New to this

[AJfromLA]

Hi everyone!

Just joined this game on referral from a friend! Looking forward to joining in the game soon!

What can I expect?

[Talentz]

Welcome to AWS!

What can I expect?

Fun times 


Talentz

[exchlbg]

Easier to answer if you are telling us what you expect....
You should expect fun if you like spending some time reading, learning and dedicating some of your "head" time, because it´s not one of the easy games.
You will loose interest if not.

[AJfromLA]

I am expecting to have some fun, and a challenge. I am expecting some competition and I am already starting to get a feel for the game. I based my airline out of Savannah, which may not have been the best of choices, but no one was there so it gives me some room to move around you could say.

I am operating an Airbus A320-200 to Chicago and an Embrarer 145 to Houston. I couldn't find anything higher than a mediocre route, probably because Atlanta is not too far away (189nm). So you never know, I may have to move.

I am hoping to just make enough profit to lease a 3rd aircraft. But I may have to relocate to a better airport with a better choice of routes before I do that.

[Curse]

Hello,

feel free to ask if you have any questions.

I made a quick check and found San Diego has a relatively big and unoccupied airport, however, you might look for yourself what suits you.


As long as you stay away from London Heathrow everything is fine.

[AJfromLA]

Hello,

feel free to ask if you have any questions.

I made a quick check and found San Diego has a relatively big and unoccupied airport, however, you might look for yourself what suits you.


As long as you stay away from London Heathrow everything is fine.

Haha, the game I am in is in North America only I think. I was looking at Seattle and Denver but they are PACKED! And at almost $1 Million to relocate right now, I am not too sure I can do it right now. I just started a TV campaign so I hope it makes people more away of the routes I am offering right now.

Does anyone know of possibly another good destination to fly to out of Savannah?

[Curse]

You posted in the Beginner's World forum, so I expected you to participate in Beginner's World #18.

I have no idea about North America Challenge as I have no access to this gameworld. Sorry. But they have an own sub-forum here: https://www.airwaysim.com/forum/index.php/board,573.0.html

[exchlbg]

So, you already started, and your expectations seem very well match the spirit of the game.
Sorry that I start advising, but one of the biggest mistakes of all new members is not obeying the subject of fleet commonality.
You should not start with two aircraft families right away, because you face much more costs with every new family you introduce.
For every startover it is essential to make up a kind of strategy, what kind of traffic you want to serve first.
As long you already fly two families, try to max out their fitting use, before you order a new one.

Greetings
Christian

[AJfromLA]

So, you already started, and your expectations seem very well match the spirit of the game.
Sorry that I start advising, but one of the biggest mistakes of all new members is not obeying the subject of fleet commonality.
You should not start with two aircraft families right away, because you face much more costs with every new family you introduce.
For every startover it is essential to make up a kind of strategy, what kind of traffic you want to serve first.
As long you already fly two families, try to max out their fitting use, before you order a new one.

Greetings
Christian

By maxing out their fitting use, do you mean take advantage of the range that each aircraft has to offer? Because I tried to find a heavier route out of Savannah for the A320, being that route has 790 a day I believe. To New York/Boston..the numbers were pathetic, and absolutely nothing was going out for the Caribbean.

I really wanna take advantage of the 2600nm range of the Airbus..but I couldnt find an airport that would benefit in terms of profit and passenger flow.

[Curse]

I think he means you should use one or two specific fleetgroups (for example: A320 and EMB 145) on all routes possible before you go for a third fleetgroup.

That doesn't necessary mean you must fly them to the limit. In other words: Make sure you have 15-20 or more aircraft of each group before you expand to another group.

[AJfromLA]

Oh, when I said earlier that I would go for a 3rd aircraft, it was going to be either an A320 or another EMB-series. I was also thinking about giving my two aircraft 2 different destinations, alternating. Like one route on 1,3,5...another on 2,4,6. That way I could hit 2 cities per aircraft spreading my service out a little more and maybe bringing in more profit since I am only restricting myself to Chicago and Houston.

[Mr.HP]

I was also thinking about giving my two aircraft 2 different destinations, alternating. Like one route on 1,3,5...another on 2,4,6. That way I could hit 2 cities per aircraft spreading my service out a little more and maybe bringing in more profit since I am only restricting myself to Chicago and Houston.

