02-18-2018, 03:30 AM
Each aircraft you own or lease now has an Hourly Operating Cost. This has replaced weekly maintenance and insurance costs. Fuel cost and lease cost are not included in the operating cost.
Operating cost depends on two factors - Aircraft type and number of cycles. Larger and more heavily used aircraft have a higher operating cost.
Operating cost is deducted from each flight, just like fuel cost, and it is shown on the flight tracker page as well as the flight history page. You can see your aircraft's operating cost on the aircraft details page, by going to your fleet overview and then clicking on the aircraft registration number.
You will no longer be charged for maintenance and insurance each Friday. I have removed all upcoming transactions for maintenance and insurance. If a flight was scheduled prior to operating cost being implemented, then there will be no operating cost for that flight. You will need to wait for your flights to re-schedule before you will see operating costs show up.
This change, while simple, will drastically reduce profit margins. Routes that have been profitable before, may no longer be profitable. Expect to have to adjust a few things in order to stabilize and maintain your profit margin. This change was implemented because profit margins were exceptionally high, unrealistically so, in the range of 50-80%. Simply put, the game was too easy.
For those of you interested in the formula: Hourly Operating Cost = (60 * Max Seats)+(0.15 * Cycles)
Let's see how this plays out, the formula may need to be adjusted but that is the wonderful thing about having an hourly operating cost, it's very easily adjusted, unlike the weekly maintenance & insurance was.
Operating cost depends on two factors - Aircraft type and number of cycles. Larger and more heavily used aircraft have a higher operating cost.
Operating cost is deducted from each flight, just like fuel cost, and it is shown on the flight tracker page as well as the flight history page. You can see your aircraft's operating cost on the aircraft details page, by going to your fleet overview and then clicking on the aircraft registration number.
You will no longer be charged for maintenance and insurance each Friday. I have removed all upcoming transactions for maintenance and insurance. If a flight was scheduled prior to operating cost being implemented, then there will be no operating cost for that flight. You will need to wait for your flights to re-schedule before you will see operating costs show up.
This change, while simple, will drastically reduce profit margins. Routes that have been profitable before, may no longer be profitable. Expect to have to adjust a few things in order to stabilize and maintain your profit margin. This change was implemented because profit margins were exceptionally high, unrealistically so, in the range of 50-80%. Simply put, the game was too easy.
For those of you interested in the formula: Hourly Operating Cost = (60 * Max Seats)+(0.15 * Cycles)
Let's see how this plays out, the formula may need to be adjusted but that is the wonderful thing about having an hourly operating cost, it's very easily adjusted, unlike the weekly maintenance & insurance was.
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