I run H Air and Air Africa.
For H Air, I've been trying to get more reputation points by hitting small countries. However, I'm out of bases, and mostly out of routes.
For Air Africa, I was planning to connect lots of Africa, but everything is so poor and insular that I've switched to focusing on larger countries. Nigeria and Brazil both don't allow international connections, so while I've got a largish presence there, it's a dead-end route-wise. If you guys want to connect to those bases, go ahead, but beware that passengers will only pass through to the local country, not other connections.
As for next steps, I think Air Africa might have another base, and maybe I'll put it in Florida?
I expect the new ally in Portugal will want a northern east coast US base. It would complement the almost entirely eastern facing routes from the base.
What kind of strategy are you thinking of? I've been mostly doing bases in 1M+ pop, opened country, preferably with passenger buffs, but mainly ones that don't already have massive players based there.
Hi henderb,
Thanks for creating the alliance! And kudos to everyone in the alliance, since now we are no.5 on the rank!
I opened up a new base in Dubai, hoping to gain some reputation among mid-east countries, and it is working. But I'm kinda of stuck now as for where to expand. China has big market, but now it's like full. I'm not sure whether to open up a new base at Beijing or just increase the traffic on existing routes.
Thanks for the heads up on Brazil, I was thinking opening up a base in Rio De Janeiro, but it seems the connection to other South American countries isn't promising. I might reconsider.
What do you think of U.S. market though? Maybe we can pivot to work on that?
Please let me know whether we should discuss these in DM or other better ways!