Ticket Prices

[Twista]

Ok im seriously confused about how this happened. Ok I did a flight that was 2300nms long in a MD-11 that carried 250 passengers with full
cargo....made 20 million. Now a few minutes ago i landed a 3400nm flight in a MD-11 with 247 passengers with full cargo....made 18 million. I dont
understand how I could go down in money when i did a longer flight. I looked at the ticket prices income of both flights and it said that i made 4000 dollars less off a 1100nm longer flight. I can understand fuel cost though but shouldnt I have made wayyy more money off ticket prices and cargo than i did?? Could someone please clear this up for me because I dont know how i make less money off a longer flight.



Post Edited ( 08-07-05 18:27 )

[SaVas]

Dont cry over 18 million. My best take now has been about $700,000 so far

(though the company I deleted had made more, this one is bare bones)

[ClemsonPilot]

I was so happy yesterday to see $8 mil on a 1500 nm flight. I just got the 737 so I can finally do some longer hops.

[Twista]

Cool lol, But i see how i got the income i did and the only reason that im trying to get the most money i can is because I want to buy two four engine
planes, a 747 andddd a C-17 So then I can have a full set of planes to choose from when I go on flights longg flights with my friends lol.

[ClemsonPilot]

I can't wait to get the C-17. That is what I want to fly out of pilot training!

I guess I will have to settle for all these 737 flights till I get the money and ranking...

[saabski]

Twista wrote:
Ok im seriously confused about how this happened. Ok I did a flight that was 2300nms long in a MD-11 that carried 250 passengers with
full
cargo....made 20 million. Now a few minutes ago i landed a 3400nm flight in a MD-11 with 247 passengers with full cargo....made 18
million. I dont
understand how I could go down in money when i did a longer flight. I looked at the ticket prices income of both flights and it said that i
made 4000 dollars less off a 1100nm longer flight. I can understand fuel cost though but shouldnt I have made wayyy more money off
ticket prices and cargo than i did?? Could someone please clear this up for me because I dont know how i make less money off a longer
flight.

Hi all,

Yes this is exactly my experience too. I just made a 1599nm with a 747 carrying 350 passengers and made 2.8 million in ticket price and
a total company profit about 287 millions. Next flight was 5120nm, same number of passengers, ticket income ALSO about 2.8 million.
The cargo income was also the same. But of course the fuel cost went much higher and the total company profit became "only" 128
millions. This must be wrong, don’t think the ticket price would be the same for a 3 hour flight as an 11 hour flight. If somebody could
shed some light please I’d appreciate it.

[jboweruk]

My best is a little over 400K, and your worried about a couple of million difference on 20 Mill? Wow.

[saabski]

It’s not about a couple of millions, it’s about that you can’t make more profit out of a longer flight. It’s like the ticket prices reaches a
maximum when flying approximately 1500nm or more, no difference in ticket or cargo income. If you make a shorter flight than that it is
dependable on distance, as it should be.

[Ryanamur]

Was the 20M including the fleet bonus. If so, it's possible that one of your aircraft is damaged or in need of inspection (this would prevent
it from producing money in the fleet income).

Phil

[bdlong]

If it is based similar to real life, then go online and check some actual airline ticket prices. Sometimes, tickets for shorter flights are more
expensive than longer flights.

I just did a quick check -

LAX - JFK 9 hrs, $297
LAX - MEM 7.5 hrs $327

Whether Dan programmed it this way or not, it fits the real world.

[Kstinson]

One reason may be that, since your flight was longer, you use more gas and thus it cost more to pay for said fuel. You also had less
passengers so you get less ticket and service income. I'm sure if you pick thrue all the incomes and expenses of both flights, these will
be two main contributing factors to your drop in income.

[saabski]

bdlong wrote:
If it is based similar to real life, then go online and check some actual airline ticket prices. Sometimes, tickets for shorter flights are more
expensive than longer flights.

I just did a quick check -

LAX - JFK 9 hrs, $297
LAX - MEM 7.5 hrs $327

Whether Dan programmed it this way or not, it fits the real world.

Well, then check if a 3 hour flight is more expensive than an 11 hour flight, a bit different than your example, but that was what I wrote. If
that fits the real world I would travel a lot more....

Kstinson wrote:
One reason may be that, since your flight was longer, you use more gas and thus it cost more to pay for said fuel. You also had less
passengers so you get less ticket and service income. I'm sure if you pick thrue all the incomes and expenses of both flights, these will
be two main contributing factors to your drop in income.

Yes, that’s true, but as I wrote the number of passengers was the same and the ticket price should be higher at a 7 hour longer flight to
pay for the much higher fuel cost.

I'll drop this for now and hope for some changes in future versions

[robirob]

One thing I did notice when getting different amounts of cash for similar cases ...

The better my flight performance ie... the more points received .. perfect flights paid much more than say average
flights with same amount of pax and unchanged price settings.

Rob