*devil's advocate mode ON*
I don't live in China so I wouldn't know if 36 flights, some only on 1 day at weird times, would constitute a realistic service. But then again most of the time tables on here are pretty unrealistic. So... I guess the 'OP' could give it the old college try, or if he really needs to get into PEK check the slot availability daily. I gave the OP a perfectly good time slot for a daily flight into and out of PEK, it will be up to them to decide to jump on it before I do.
I don't live in China either, but you don't need to live in China, or anywhere else in the world, to know that a fleet of LET frequently taking off from a big airport is highly unrealistic. I can only the imagine how the pilot flying feels when 100nm miles from PEK, maybe just beginning on his Standard Terminal Arrival Procedure and the ATC told him to his minimum approach speed, because he was number 20 in landing sequence, and his preceding traffic is a fleet of LET410UVP, flying from nearby towns. So we are not arguing about its realistic but - as an advocate -_- - about its legal term, whether the airline's action will be categorized as resource blocking and thus in violation of AS rules.
Your examples are not so good. They have tons of LETs, but not blocking the slot by operating "mini" connection flights. There is a difference between commuter/ regional airlines and blocking slots. Though some of those flights are quite short, but both players are not using hundreds of LETs on those routes.
If I remember correctly, operating flights between airports in the same city (at least some cities) are not allowed in AS. The distance between Tianjin and Peking is about two hours driving. It is relatively a short distance. I will say the distances between some airports in the same city are even longer than this distance. It is legal to fly these routes and it sometimes occurs in the real life. If someone is using 737 plus aircrafts to fly these routes, it is still acceptable, but using LETs is definitely blocking the slots. Think about operating nearly 40 flights per day between CGK and Halim airport (it has a similar distance compared to Tianjin and Peking), whether it is making sense to you.
You can definitely report this problem. I think the best way to solve this problem is changed the game a little so that for these routes, the passenger will be willing to take ground transportation than the flights.
I think one must be reminded that people in AS realm are crazy about flying. They HATE their ground transport, so much that they prefer to drive thru traffic jam to airport, spend some more money on airfare and board a flying sardine can to their 100 miles destination. So in the context of the game, the airline merely responding to market demand. If no one book the flight and he continues flying the route anyway, then it's could be considered resource blocking although it still doesn't fit as per definition. But I can tell he got full booking.
- New rule valid as of April 5th, 2012: Flights between airport of the same city/metropol area are forbidden. This is not valid on the Devau Game-World as ground traffic is deactivated on this game world. The following intra-city connections are forbidden:
Asia
Bangkok: BKK/DMK
Dubai: DXB/DWC
Osaka: KIX/ITM
Seoul: ICN/GMP
Shanghai: SHA/PVG
Taipeh: TPE/TSA
Tehran: THR/IKA
Tokyo: NRT/HND
Europe
Berlin: THF/TXL/SXF (/BER)
London: LCY/LGW/LHR/STN/LTN
Milan: MXP/LIN
Moscow: SVO/DME/VKO
Oslo: OSL/TRF/RYG
Paris: CDG/ORY/LBG
Rome: FCO/CIA
Stockholm: ARN/NYO/BMA
North America
Chicago: ORD/MDW
Dallas: DFW/DAL
Houston: IAH/HOU
Montreal: YUL/YMX
New York: JFK/EWR/LGA
Toronto: YYZ/YTZ
Washington: IAD/DCA/BWI
South America
Buenos Aires: AEP/EZE
Rio de Janeiro: GIG/SDU
Sao Paulo: GRU/CGH
They definitely should put CGK/HLP on the list. CGK-HLP is 18 KM apart, and if they start selling chopper here, I would be the one starting air taxi services between this two airports. I don't know if it make sense comparing a shy 18KM to 100KMs but it doesn't make sense for me to fly some 18KM in an airplane. I will try put my own LET and let you know whether it's viable or not, couldn't believe I haven't think about it.
PEK-TSN however is 131KM apart and for comparison, I can pull out my own CGK-BDO flights served by my feeder airline, which is slightly closer at 118KM apart. The flight took 44 minutes from take-off to landing. A friend of mind once ferried A320 between CGK-BDO, actual flight just several minutes short of an hour. I used to drive or take bus between these two cities during my day off. Normally it takes 2.5-3 hours one way, but during weekend you could expect 4-5 hours, and up to 6 hours during public holiday. There is train service, but you need to buy the ticket like 3 months before if you don't want to seat on top of train, and also to get to a train station in the middle of the city has its own challenge.
So with five fully booked flights a day, I flew 180 people every day on this route. Jakarta population is 10,000,000 and Bandung population is 2,500,000. Jakarta is the capital city of Indonesia and Bandung is the capital city of West Java Province. One might argue given the potential, just fly daily A320 or B737, but for this short route, people need more frequency rather than capacity.
PEK-TSN using a fleet of LET is highly unrealistic and but the game mechanic support for this and nothing wrong as the flight mere replace the so much hated ground transport. For AS people living in China, these LETs are actually their busses with wings. The people there need it and they will pay for it. The airline merely provide people with the transportation they need.
You can make suggestion for game changes to address this issue, but before the change is implemented, don't you dare pointing finger to my supposed to be client and make baseless accusation. -_-
*devil's advocate mode OFF*
please get your number right people ^_^
I love your advocating and I hope we can become friends.
let's be friend..
and now I need to add more frequency on my CGK-BDO :D *brb*