How to make an short stop on a route? Is that possible?

Started by ViveLaFete, March 08, 2009, 12:07:42 AM

ViveLaFete

In the "Lessons Learned- A Guide To Newcomers" the author talked about "picking up people" in a small city on a bigger route.
Q: How to do that?

Q: And if you can do that, Is it possible to fly a bigger route with a small plane as long as you do an "pit stop"?

Ex: I wanna go Stockholm - Kuala Lumpur, it's around 5500nm, my best plane do 4500nm, Is it possible to do that route anyway with a "pit/fuel stop" somewhere on the route?

I'm not good with aircraft tech. As you can see.
But, hope you understand the Q.

UniAir.

Kontio

Let's say you want to open a route from Stockholm to Kuala Lumpur with a "pit stop" at Dubai. "Open new route" and make a route from Stockholm to Dubai. Don't confirm the routing but scroll down to "Select second destination", which would be Kuala Lumpur. In "Select routing" click "Refuel only at this airport" to make this a technical stop only and in "Select routing" choose the first option. This should accomplish what you are asking for, of course you can place the technical stop anywhere, I just thought Dubai off the top of my head.

You can't really "pick up people" on the way. If you open the exaple route without clicking on "Refuel only at this airport", you are effectively making two flights flown with the same aircraft consecutively: Stockholm - Dubai and Dubai - Kuala Lumpur. No passengers will be transported Stockholm to Kuala Lumpur. It doesn't mean that a routing like this is not useful as it allows you to fly also routes that do not originate from your hub.

ViveLaFete

Aaah, thank you very much for that last one too.
I was about to ask how to fly from a not home-hub to a dest.

Thanks !!

DSimm626

I guess I'm blind because after I start a new route and before confirming I'm not seeing select second destination.
I'm starting from my base airport. Is that the problem?

EDIT: I see it now. I was hitting next and going to the page where you add flgt #, times, dates, etc.

DSimm626

Thank you Kontio!!!! ;D

I figured it out and its awesome!!! Thanks again for the information.