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 Business Plan 1970 Routes & Bidding
We are an airline without lines, and a force of international revolution which only operates in one country. Such matters will not stand. Our first priority is to expand our reach beyond the borders of the motherland to link east and west. While our agents work to pry open the gates of travel, we will activate local service to stand as shining examples of our way. Aircraft
Such ambitions have their price, and the Ilyushin Design Bureau is quite able to provide. No city in the world will be beyond our reach. Business
To direct and coordinate these efforts, we shall present an open hand to all passengers of the world by way of a network of public relations and service agencies. Stand ready, and stand proud. Our work begins today.
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In a push to export the proud, socialist way of life to the decadent West, the mighty Soviet Union shall endure to provide all travelers with an appointment at their nearest Bureau of Destination Assignment. After a simple "processing" period, within 5-7 business weeks, your optimal travel route will be determined by expertly trained Ministers of Foreign Business, or Ministers of Permissed Temporary Recreation, depending on the nature of your trip. Once your tickets are received, please proceed by public transportation to the airport expressed on your travel papers. Do not leave private autos at the airport, for there is no long term parking. Any vehicles left overnight shall be redistributed into the Bureau of Automobile Dissemination for Glorious Soviet Workers. You will be expected to produce an authorized USSR Passport, comrades, so do not forget to Thank you for flying on TrotSky Airlines, as if you had a choice, tovarich! "TrotSky Airlines. Is good plane, yes?"
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Aug 24, 2014 20:42
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I don't see anything about having Loon play the game without our input, even to say that the vote failed. 
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Aug 24, 2014 20:46
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There is no voice for cowards in this office.
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1970 - FASTEN SEATBELT, STAND FOR ANTHEM  Q2 1970  We will waste no time in Europe. Our Tu134s can swiftly pierce any corner of the continent, so let us extend our reach.         Said speed on display here. The Tu134 Managed 5-10 weekly flights per plane at mid to short range. Together, these routes establish a regional capacity of 19,320 seats per quarter. Another 7,560 can be activated with some rounds of bidding to get our planes to Switzerland and Belarus running full time.   We are no mere aeronautical homeguard, however. To the contrary, our eyes must ever turn to new horizons. Say, the city where huddled masses yearn to breathe free. Despite the hostile intent of their government, New York’s airports are relatively open to negotiation. By the year’s end we will have a foothold from which to entertain the thought of service to North America, and more importantly gain access to the south.   They are about as forward as the Chinese, who despite closer ties between our homelands remain somewhat hesitant to open their doors. It will take as just as long to secure the same proposal we extended to the Americans. We expect that future deals will waste less of our time.   Between our remaining Old World destinations, the Middle East is granted slight priority. A show of force against Airyan is deemed appropriate, and middle eastern service will satisfy our obligation to connect the Uzbek SSR. Together with our other operations, this move will assert our influence into the home regions of every one of our competitors. The Iranians are quite receptive to our plans. We expect negotiations there to close a full quarter before our other initiatives.  To Facilitate these opportunities, we submit the necessary paperwork at home to repurpose more of the capital's airport for use in our network. The state is happy to oblige, and will quickly authorize the construction of more runways should we come to need them.  In anticipation of our new connections, we requisition additional long-range jets, bringing our total stock to 6.  The Indians play their opening hand, connecting Iran and making bids in Iraq and China.  Tourists looking to visit Africa will have to settle for boats.    Our fast opening has created a grand economic footprint. We’ve launched with by far the highest passenger totals, and come closest to covering our operating expenses. Our new lines are healthy and strong. Q3 1970   The Americans press forward with their trend of building ever-larger transport planes. We’ll have no access to this model, but is important to know our enemy.  The PAP set off for Osaka, and continue to feel around the region.  Airyan confirms good ties with the west by ordering some B747-200s, and reach out to Africa.  Which brings things back to us.  Just need to know who to ask.     A sample of our Tupolevs at work, each one a credit to the bureau. Only our most extensive route runs at less than full capacity, a matter sure to be corrected once reported to the appropriate ministries.  PAP Air expects much from Japan, advertising sales for 28,800 quarterly tickets. (That’s a Quarter-Billion worth of planes!)  