Tricky Situation - what should I do??

[thetallone24]

I have a leased (used) 737-300. It's due for a C check in 9 months, and I have upped the condition from
84% to 93% so far. I also have a brand new leased 733 arriving in November, and the idea was to use this a/c to
open up new rotes and expand.

The problem I will have is that my first a/ will be unavailable for 2 weeks whilst undergoing the C check, so I will
need cover. I don't want the added expense of having to take on a 3rd a/c just to cover what will only be a 2 week period. Also
the lease on the 1st a/c expires in 1984, right before it's D check is due?

Should I order a new 733 now and hope they can deliver it before my lease expires on the first a/c or what?

Thanks!
thetallone24

[jagalubnan]

9 months from now in game time, if you follow the manual, your load factor should be way higher, thus enabling more profits. Make sure you balance your marketing accurately and your income. 

[thetallone24]

Yeah my loads are doing well and I'm profitable even at the moment, but what should I do about aircraft cover for those
2 weeks, that's my question. It doesn't warrant me taking on a 3rd aircraft, just to cover my back.

[Jps]

Well, firstly I have to remind, that the game has only run for about 2 months of game time. That is very little time, and I don't think that you are using your money very visely by ordering brand new aircraft. In the beginning, quick expanding is very important if you wish to keep up with the top in the game. If you order new planes that take months to deliver, you not only lose money in their high leasing costs, but also in the lost profits when you get the airplane only after months instead of weeks. In the beginning, aircraft with over 75% condition are good enough to go with, no need to get airplanes with over 90% (again, waste of money, as it's not that big a win in the beginning).

And, now to your issue. I think you really should let the lease of your 1st plane go, because performing D checks at this stage is way too expencive. And, for the reasons above, you also shouldn't order new planes. Instead, as soon as you can, get new planes from the used market, that are same type that you already have. This way, you get more planes bringing you profit, and get the next plane faster, and so on. Also, unless you get your new plane just in time for the C check of the other plane, I don't think you should put another plane for that route, unless it's more profitable than your other routes. The only time I'd put a plane on that route for those 2 weeks would be i you just got the airplane say day before the other1 goes into maintenance. Then you can postpone starting a new route with 0 image by 2 weeks and get better profits. But, if you have all your airplanes flying theur routes, I don't think you should replace the other route for thsoe 2 weeks.

[thetallone24]

Sorry, I don't think I've explained this very well 

My current aircraft is a used, leased one. My second aircraft (already on order) will be the
same a/c type, and will also be leased, but is new (no used ones available). If I let
my first a/c go back at the end of the lease, I can easily order a new leased one to replace it, so
that's fine.

But before it goes back, it will need a C check. So this means I will only have my newly delivered aircraft to cover it's
routes, which means I cannot use it to expand onto other routes in the meantime, so it will be sitting idle.

Is there a possibility to do a short term lease of an a/c to cover just those 2 weeks?

Thanks

[Sami]

There's no short term lease possible yet, there will be just a break on flying the routes during the maintenance. There are plans / suggestions to improve this though but exact plans are not made yet.

But if the lease ends in let's say 10 months and C check expires in 9 months, I don't see a point in making the C check for just a month's flying. If you plan to drop that plane anyway.. So just terminate the lease before the C expires (if your plan was not to fly any longer with that plane).. Though it's in good condition and by making the C checks it raises even further, so I would suggest to keep the plane until the D check is about to expire and then dump it.

[thetallone24]

Ahhh OK, so it will just automatically schedule the aircraft unavailable, so it won't cause me any issues really.

Will that affect my route image on the routes scheduled to be operated by it over those 2 weeks?

Thanks Sami

[jagalubnan]

Another thing that you can do if you don't want to lose profits or route image is to not schedule all of your flights for a single route onto one aircraft, otherwise you risk losing profit for the time of the C Check. When you grow larger, you can [usually] afford to not make 2 weeks profit on that route.

[Sami]

Will that affect my route image on the routes scheduled to be operated by it over those 2 weeks?

Can't remember out of the blue but probably not. And besides it takes about 6-8 months for route image to drop from 100 to 0 so it's not that big effect anyway.

[thetallone24]

Great

Thanks for your advice everyone, fingers crossed it'll be ok