I think their is a new problem in the limitation of no large airport can be used for sefuel stops: PANC is a common sefuel stop point in really life, and it is a large airport ;)
maybe some of the airport should be listed in exceptional cases?
The idea behind that was that refuel stops in places like JFK and LHR would not be possible, as that's really not done in reality either. (And with the removal of techstop slots I didn't want to allow flights to these usually slot restricted airports in any form.)
But may have to tune that a bit. And actually now after checking I see that there are ~250 class 5 airports, I remembered that it was way lower than that. So I will tune that a bit and make a 'filter list' of disallowed techstop airports instead with something like top-100 world airports in it.
I understand your idea and I love it :P I remember I said somebody who use Kai Tak as a refuel stop for his YSSY-RJAA route ;)
I agree with this idea, you would never see this being done at Heathrow or the other big European airports because all the slots would be for aircraft flying directly to/from there.
There are going to be exceptions, HK and Singapore are popular stopovers for flights to Australasia. However, with these new implementations try using Macau (if runway allows it), or somewhere close with a smaller airport.
In reality you dont refuel at LHR because you still have to find a slot (which you cant) and you have to pay the landing fee (which is hugely expensive). So smaller airports work best.
This may re-invigorate Prestwick as a stop for trans-atlantic services... 8)
Air France and Air Tahiti Nui also use LAX as a refuel stop... tha's a quite big airport though...
Hey Again !
I can't find anything in the forum or the manual about refuel stops... only this post.
I'ld like to know how to set them ...? If anybody can help me...
Thanx !
Julien
Quote from: Air Catalunya on March 25, 2010, 10:01:48 AM
Hey Again !
I can't find anything in the forum or the manual about refuel stops... only this post.
I'ld like to know how to set them ...? If anybody can help me...
Thanx !
Julien
When you create a route with additional legs, inside the content for
Destination aerodrome 1 there is a checkbox for
Technical stop? Refuel only at this airport - do not take new passengers
Quote from: Air Catalunya on March 25, 2010, 10:00:25 AM
Air France and Air Tahiti Nui also use LAX as a refuel stop... tha's a quite big airport though...
Quote from: alexgv1 on March 18, 2010, 01:40:26 AM
There are going to be exceptions, HK and Singapore are popular stopovers for flights to Australasia. However, with these new implementations try using Macau (if runway allows it), or somewhere close with a smaller airport.
Yes, the airlines do use LAX, Hong Kong, and Singapore as stops, but in all the cases you mentioned, airlines pick up extra passengers at the stopover airport, so it would be considered 2 "direct" flights in AWS.