Airyan proves the utility our designs in the mideast with this humble 1,680 seat line.  Voltair also shows restraint with this 3,600 line to Athens. Simple, but effective use of a medium jet.  It is with great regret that the party informs us of the absence of an appropriate site for the establishment of a Domestic Aero-Transit Coordination and Planning Office within the capital area at this time. We will need to look elsewhere if we’re to develop and appropriate support network for our passengers. For now, we’ll settle with providing them a secure place to rest between flight transfers. They assure us it will be ready in three months.  The French continue laying groundwork for midrange lines in Europe.  Japan puts on quite a show. Travel benefits accordingly.    The PAP Cash in on their initial gamble. How much of that will hold after the Expo winds down remains to be seen. Fine tuning of our current routes nearly lets us break even. Q4 1970   Decolonization continues to work in our favour, as the newly-independent archipelago of Fiji provides our first friendly destination in Oceania.  All rooms come with complimentary dog! Pet at own risk.    Our first steps out of Europe bring us to Iran. Even with the increased demands for inter-regional travel, the short distance to Tehran makes our larger jets less-than-ideal for this link. A Tupolev will do for now. 4,200 seats.  A quick followup with the General Transport Bureau secures the time we’ll soon see put to use in future endeavours.  Negotiations with the Swiss hold the potential to match their contributions one for one, and bring us to full time-capacity in Zurich.  Content to roll in Expo-Dollars for now.  While waiting out their more extensive deals, they plan to step things up in Greece.  Silence.    Nice and Normalized. The Osaka connection is still huge, but without the Expo pushing it to capacity it’s not completely outlandish. Airyan and Voltair upsize their lines a bit, and we report our first profit. 1970 Year End Review   Voltair challenges us with a direct link to our homeland. They also bid in Rome and put in an order for one of the new DC10s. 7,200 Seats closer to threatening our position.  They also sent this beast to Greece. Passenger Capacity of 450 at 6,750 Miles. They cost $84 Million each.  How shall we respond?   Our first year has gone smoothly. We’ve opened a solid base of operations at home, laid the groundwork for some strong overseas connections. With New York, we can reach anywhere in South America. From Beijing, we will gain access to Oceania. We’ve proven that our planes can hold their own until we get access to some next-generation models. We get places, draw lines, and make money from them until then. Our desire for Travel Agencies will be a bit disrupted, as not all potential hubs have the appropriate facilities. We can work around that by linking into the cities which do.
New York and Cairo have us covered in their Regions, and there’s no possible hub in Oceania which lacks an agency. To better facilitate long term planning and execution of operations to the benefit of this office, and the in turn the greater good of all people, all tasks not satisfied in the previous year’s operations will be carried forward to the following year’s plans. (Save for those which the operations planning council should so choose to cancel, rescind, or otherwise abandon in the course of drafting said plan.) Residual Objectives
Build our plan for 1971 A_Raving_Loon fucked around with this message at 23:42 on Aug 29, 2014 |
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Aug 29, 2014 22:46
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Continue to develop our trans-regional routes
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Aug 29, 2014 22:58
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Galaga Galaxian posted:Continue to develop our trans-regional routes Hit every region as fast as possible so that we can show the entire world the glory of the USSR.
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Aug 29, 2014 23:33
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It may help to nominate hubs for the remaining regions.
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Aug 30, 2014 18:41
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A_Raving_Loon posted:It may help to nominate hubs for the remaining regions. Does a list of preferred hubs count as a single vote? If so then my ballot is: Africa: Cairo Asia: Hong Kong N. America: New York S. America: Sao Paulo Is that place that is now friendly to us in Oceania a potential hub? If so, then that place as well; otherwise, no preference.
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Aug 30, 2014 23:26
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Nietzschean posted:Does a list of preferred hubs count as a single vote? Cairo and New York were already selected. Cairo gives us short-range reach for all of Africa.  Asia had strong support for Beijing. (Only neutral option, Hong Kong hates us)  Oceania's hubs all hate us. Only the Australian ones would be in range from Beijing. (Tahiti was the little red isle, now green)  South America will all be in reach from New York. It's essentially a choice of which half we want in reach of small jets.
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Aug 30, 2014 23:50
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Obviously we must go to Havana to support our friends and allies!
