I guess it is the competition of MXP and BGY what makes it harder.
In terms or ratings, services and airplanes there is nothing really wrong with mine.
I’d asy my ratings and service is pretty good.
It currently looks like there’s 4 airlines in Milan. At least 2 of them use better seats than you do. And you don’t work in any kind of waves, which could compensate a bit. So improved seating could potentially help.
I'm going more for a Ryanair-like system of flights, basically as soon as an airplane can take off, it does so.
Are you sure seair is not right?
I mean, on a different server, I was flying from CRL, 6 demand, basically the same flights system, and there were no issues with flights to capitals and big airports.
You can try a Ryanair-style of course. I doubt that you will be successfull. And yes, Hoover is a bit slower than older servers at the moment but you should not have problems with connections to big airports. Check your seats and service profile. As Banff already ligned out, you have competitors flying with better material. That is the main reason that you cannot fill your flights.
I am based in BGY on hoover, and MXP on Otto - and even on Otto I abandoned the MXP- Nice (and Marseille route - 40% LF on DH4). Probably would work with a Nice based interlining partner and connecting flights from CTA,PMO,FCO,NAP. On Hoover on my first try I abandoned BGY- BRU and AMS as well with around 60% LF. But demand does seem noticeably lower on hoover - Genoa-FCO can't take a AT7 and DH4 at 100%.
I am based in BGY on hoover, and MXP on Otto - and even on Otto I abandoned the MXP- Nice (and Marseille route - 40% LF on DH4). Probably would work with a Nice based interlining partner and connecting flights from CTA,PMO,FCO,NAP. On Hoover on my first try I abandoned BGY- BRU and AMS as well with around 60% LF. But demand does seem noticeably lower on hoover - Genoa-FCO can't take a AT7 and DH4 at 100%.
It was said in a Info Post, that the demand is dramatically lower at Hoover at the start. It will increase very slowly
A320 - 3 waves, standard prices, service costs 9.15 for Economy and 40,50 for Business.
Embraer 195 - same as Airbus.
ATR - 3 waves + one additional flight between the first and seond wave, rest is the same (I should create a short haul sevrice).
I mean, I am able to earn enough to pay the lease, but apart that it will take a lot of time for me to order a new airplane.
19% is achieved by only one connection, the rest sits around 15%.
I was always going for the highest profit margin possible - around 30% and not less than 20%.
In my opinion, profit margin of 16% on, e.g. LIN-MAD is far from acceptable. It yields only 4102 AS$ of profit on my A320!
Any profit is good profit. Whenever I start up a new airline I dont care how much the profit is, I just want profit. Once I have steady loads, I then increase my prices on my fullest routes by 5% every 3 days (each cycle of demand) until I see a drop off in demand, then every 3 days I drop it by 1% until its back at 100LF. That way my profit goes from 1000AS$ up to 12-13k AS$ and im getting 4-5 planes a week to expand.
What seats do you offer? Standard price are wrong. You may offer best seats and service, then you can raise your prices.
Regarding margins: aiming for 30 and more percent is fine but sometimes not possible. Hence I would say that 19% margin is not bad. And yes, it can take a long time before you can afford your next plane - nothing wrong with it!