Expanding operation

Started by Windy, June 12, 2012, 12:14:23 AM

Windy

I've been very lucky and my airline Gold Flights has managed to get pretty big very quickly. I've got 14 planes currently, 8 new on order and 2 used on order and I currently run monthly net profits of about 10 million on around 40 million gross profits (I say about, because I spend it far faster than I should. It could be far more than that). My planes, other than one mistake, are centred around the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 (2 planes going to be expanding to 6 hopefully soon) and 11 McDonnell Douglas MD-80's (soon to become 21 once my new and used planes come in)

I don't think my home airfield of Brisbane Australia can sustain much more growth, so I was thinking on expanding to a new one ASAP. Is that a smart idea or should I wait for a bit longer? Also, where should I expand to?

alexgv1

Brisbane has a lot of good domestic demand in Australia. Many thousands of pax to Sydney, for example. I would fill these major routes before looking at another base. Brisbane could easily support close to 100 planes if not more IMO. Then, perhaps Melbourne is the best option to open a base in.

Hope this helps
CEO of South Where Airlines (SWA|WH)