Can you Reduce seats to increase past nominal MAX range?

[Airbus101]

Can you reduce your (standard) total seats and increase max range?

example F27-200 standard seating 45 is 1000nm


I found the Payload VS range chart, I understand it BUT, the change is expensive, and I want to make sure
its an operating feature if I remove a few seats the range will increase?

I need to get to that Juicy Airport thats just out of reach, but I dont want to spend lots of money and days converting the Aircraft then find out it
does not work...

so thanks in advance.
Airbus101

[Sami]

Just keep the seats (since seat weight itself is not modelled). The system will automatically limit the payload if the range with max payload is exceeded (= does not sell the seats to be able to fly that route). This is shown at route opening page, and at each individual route page too.

[Meicci]

Or you can use an tech stop.

[swiftus27]

The namc us has a huge rang increase changing from hdntomstd seating.  The fewer seats led to less weight...

[knutm1980]

There's a payload vs range map next to the range map under the Operational Info heading..shows a curve with distance and pax load.

[Troxartas86]

I tried experimenting with this myself earlier by switching a plane to entirely premium seating in order to get a lucrative route that was about 2-300NM out of reach. The reduction in available seats to sell coupled with additional fuel costs made it an unprofitable venture. I let it run for a month or two, losing money or breaking even at best before giving up, reconfiguring the planes to normal seating and transfering them to my 2nd base. Overall, a very costly blunder.

[swiftus27]

Guys, you CAN fly the route, it will just limit the number of pax on the plane..... if the plane can do it at all.

[Airbus101]

Ok, thanks everyone... Understand the Gate Agents will weight restrict the flight at the gate no need to pay for a change to the seat layout.
that sounds GREAT!

I'll test it out thanks.

[Jona L.]

hdntomstd

Typing on a mobile device... don't we all love it?!

and yes, the NAMC is great in that thing, going from 740 in nominal to 1250 if STD seating is used (best with C-class, mine had 50 seats in 44|6|0 seating, getting the 1250NM)

cheers,
Jona L.

[EsquireFlyer]

Ok, thanks everyone... Understand the Gate Agents will weight restrict the flight at the gate no need to pay for a change to the seat layout.
that sounds GREAT!

I'll test it out thanks.

You're lucky that DOT complaints aren't modeled due to all the IDBs, but yes.