Asymmetrical demand and oversupply

[Rysz]

Hello,

I'm flying a route where I have 66 demand on the first leg (which I just make with 2 aircraft to a nice profit), but on the 2nd leg, the demand is only 21. I didn't notice this at first, as I only checked the route planning for the first leg.

Now I get a warning for oversupply. I'd be happy to block some seats on the 2nd leg, but the system will not let me do that, I can block seats, but then I also block seats on the lucrative first leg.

Is there a solution to this problem?

[11Air]

It is a game feature, though it looks more like a mass migration at times.
To encourage the weaker route drop the ticket prices on the return leg, initially by a third. Make a note so you can monitor the results, or you'll end up micromanaging like me.
Unfortunately you can't block seats which is the lazy way of getting your LF% up.

[qunow]

It is a game feature, though it looks more like a mass migration at times.
To encourage the weaker route drop the ticket prices on the return leg, initially by a third. Make a note so you can monitor the results, or you'll end up micromanaging like me.
Unfortunately you can't block seats which is the lazy way of getting your LF% up.

I haven't actually encounter such case but could dropping the price to artificially boost demand really silent the oversupply warning complain?

[Rysz]

I don't mind asymmetrical demand so much (although it would make for more fun if we had more options then just return flights)
But the problem is that the demand on the first leg is more than twice that of the 2nd leg, and the 2nd leg is lower than one DC-3. (66 to 22).
So I need 2 flights for the first leg, but that would cause the oversupply on the 2nd leg.

So if we only had the option to block seats on the one leg but not the other, what would be nice.

[qunow]

I don't mind asymmetrical demand so much (although it would make for more fun if we had more options then just return flights)
But the problem is that the demand on the first leg is more than twice that of the 2nd leg, and the 2nd leg is lower than one DC-3. (66 to 22).
So I need 2 flights for the first leg, but that would cause the oversupply on the 2nd leg.

So if we only had the option to block seats on the one leg but not the other, what would be nice.

I recall seeing such a feature request exists but there are apparently still no updates on that. You might want to try to search the thread out from the feature request board and add your voice on that.