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what about this
hi
i thought of having this
have the abilty to place aircraft into storage
i thought of having this
have the abilty to place aircraft into storage
- joefremont
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DITTO! Good idea about airport tax!
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Joe, sadly, landing fees are a real fee that airlines pay at every airport which they operate from. The fee pays (mainly) for the maintenance of the runway and taxiways they use since the amount of damage done to them depends on the weight of the aircraft. In the real world (and hopefully on FlyNET) the fee paid by the airline is based on the aircraft's MTOW and is charged per 1000LBS or KG depending on what part of the world they're in. Since FlyNET uses KG for all of its weight metrics, then the fees would logically be per 1000KG. This fee would change somewhat between airports, much like the fuel, but the difference in variation tends to be a bit smaller than with fuel and only changes infrequently (unusual to see more than one change a year at an airport).joefremont wrote:Not too sure about the landing fee, just another expense on the flights that lowers margins but does not really change things much. An parking fee sounds more interesting but like to hear more of the details.
Parking Fees are also assesed (usually as a "Gate Fee") but typically are for renting the gate and floor space for the month, not a per-flight fee. There is also a "ramp fee" that airlines have to pay for parking aircraft for more than "X" number of hours (varies by airport) to try and keep airlines from occupying gates and ramp space for inordinate amounts of time. There are also Daily Ramp fees that supercede the ramp fees and are much lower (compared to paying the hourly rate for a whole day) and intended for airlines or owners that want to leave a plane at an airport for a day or two and tow it to a remote area of the airport where it's out of the way while waiting. Fees between gates don't vary on an airport. If you don't hold a lease for a gate, then you will be charged the airport rate. Some airports have different rates for different sized airplanes (i.e. a CRJ won't pay as much to use a gate as a 747) but the airports tend to divide the rates into 3-4 "categories" of aircraft instead of setting a price per aircraft type.
There are literally over a hundred different charges that can be assesed on an airline during the operation of a single flight. I think implimenting just a few of the more significant of them is fairly reasonable.
This very same subject was discussed some time ago (9 months to be extact) on this very forum, and, (if you can filter out the dross) you may see where Konny and DK are going :- http://flynet.en-studios.de/forum/viewt ... 84&start=0
Rob
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