1. You should fly to one destination at least 4-5 days a week to get pax awareness
2. It's better to fully serve a route before moving to the next one, as there's are extra cost for flights to new airports
3. Be patient, you seem to be hasty. It takes time (up to several real days) for a route to get decent load factor (LF). This applies to the new game world. So, expect money bleeding when opening new routes.
4. You can try relocate, but that cost pretty much money and time. Or you can try declaring bankrupt and select another HQ right a way. You're in DEMO game, so I think it's better if you restart. And since it's DEMO world, I'm not sure if (3) above works

Cheers

HP

[exchlbg]

Mr.HP is right, another very important virtue of this game is patience.
Don´t ever spend all your money and available loans on aircrafts at beginning. Every new route takes time to develop and until then generates losses.
Maxing out the use of aircraft means you have to find fitting routes for your aircraft, not aircrafts for your routes.It means you should use them on routes they are designed for. Don´t use the Embraers on long routes, they don´t pay off your overhead costs. They may serve you well on short routes, having them start 4-5 times a day, the Boeings may work with 2, but 3-4 is better.
On the other hand turboprops are much better on short routes, where they don´t loose on flight time and consume much less fuel.
Always click yourself through all available demand from your home airport, make notes about the flight times and optimize your flight plan.Keep the birds flying.
I can´t look into your world, but generally I don´t see any special advantage of alternating routes for different aircraft.
There´s much more to advise. For that I have to insist you make yourself acquainted to the manual and the very useful FAQ´s and Beginner´s Guides. Please ask for anything you don´t understand after that.

[Curse]

Don't get too many fleet groups like this dude.

[AJfromLA]

Hell you have to have money to get that many fleetgroups, lol.

I have the A320 flying dedicated to Chicago, while I have the EMB145 flying roundtrip from Savannah to Houston and back, then a short hop to Atlanta and back, then one final roundtrip flight to Houston to round out the day. I need to put the Airbus back on 5-6 duty, where its only flying 3 days now.

[AJfromLA]

Well I know this may be a little hurried, but here's an update.

I started realizing that the short hop to Atlanta is always full on the roundtrip flights. So I pulled the trigger on another EMB-145EU. Couldn't afford anything bigger to lease. Its going to run multiple trips daily to ATL.

So my fleet is now 1 A320-200, and 2 EMB-145EUs

[Curse]

Honestly I don't think that was a good move. Patience in AirwaySim is important and waiting some hours longer to get a bigger aircraft mostly pays off later.

The goal in AirwaySim is not to dominate the next real day, it is to dominate when the gameworld ends some month later.


Anyway I wish you good luck and good profits with your second EMB but you should really focus on getting something bigger - like A320, A321 - soon.


And yes, that's me:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQqiuynMwCQ

[AJfromLA]

I completely understand and respect your opinion! I know I should have waited for something bigger, but with the demand there I decided to get an aircraft that had a quick turnaround and not burn a lot of fuel on a short distance. With that being said, the plan isnt to dominate immediately, but I wanted to get a steady flow of income in (All birds are in the green now) And just let the money roll in now.

The next move will be to get an A320 or equivalent to put on that route to meet the demand fully, then assigning the 145 to another regional route with good demand. I started off quick, but now I am going into "Tortoise" mode, slow and steady.

[Mr.HP]

Actually, this is DEMO so I guess you should try things out. It's alright if you messed up. Money is easy to earn as there's always huge unserved demand

Try flying red eye, that means overnight flight. You have A320 flying twice a day to ORD? That doesn't sound you've utilized your 320 to its max capacity. Why don't you put an late afternoon (1700-1900 time)flight to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Seattle or something, and have a morning flight (0800-1000)to Chicago. That will improve the flying time of the bird

Cheers

HP

[AJfromLA]

Actually, this is DEMO so I guess you should try things out. It's alright if you messed up. Money is easy to earn as there's always huge unserved demand

Try flying red eye, that means overnight flight. You have A320 flying twice a day to ORD? That doesn't sound you've utilized your 320 to its max capacity. Why don't you put an late afternoon (1700-1900 time)flight to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Seattle or something, and have a morning flight (0800-1000)to Chicago. That will improve the flying time of the bird

Cheers

HP

Actually, me flying the A320 to ORD twice a day isn't meeting the capacity of flights per day to Chicago from Savannah. 2 flights a day are only covering 312 of the 820 passengers a day that want to go to Chicago. I have been suggested to get another A320, which I plan on getting soon. In order to cover the 820 flights a day to Chicago, I would have to run both 320s on 5 flights. That could be worked into your suggestion as well. Run a red-eye out to the west coast, and have the west coast bird turned around for 2 early day flights to ORD, while adding a 3rd flight to the original A320.

My 145s are keeping an Average LF% of 91% (Houston) and 88%(Atlanta), so I plan on keeping their routes the same.

What I need to do though, is change all the days the aircraft have their A and B checks, so I am going to have to move the schedule around a bit...