So, I personally like long hauls more than any else, and that maked me think.. Which airport has the highest long haul -market percentage? And I'm not asking the demand count, but the percentage between long hauls, short hauls and domestics.
I've seen some airports having around 50%, like LHR. But do some airpots have more than that?
Tahiti tops LHR at 56%
Le Lamentin have 93% Long Hual demand but its have only 32% passenger demand. ;)
Hong Kong is all international traffic and I imagine it would have the majority as long haul.
Quote from: alexgv1 on October 17, 2010, 06:20:48 PM
Hong Kong is all international traffic and I imagine it would have the majority as long haul.
In AWS I believe HKG is listed at 29% long-haul but when I based there I was able to have over 300+ long-haul planes and virtually all of them flew flights longer than six-seven hours so technically I would consider there to be more than 29%.
Colombo also has a lot of long-haul. I think it's listed at 53%? Guam additionally has a lot-- it's at 70%. In AWS there's quite a bit of demand from Guam to North America.
I was wondering when someone would point that out! GUM is actually a very over-looked airport with TONS of demand. Thinking of moving my airline there if things don't work out at my current airport. :P
Quote from: ICEcold on October 31, 2010, 02:48:55 AM
I was wondering when someone would point that out! GUM is actually a very over-looked airport with TONS of demand. Thinking of moving my airline there if things don't work out at my current airport. :P
I was there in ATB and am currently in MT2. Big money on LH's, and if you get in quick enough, you can have the whole airport to yourself. I am running about 40 73NG, 8 E70, and 11 772/773...could have had more, but ended up concentrating more on ATB at that point than MT2....
where'd you go in ATB? You suddenly went bk and was never heard from again. :P
There were about 3 weeks left and time became limited (in my final semester of college...semester started in September). I had not been active for about 3 weeks before that and decided to just save the 3 credits and close down. I don't plan on exiting a scenario early again, though....it killed me after I closed down...would have liked to see it through, even if I was not still expanding. ATB was my most successful scenario to date. I was bringing in almost $40 mil a week at the end on $160-200 mil in revenue.
Don
congrats and sorry to hear that. :P
I'm trying GUM in MT3 now - any hints or tips for me?
Cheers,
Austin
Pacific Western
Tips for GUM:
Open LHR, CDG, ATL, and ORD early. If you can find a 777, you can squeeze 8 flights out of it if you schedule it right....3 longhaul, 5 NRT. In MT2, I got in the long haul game late and am running 4 weekly flights with my 777's and each one is making 1.2 mil+.
Secure GUM-NRT. This is the single largest route from GUM. It will hit 2500 daily demand by the end of the scenario.
Watch GUM-HNL. There might be enough demand to fill a 777. If so, this is your cash cow. 773 with 437 seats in MT2 bringing 3 mil a week.
Orger 73G's and 739ER's. They are your best friends at GUM
I'm securing NRT as we speak and my next target will be HNL. Thanks for the tips - I really appreciate it. :) I was looking at a fleet of maybe B73G, B739ER, B763/764 or A332/A333, B772, B773 and maybe some Saab 2000s or 340s. How does that sound, seeming as it looks quite a lot similar to your ATB fleet. ;)
Cheers,
Austin
Pacific Western
Looks good except the Saabs. There are just 3 cities with enough demand to fly to within 1000nm (SPN, ROR, and one other I cant think of now). The 76's worked for me in ATB, but if I could do it again, I would go with 340's or 777's as, with the exception of the 762ER, the 767 serise does not have long enough legs to be effective from GUM. You need a 300 pax plane with 7000nm range to capture the whole market. Also, I would not go past 3 fleet types. The lack of a real short haul market limits cash flow and I found it diffucult to absorb a 4th fleet type in MT2 when my 73NG's started rolling in. I would go with 73NG's (all work well, but the 73G and 739ER have longest range and open more market possibilities), 777's or A340-500/600 (346HGW's have lower fuel consumption than 772ER, carry 35 more pax, and are cheaper :), and E-Jets. That mix, I think, would best suit the GUM market.
Don