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Aug 31, 2014 00:09
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You'd think the French would tap into that lucrative North American market. Not time yet, I guess?
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Aug 31, 2014 21:46
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We should do Beijing for Asia, Havana for S. America, and Sydney for Oceania. The first two should be self-explanatory, and Sydney is the largest city in its respective region.
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Aug 31, 2014 21:56
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I get the sense that the AI reacts strongly to competition in their home sector. They bid in New York back on turn one, so they should have time there now, but the threat posed by our Euro-Presence may be distracting them from heading overseas.
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Aug 31, 2014 22:00
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paragon1 posted:Obviously we must go to Havana to support our friends and allies! Echoing support for this and Beijing, Oceania would be best supported by Sydney as it is centrally located and we could probably make a nice profit with our Tupolevs.
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Aug 31, 2014 22:15
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Continue with our original plan of a hub in Beijing. I'd rather have a politically agreeable regional headquarters than a travel agency. We can make such purchases elsewhere. I have spoken to my sources in the Kremlin, and it seems the Premier himself has mentioned his desire to have a direct air corridor to our comrades in Havana. Lastly, it would behoove us to eventually make a claim in Sydney, as it is the statistically best city, so we might as well go there since everyone hates us equally. I have received word from a contact within the KGB that a
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Aug 31, 2014 22:27
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The Casualty posted:I'd rather have a politically agreeable regional headquarters than a travel agency. I'd say this is pretty drat important, given how often we'll be having to negotiate with them for more slots. Since all flights in that region route through them every hub needs a lot more slots than other locations, meaning slow negotiations would hamper rapid growth.
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Aug 31, 2014 22:32
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The Casualty posted:Continue with our original plan of a hub in Beijing. I'd rather have a politically agreeable regional headquarters than a travel agency. We can make such purchases elsewhere. I have spoken to my sources in the Kremlin, and it seems the Premier himself has mentioned his desire to have a direct air corridor to our comrades in Havana. Lastly, it would behoove us to eventually make a claim in Sydney, as it is the statistically best city, so we might as well go there since everyone hates us equally. This is my vote: Beijing -- Havana -- Sydney, with a travel agency in London.
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Sep 1, 2014 04:02
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Haaa, just noticed this thread has been stuck on 737 posts  Well not anymore!
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Sep 3, 2014 00:10
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Then we need to get it up to 747 as soon as possible! Also voting for continuing to develop our trans-regional routes.
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Sep 4, 2014 08:02
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GetWellGamers posted:Then we need to get it up to 747 as soon as possible! I don't think we'll be getting 747s anytime soon, since they're on the other side of the Iron Curtain. That said, I think TrotSKY is going to be Havana a ball in Cuba.
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Sep 6, 2014 06:31
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Hit every region as soon as possible and then expand our dominance!
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Sep 9, 2014 13:23
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The socialist revolution must expand to all corners of the earth! Preferably through a series of highly profitable regional hubs!
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Sep 9, 2014 13:52
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Business Plan 1971 Routes & Bidding
Our focus remains clear - Global Routes for Global Ideals. We will continue aggressive extension of our network until our flag is found in all corners of the world. Business
Furthermore, the first candidate for an Overseas Aero-Travel Information Bureau is established. All due effort will be spent to secure the facility and connect it to our systems.
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Sep 9, 2014 16:54
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Name all of our agents Boris! All of them!
