Hello,
I was wondering what the advantages are of selecting the "Transport only passengers (block all cargo capacity)" option when scheduling a route. Even if I have very little cargo to take with me (for example, 5% cargo LF), wouldn't that be extra profits? What am I missing? Do you lose money by having a low cargo LF?
Thanks in advance.
No, just keep it on. You can opt out of cargo if you for example wish to keep your passenger plane statistics clean and focus cargo flights on real cargo aircraft, or some other similar reason, but generally flying any amount of cargo is just more revenue with rather linear expenses (no fixed base costs).
there is one tweak which is loading/unloading cargo at top tier airports is hugely expensive. So for example I could NOT make a profit flying cargo LAX-ATL whatever I tried. So in this situation I would probably block cargo and let others lose money instead!
@Sami Doesn't this create more personnel needs?
Yes, you will need more personnel to handle the cargo, and maybe a fork truck or two too, with some hanger space and some cheap labour to manage the collection and sorting the storage of the cargo, in-coming and delivered by road, to it's destination, to or the aircraft that's going to the right place! And all staff working in the live area of the airport must wear hi-vis clothing, and attend health and safety courses to work in the live areas of the airport. That's why air-mail and air freight is so expensive!