My idea of a fleet-and-route plan for a new AirwaySim airline

[EmilyHampstead]

How about this?

Fleet:

• Bombardier Dash 8 (feeder routes)
• Tupolev Tu-204 (domestic and regional routes)
• Airbus A350 (other routes)

-Emily (age 15)

[madflava13]

Emily,
It really depends on the base you choose and whether those aircraft are appropriate for the routes available there.

[Zobelle]

How about this?

Fleet:

• Tupolev Tu-204 (domestic and regional routes)

-Emily (age 15)

[JumboShrimp]

How about this?

Fleet:

• Bombardier Dash 8 (feeder routes)
• Tupolev Tu-204 (domestic and regional routes)
• Airbus A350 (other routes)

-Emily (age 15)

Not sure about Tu choice, but otherwise (replacing Tu with something more competitive), it would fine for airport with good international pax demand.

But from airport where you are based at now, not a good fit.  You should think about a fleet with a good Freighter (and those are few and far between).

[EmilyHampstead]

I haven't posted in the general forum for some time now, so I'll reveal a possible fleet plan that's hopefully more fuel-efficient as we reach the 3rd millennium in-game:

• de Havilland Comets (short-haul from 1966 to 1985 in-game)
• Airbus A300s (medium-haul from 1976 to 1985 in-game)
• ATR 42s (short-haul from 1986 to 2005 in-game)
• Boeing 767s (medium-haul from 1986 to 2005 in-game)
• Embraer E-Jets (short-haul from 2006 onwards in-game)
• Airbus A330s (medium-haul from 2006 onwards in-game)
• Boeing 777s (long-haul from 2006 onwards in-game)

-Emily (age 15)

[Mort]

That seems a lot more sensible! You won't want to try and do 3 fleet transitions at a time though, best to space them out.

[Tha_Ape]

The Comet until the mid-80s is still 100% suicide, though.

[JJ]

There's no point in operating only Comets until the mid 80s or flying a300s for just 9 years.

Right now you only have 3 CV240s, so you might wanna replace them with something similar in size but faster in speed and try to expand a little.

[Zobelle]

The Comet until the mid-80s is still 100% suicide, though.

This is putting it lightly, They're suicide when they're new.

[rntair]

I haven't posted in the general forum for some time now, so I'll reveal a possible fleet plan that's hopefully more fuel-efficient as we reach the 3rd millennium in-game:

• de Havilland Comets (short-haul from 1966 to 1985 in-game)
• Airbus A300s (medium-haul from 1976 to 1985 in-game)
• ATR 42s (short-haul from 1986 to 2005 in-game)
• Boeing 767s (medium-haul from 1986 to 2005 in-game)
• Embraer E-Jets (short-haul from 2006 onwards in-game)
• Airbus A330s (medium-haul from 2006 onwards in-game)
• Boeing 777s (long-haul from 2006 onwards in-game)

-Emily (age 15)

Combine A330/B767/777 into one or two fleet types. Use 767 for 3500-6000nm routes and 777 for 6000nm+ routes. Or forget about doing long-haul as it is mostly for vanity and adds little to the bottom line except in certain cases. Use 764 for 3500-5000nm routes with ~270/80+ demand, 763 for 3500-6000nm routes with ~230-280 demand, and possibly 762 if you really want to operate routes reaching up to 6700nm. A333 is good but the fleet type doesn't have any model comparable to the 763 that can carry 240 passengers. A343E is underrated IMHO for long haul and is has efficiency on par to 77L if you really want to do long haul.