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1971 - To All Horizons Q1 1971   It took many phone calls to assure Washington that the planes departing Moscow will carry only harmless tourists. Much thanks to our associates at the embassy for smoothing out the misunderstanding.   A more permanent arrangement should help prevent such disruptions in the future.  No further obstacles remain to our Caribbean campaign. Havana will be ready to receive us by the fall.    The Chinese, keeping to schedule, approve the opening our new transcontinental flight to Beijing. We immediately push to expand our partnership  The Australians prove quite obstructive, refusing to acknowledge any contact with our agents. We must find ways to be more persuasive.  The Indians begin an earnest effort to spread their wings, connecting Beijing, Baghdad, and Bombay. Their plans for Europe involve going through us.  From Singapore, flights launch for Cairo and Shanghai. They move to expand service to Japan, and will be the first the reach Australia.  Despite the incessant accusations of American officials, this sort of thing is not our department.    We move people. Q2 1971  The French launch three major routes - New York, London, and Vienna. The real Air Business starts here.  Less ambitious, but no less aggressive, Airyan enters Africa via Tunis. They also get a word in with the Aussies.  The PAP open their own route to Beijing, and announce intent to base their European lines in Paris.   Our international initiative passes the halfway mark as field offices in America and China open their doors. Only three regions remain outside our network.  A side deal with the Swiss secures space for more seats in Europe.   Usage data from the inaugural runs of our new connecting flights. Beijing fares well, but New York is hesitant to accept or offer travel.   Moving ahead with our directives, Egypt proves highly receptive to our advances. The Australians remain far from cooperative, but finally let us through the door. We’ll have our time from them, even if it takes a full year to secure.  With that in line, we take the time to formalize our arrangements in Iran, confirming our intent to develop within the Middle East.  In anticipation of upcoming short-range links to Africa and South America, new Tupolevs are ordered.  We continue our uninvolvement with the Argentine crisis.    Spreading our reach so quickly hasn’t come without cost, and our main opponents are starting to wake up. Q3 1970  The West Germans will be hosting next year’s Summer Games.    And more importantly, major announcements in the world of Avionics. We’ll have no intel on Lockheed’s new model until one of our rivals tries them out, but The Tupolev Bureau have sent along all sorts of fine details. For a moderate hike in fuel consumption, the Tu154 achieves double the capacity of its predecessor while still keeping production costs lower than any western plane.  As airlines begin to deplete their initial funds, their pace will settle down.  Voltair still have some sprint in them, and push for a trans-American line.  Pressure from the French has shifted us to Europe’s #2 slot. For now.  Our foothold in the Middle East is claimed.     Havana is ready for action. Two regions remain.  To date, the greatest enemies which we’ve confronted on our valiant mission has not been material, but political. The baseless fear and paranoia which dominates the west has driven certain nations to blockade our efforts to bring fair and equal means of travel to all people. We will conquer their fears. Let this be the first of many sanctuaries for those who’d sweep aside the borders which divide mankind and set off for a brighter tomorrow.  Our success in China is celebrated with the deployment of a second IL62M. We expect great things from Beijing.  New York remains disappointing.  Airyan face their own setbacks in Tunisia  Peace returns.    Performance resumes a favorable direction. Q4 1970  Rome and Madrid join the French Euro-Web, while their agents continue to push ahead overseas.  An unpleasant reminder of the challenges we face.  South America opens to us.   Please wait patiently while your ministry-certified Aero-Friend™ prepares your travel documents. Estimated processing time: Twelve Months.     Egypt falls into place. One region remains.  Initial numbers from Havana are satisfactory, but show room for improvement.  Perhaps after the Americans receive a long-overdue supply of Friendship™.  Airyan continues to take careful steps.  As expected, PAP Air beats us to Sydney. Their attention turns to the Mideast.  Routine Service to Cuba continues without incident.  Tourist hotspot in Jamaica. It can be a while before these start landing within people’s networks.    And here we stand. 1971 Year End Review   With our hub in Cairo open, only Oceania remains outside our network.  We’ve run through the bulk of our initial cash supply, but much of it went to key high-cost items like our big connecting routes and these Travel Agencies. The ones in countries which don’t completely despise us will be much less expensive. We’re on top in Inter-regional numbers, as one would hope for from our near-complete global coverage, and our local totals will improve now that we’re not restricted by the undersized Tu134. It’ll still have its use on smaller routes, but in most areas the Tu154 is a straight upgrade. Our finances cut a tighter than other lines right now, but that’s in great part the static cost of all those hubs we’ve dropped, and one must keep in mind that we spend about half as much on planes. Residual Objectives
Build our plan for 1972 A_Raving_Loon fucked around with this message at 21:25 on Sep 19, 2014 |
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Sep 19, 2014 20:38
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Consolidate. Once you've got a route to Oceania, focus on profit. Only establish new routes if you can get a good return on them. Purchase new aircraft as needed to fill out profitable routes. Finish your remaining objectives when the situation permits.
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Sep 19, 2014 21:01
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my dad posted:Consolidate. Once you've got a route to Oceania, focus on profit. Only establish new routes if you can get a good return on them. Purchase new aircraft as needed to fill out profitable routes. Finish your remaining objectives when the situation permits. I concur. Rome wasn't built in a day, and nor is the revolution.
