Family Maintenance Costs

[Unknown98]

The proposed weekly fixed cost for each aircraft family has been added to the aircraft research page. Take a look and provide feedback if you wish, let me know if you think the costs are too high/low. 

Family Mx cost is based on the average size of all aircraft in the family, with a modifier added to account for the average age of all the aircraft in the family. So larger & older aircraft families will have higher weekly costs. I am in the process of implementing engine types to each aircraft in-game, which will lower family costs for prop aircraft as well as take into account # of engines when calculating the cost. Maintenance costs have been adjusted to account for # of engines (more engines = more expensive) and engine type (prop = cheaper, jet = normal price)

These costs have not been implemented yet, but I will post a game update once they are added to the weekly costs that are taken out each Friday at noon UTC.

[Unknown98]

Weekly family maintenance costs have been implemented now. The first round of expenses will be deducted next Friday 6/29 at Noon UTC, so you have about 5 days to make fleet changes if you need to.

You can view the weekly cost for each family on the aircraft research page. I can also probably add a calculated cost on the airline overview page for each airline so you know what your specific costs will be, I will work on that today or tomorrow. The additional maintenance modifiers related to engine count and engine type were removed from the family cost, and instead added into the per-flight maintenance cost because there were issues with aircraft in the same family having different numbers of engines or types of engines.

[gaff85]

Now that family maintenance costs have been implemented, exactly what do these cover over the maintenance charges as per flight that we are charged?

[Unknown98]

The per-flight cost is the variable cost of operating each flight - I guess you could say it's things like replacement parts, external labor, inspections, fluids like oil and such.

Family maintenance is the fixed cost of operating a particular family - depending on the size & type of aircraft there are certain requirements - you may need specialized tools or equipment, rentals, supplies and such. You could maybe even throw depreciation into there.

I don't necessarily have a list of what's included and what isn't, for gameplay balancing purposes it's just broken down into general fixed and variable costs. Maybe someone that is familiar with the industry could give a detailed list of what is included, I know we talked about it in the chat a few months ago but I forget the details of what was discussed.