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« Last post by dmoose42 on September 21, 2023, 08:42:14 PM »
Glad you joined. Having played this game off and on for 12 years, I can say that it was WAY more cutthroat in the early days. In 2023, the best strategy you can follow is to focus on optimizing your growth as it is extremely difficult to force your competitors into bankruptcy unless they have made a serious mistake. Mistakes you can capitalize on (lesson on this are available in an advanced course), but for someone starting out, if you worry about your competition, you will only injure yourself.
Without knowing the specifics of the game world and level of competition, it's hard to give specific advice, but your thought process of undercutting them on frequency is generally a sound one - particularly on short haul (<2000NM). Though be warned that medium fleets (such as CRJ's) can't carry medium cargo (unless they are a combi version) whereas large fleets (737) can carry medium, so depending on where you base, that may or may not matter. note that as base size increases in infrastructure the profitability of short-haul cargo declines significantly due to the costs of processing it at large airports (think JFK, ATL, LAX, etc.).
PS: I'm sure Sami would not approve, but if you truly wanted to be cut-throat, the way to do that is to "leverage" the experience of some of the super experienced folks on the forums as I'm sure your entire class is new to the game and more "detailed" instruction could help. There's a lot of knowledge that isn't in the manual that only people who have played for years have amassed. So take advantage of it! Good luck!
Hope that helps and happy to answer more detailed questions here or via PM.
Cheers.
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