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Sep 20, 2014 03:21
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It's pretty surreal to have a USSR airline offering a New York - Havana service in 1971. Incidentally the other new airplane that was offered in this update, the L-1011 TriStar, could have been sold and manufactured in the Soviet Union if the US government hadn't sunk the deal.
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Sep 20, 2014 03:39
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Oof. Why did we buuld 6 hubs? We're not going to be developing every region simultaneously and those hubs are eating up all our profits. My vote is to add more planes and more flights to our most successful long distance routes and add a couple mid-long range spokes from their hubs (although that may have to wait)
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Sep 20, 2014 14:02
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Gabriel Pope posted:Oof. Why did we buuld 6 hubs? We're not going to be developing every region simultaneously and those hubs are eating up all our profits. Hub costs currently equate to roughly 16% of our income according to this. Once we get those inter-regional flights up and running with more slots, they'll be making more money. More hubs is good, not bad.
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Sep 21, 2014 21:18
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Expand our services to more American cities. The Americans need The Revolution (in air travel) more than anyone, surely?
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Sep 21, 2014 21:50
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On the contrary, I believe we should be making the most efficient use of our time at this point, and negotiating terms in cities which will be the most cooperative. As a matter of policy we shouldn't dedicate more than one agent per year to North America until our relations improve or extreme circumstances exist; because each new city in that region will take 9+ months, it would be too easy to run out of agents. Now that our main hubs are joined and our finances are tighter, let's expand into local routes for the cities we've already established in Europe, plus South America and the remainder of China. We can do that with 3 agents while a fourth is tied up negotiating for Chicago or Honolulu (we could also fight Voltair for Los Angeles but with our weakened political clout it would be a tough battle)
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Sep 22, 2014 00:10
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I wish I had found this LP earlier! I used to play the original Aerobiz religiously back in the day and was somehow good enough as a kid that I remember a regular strategy of mine was to upgrade all my planes to Airbus 330's when they became available. They have an 'A' fuel rating, so I interpreted that as 'best plane'. Now I play the game and I am not nearly so good as to be able to afford that, even if it was likely a terrible strategy. I never played Supersonic as a kid, but it's definitely the better game. Coincidentally I was just finishing up a Scenario 2 game as Tokyo when I started reading this. Usually a game ends with a fifth of my revenue coming from business ventures since you aren't limited to purchasing ventures on routes your company has flights to. Whatever advantage the computer opponents gain from the ventures' bonuses is offset by the terrible AI. Purchasing a hotel in your home city and hubs is almost always a great idea and I usually splurge for the Grand Hotel when I can afford to. Other major cities get a City Hotel and the minor cities get Art Pavilions if they're lucky. I wouldn't waste my time in North America right now, you'd be far better off consolidating your hold in friendlier territories. Victory doesn't go to the most profitable, only to the one first to lock their regions down. raifield fucked around with this message at 14:07 on Sep 27, 2014 |
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Sep 27, 2014 14:03
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my dad posted:Consolidate. Once you've got a route to Oceania, focus on profit. Only establish new routes if you can get a good return on them. Purchase new aircraft as needed to fill out profitable routes. Finish your remaining objectives when the situation permits. Co-concurring with habesudorkus. If we control all the capital, the other companies must come to see the value and importance of labor. 
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my dad posted:Consolidate. Once you've got a route to Oceania, focus on profit. Only establish new routes if you can get a good return on them. Purchase new aircraft as needed to fill out profitable routes. Finish your remaining objectives when the situation permits. Also concur!
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Oct 1, 2014 15:56
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Start overtures with San Francisco. Some politicians in Washington keep saying it's a big red city, right?
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Oct 2, 2014 04:19
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Danny Glands posted:Start overtures with San Francisco. Some politicians in Washington keep saying it's a big red city, right? This sounds good if only for the gimmick.
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Oct 2, 2014 06:46
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What's up I heard this is where we go to discuss Aerosmith business operations?
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Hey loon, I like your LP. Nice going. Edit: and yeah, name them all Boris. 
Killer Emcee fucked around with this message at 03:48 on Oct 18, 2014 |
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