10-02-2016, 06:53 PM
(10-02-2016, 10:05 AM)Carde Wrote: Crew should be a big factor, do you hire the cheapest people and put as few people as you are legally allowed onboard, or do you hire the best people and ensure to have ample of staff onboard?
IFS is also things like charge for food and drinks or not, I know a college of mine always checks when he flies to the US to ensure the flight is done by KLM and not Delta because on KLM flights beer is free and on Delta flights you have to pay
Plane seat options, how good are your seats and how much leg room is on offer. The last one I am biased about because I do not fit in economy class seats because my legs cannot get in there. Also do you charge extra for seats near the emergency exits because those always have more leg room for safety reasons.
Honestly you can go really deep with this, but that would over complicate things, but the above should be logical in my mind.
All good ideas. Hadn't thought of the crew factor and whether or not you opt to use the bare minimum or have a few extra staff on board.
(10-02-2016, 12:51 PM)skifans Wrote: Id also realy like to have more of the option to go about operating a lcc, ie. the extra cost for the higher rating shouldn't always be worth it. Maybe passengers should pay more attention to the rating the longer the flight?
Yes it will be a balance depending on what type of airline you want to operate (at least thats the idea, let's see how well it actually works once I start working on formulas and such). For long-haul flights, pax will probably gravitate towards airlines with better IFE/IFS unless you have enough other factors to persuade them otherwise.