would have made even more money on Weeks 2 and 3 because you would have made more revenue.

I can't see your route screens, but based on your relatively high marketing expenses and your fairly high staffing costs, I'm going to guess that you fly to a fairly high number of different destinations.  This isn't exactly cost-effective.  It's always better to fly more times to a single destination (if the demand is there) rather than flying to many different destinations.  But, as a small airline, if you're serving smaller destinations that aren't dense and don't allow many flights to the same place that's simply the strategy that you're taking.  It's going to mean you don't make the massive profits someone on a dense route would make.  But for an airline operating BACs in the '90s you're making a respectable profit.

You're not going to make a ton.  You're unlikely to ever challenge a major airline.  But you're making more than enough profit to sustain long-term, albeit slightly slow, growth.

EDIT:   I see now that you mention 4 destinations.  With 6 BACs, 4 destinations, and that much revenue... I'm betting they're flying fairly far perhaps?  Revenue seems a bit low if they're flying 4-5 flights a day each.

[slither360]

If your flying BAC one-elevens, you don't need to have your CI above 50, unless they are in a config with a lot of C class. Which means that you can cut down on general marketing. And if you are spending anything on route marketing at all, cancel it now. It is useless - RI goes up regardless of marketing

[Pilot Oatmeal]

Thank you for replying....and yes two of my routes are 900nm....is there any suggestions that you can offer me.... because i'm really starting to lose money now..  I'll post my route screen aswell below

[Pilot Oatmeal]

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[romeozulu]

Hi

yes two of my routes are 900nm....is there any suggestions that you can offer me....

Try to fly shorter routes, your BAC are two small to cover the expenses. The best way to make money is to fly your airplanes to short routes (400nm max) 4 or 5 times a day within 5am to 11pm. You can fly longer routes with bigger planes (180 seats or more)  

Hope it helps