Starting in Asia or Europe is probably a better starter location in the long run for longer routes (I assumed you started in the Americas also, due to ethnocentricity or something.). I started in Western North America due to the first world event and not knowing enough about the inner workings of the game yet. Mostly I'm using my couple of PearJets to amass deliveries for Casablanca from the Americas. Probably not as cost efficient but I just like the idea of bombing Casablanca with tons of cameras and movie people... And, yeah, Fogbusters are the first Class 3 at Level 20. http://pocketplaneswiki.com/Fogbuster-P#Fogbuster-P
At least the Class 3 airports cap out at 51,000 coins each with a maximum population of 10 million. Just wait until you accumulate enough plane slots. My 14th plane slot will cost 261,500 coins. But don't worry, you'll be accumulating coins pretty quickly soon.
Ok so I've thought of an interesting tactic (i dunno - maybe what this is what the layover technique is supposed to be, but it's just come to me so thought i'd share)... I'll use an example to explain: So I have all 8 class 3 airports in the americas. If you look at the map, this makes a weird double crow-foot shape of routes, with 2 'hubs' in Lima (south) and Mexico (north) The idea is: 1) When a plane is leaving one of the crow feet (LA, NYC, Chicago in north, or Buenos Aires, Rio, Sao Paolo in the south), the biggest fares are for the furthest places (standard). So fill your plane with these - NOT necessarily bonuses. 2) Drop these off at the 'Hub' on the other side. This will, naturally, create layovers 3) When that flight lands, send it in the same direction it was, but NOT with the layovers - just push over some profit with trying to fill a plane. 4) When THAT flight lands, it should be at the crow feet on the OTHER continent. Fill that up and repeat steps 2-4 until layovers are full. 5) When layovers are full, repeat step 3 but fill it with the layovers instead. On the way back, try and tide over some profit to the opposite hub, to pick up some layovers in the other direction. Repeat until layovers are done. ------------ First of all - does that make sense? and second of all - is that creative, or just exactly what layovers SHOULD be?
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been lurking this thread for a while but trying to help my way.... I've already joined TA crew and currently working on global event in casablanca reaching 50 or so jobs.... still lvl 8 or 9 though... Can someone please explain to me something thats bugging me.... i don't quite get the layovers, how to use that and what i can get with them.... can someone explain it to me? as for the rest loving the game.... trying to replace my fleet with mohawks and kangaroos now for the greater distances and more places in the planes
I've just posted a 1-5 step process of my understanding of them, which has been confirmed as the way to go by somebody else!
in-game notifications Have you noticed how in-game notifications (landings, new jobs, etc.) kind of get in the way of the very relevant info at the top? I inquired with one of the programmers and here's what he said: @justintyme75 21 Jun @eeen ingame notifications cover up crucial flight/airport info, would you consider redesigning them? @eeen Ian Marsh @justintyme75 Any non-landing notification can be tapped to hide. Too bad you can't tap to hide those too.
Yes, it's a poor design choice that's been bothering me since day 1, but gets even more irritating as my fleet grows.
I (think) I understand what you're saying, but aren't you making a loss on the initial transport to the hub? Or does that not matter? I'm going from London to Tokyo at the minute - say London is hub one, and Mumbai is hub two - I load up at London with passengers for Tokyo, Guangzhou etc. and take them to Mumbai, but when I drop them at Mumbai I'm making a loss because none of them want to be in Mumbai. I then continue on to Tokyo with new passengers to make a profit, but lose more on the way back with the same technique of dropping passengers for London and Istanbul in Mumbai. I feel like I'm missing something.
As long as you are not taking them in the opposite direction of their destination, it's not really a loss as much as it is an investment. You spend money to increase future gains.
It really only seems that way. Whatever fare they said they were paying way back in London is still what you'll get. The plane you use to get them from Mumbai to Tokyo will make FAR over its operating cost, so you will profit. So it's a short term loss, to help maximize planes full of bonus fare. There's a reason why airlines in the real world use the hub system. When your plane lands in Mumbai, hopefully it's picking up piles of London fares that another plane brought from Tokyo. The reason this works is that the longer a job's total trip is, the more money it makes. So you ARE getting the entire London > Tokyo fare, it's just that you only get it at the very end (Tokyo)
