Hi There,
My name is Jamie, I am new to this game and have been playing for about 5 days.
Just wanted to introduce myself, and my airline, which is called TransAir. You will see me in Game World 3!
Does anybody have any tips on making a successful airline? On the free trial world I got too big too soon and ran up millions in debt. In this new world I have 2 ATR 72-200's and 3 Embraer 120 Brasilia's which are serving parts of the UK, France & Germany, but I am struggling to open up more routes as they are already done by other airlines. Can I open up the same route and directly compete with them? Is that wise considering how new my airline is?
Also, how do I increase the load factor (without spending money on marketing) and route image? And does the type of aircraft directly affect your passenger count? (say if I ran a CRJ700 instead of my ATR's would customers prefer that etc?)
Thanks!
Hello Jamie, have you read the FAQ and the manual carefully?
Route Image will increase automatically if you fly a route. Aircraft type itself doesn't really affect passengers.
Cheers
Quote from: CUR$E - King Airways on July 28, 2014, 07:32:46 PM
Hello Jamie, have you read the FAQ and the manual carefully?
Route Image will increase automatically if you fly a route. Aircraft type itself doesn't really affect passengers.
Cheers
Hi, I did look, but as an amateur some of the expressions and explanations confused me a little bit so I just wanted to confirm. Thanks for your help! I saw your King Air livery on another forum thread and it looks great! I'm no good with photoshop, is there an easy way of making one?
Hey,
I did not make the liveries myself, sorry. :)
No worries, thanks for your help though! Much appreciated!
There is a seperate thread for "LOGO AND LIVERY (https://www.airwaysim.com/forum/index.php/topic,1487.2780.html)" where you can request such things be made to your custom wishes (a/c model, what colors, symbols, etc.) just ask in the friendly, and usually within 2-3 real days you will have a livery posted there by someone :) (check back regularly, in case someone has any questions about the design you want).
And Welcome to the community, I hope you will like it here :)
cheers,
Jona L.
Hiya Jamie from another fairly new player, just a little word of advice, you will go bankrupt loads of times until you get used to things here. I have gone bankrupt so many times I've lost count, just keep on going. This time I am actually making a profit, first time ever, touch wood it carries on.
Anyway welcome and have fun
Rick
So far, with my second attempt I am just about breaking even. Managed to buy a couple of new regional jets although I didn't realise if you have lots of similar aircraft it reduces maintenance costs. Going to be considering that when I make my next purchase tomorrow!