Route Research

[Ryan97]

Thanks looks good. Would there be any chance of a search field for the airport code to make selecting airports easier rather trekking through the dropdown list.

[Unknown98]

I could do that. But you can also just start typing the code after you click on the dropdown list and it will jump to whatever you type. For example click on the dropdown list, type "LHR" and then hit enter, and LHR will be selected. Then just tab down and do the same for the destination.

[Ryan97]

Thats true, i never think of that because i literally use my mobile all the time haha

[Unknown98]

The route research function will now use your airline's default custom ticket prices when you research a route as the default value for "Your Prices" rather than using the base fares for the route.

If you have individual route ticket prices set through the flight numbers function, it will not take those into consideration. I may be able to add that at some point but for now it just uses the values from the "Set Ticket Prices" page.

[Unknown98]

Improvements and optimizations have been made to the route research function.

A visual representation of remaining demand has been added to the top-right corner. This is representative of the competition level (flights flown during the past 7 days) and how difficult it will be to enter that market. However a low demand does not mean it is impossible to break into the market. If your airline has high reputation that will help tremendously, also lower ticket prices will entice passengers to fly with you instead of your competition.

The icon in the supply section (next to demand) will now only be displayed if there is flight history that exists.

Default price checkboxes now remember their last setting, if you are changing prices to see the effect it has you no longer have to uncheck the box each time.

Dropdown lists for choosing airports have been removed as they were causing issues selecting airports properly.

A new section, "Route Performance Analysis" has been added to the bottom of the page. This will allow you to visualize why the demand is what it is for each class. Analysis is divided into 3 sections:

Reputation: Right now this is simply based off your airline reputation and it the same for each class. However when IFE & IFS are implemented, different classes will be able to have different reputation ratings depending on the level of service offered in each class.
==> Red=Heavy PAX loss. Yellow=Moderate PAX loss. Green=PAX gain.
Ticket Price: Compares your ticket price to the base price & the average price and lets you know where you stand.
==> Red=Heavy PAX loss. Yellow=Moderate PAX loss. Green=PAX gain.
Competition: A more detailed breakdown of the demand bar in the upper right. Shows competition levels for each class.
==> Red: Heavy PAX loss. Yellow=Moderate PAX loss. Green=Little PAX loss.

The only thing that is not represented on the research page yet is the Distance factor (flights below 150mi losing demand). That will be added soon.

[Unknown98]

Route research now works on route awareness rather than airline awareness. You can enter a custom route awareness to see how it affects demand, or you can leave the box empty and the research function will grab your current route awareness for the route you enter (if exists) and use that to show you a much more accurate picture of demand. If you do not fly a route yet, it will default to your airline awareness (which currently is the starting point for route awareness on new routes)

The flight history icon is still broken, I am trying to fix it.

[Unknown98]

Route research "use default" price checkbox will now include any custom price you have set in the flight numbers page.