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Cargo System/Packages

Post by joefremont » Thu Aug 01, 2019 8:05 pm

I think I have the cargo system ready to go live. I have deployed to the main website and am building a new client that will be ready within an hour of this post.

Sam (Cat), one of our members has very generously created a great video to show how to use the cargo system which more that a few people have found very helpful, you can find it here. https://youtu.be/BunRxuDs0RE

Sam has made another great video for ground package handing that I think you will find very helpful, including topics like delivering and releasing packages, you can find it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59Qp0i1 ... e=youtu.be

Sam has made yet another video, this time about transferring packages between aircraft. You can find it here: https://youtu.be/XXgFswOB8b4


The Basics:

The new cargo system is centered around the idea of 'Packages', Packages are containers of various sizes that need to be delivered to a specific airport. You can claim a package by loading it into an aircraft, once claimed you are responsible for delivering to its destination. Once claimed you have six days to deliver a package before the payment begins to decrease. It will continue to decrease until the end of two weeks (the amount of payment can go negative). At the end of two weeks if the package is not delivered the airline is charged an amount equal to what they would have earned had it been delivered on time.

There are ‘priority packages’, with these the payment is twice as much as normal packages but you have half the time to deliver them.

You can load packages onto an aircraft up to the cargo capacity of the aircraft but the system will reserve enough cargo space so that a full load of passengers can be carried with there baggage.

You do not have to deliver a package in a single flight, after flying it to a different destination, you can transfer the package to another aircraft, or to a warehouse, or continue to another destination. Once the package arrives at its destination all the flights that helped get it there will receive a share of the payment based on the distance they carried it. (Example if a package would pay 1000 v$ and the first of two flights carried it 1000nm and the second flight carried it 3000nm the first flight would be payed 250 v$ and the second 750 v$).

The sizes of the different packages, and the types of aircraft that can carry them.

40 kg
- Distance Range: 100-500 nm
- Carried by any aircraft than carry it. Aircraft with a payload capacity of less than 40kg are assumed to not be able to carry commercial cargo.

200 kg
- Distance Range: 300-4,000 nm
- Carried by any aircraft that can carry at least 400 kg of cargo.

2000 kg
- Distance Range: 500-12,000 nm
- Dedicated cargo aircraft and wide body jets that can carry at least 4000 kg of cargo.

20,000 kg
- Distance Range: 1,000-12,000 nm
- Carried by specialized cargo aircraft that have either nose or tail doors than can carry at least 20,000 kg of cargo. These include the 747F, L-100(C-130), IL-76, etc.

100,000 kg
- Distance Range: 2,000-12,000 nm
- Special very large cargo aircraft that are limited to the Lockheed C-5, Antonov AN-124 and Antonov AN-225. These package are here really as a bonus to those who operate the large Antonov's. I have not included the 747F here, because there are too many of them around. These packages represent those rare large bulky items that you really need specialized aircraft to transport. Note: Aircraft that can carry 100,000 kg packages are considered specifically designed to carry bulky cargo and do not work well with normal cargo, so these aircraft are restricted to only carry 20,000kg and 100,000 kg packages.

Warehouses:

Airlines can now establish warehouses at airports where they can store packages. Maintenance centers will have small warehouses added to them so they can store a limited amount of cargo.

Things you can do

Load them into an aircraft:

A pilot at an airport may load packages into an idle aircraft if they have permission to fly that aircraft. If an aircraft is booked only the pilot who has booked that aircraft can move cargo on or off it.

Transfer it to a warehouse:

A pilot at an airport can transfer packages to a warehouse if they have permission to fly aircraft of that fleet.

Deliver packages:

If a package is close to its destination you can deliver it using ground transportation. You have to be within 50nm of the destination and the cost of doing so is 1% of the value of the package for each nm travelled.

Release packages:

It may turn out packages have been selected that you don’t really want or are unable to deliver. If the package is still at is starting point you may release the package within for days of claiming it. If released within the first 2 hours there is no penalty, but after that you will pay a penalty that will increase until four days when the penalty is the same as the package payment.

Where to do it:

Book Flight -> Select Packages

After booking a flight from the briefing document there is a ‘Select Packages’ option on the right side options menu. This screen shows available packages at the departure airport whose destination airport is close to the destination airport of your flight. This is a simplified page intended for pilots about to go on a flight.

VA -> Packages

This page is a more advanced page for maintaining packages at an airport.

At the top you can select the airport you want to manage,
Then you select the action you want to do, choose an aircraft or warehouse you want to load, release or deliver packages.
Below that you can select packages in aircraft or warehouses or available packages that are not yet claimed.If you have booked a flight only packages going to you destination are shown but you can search for packages going to any destination from the airport,

DB- >Packages

This is a search tool that allows you to search by size, location or destination and distance from them. So if your AN-124 needs a 100,000 kg package to transport, you can find it here,

Known Issues:

When the client shows the income at the end of the flight, the totals do not include income from package delivery.
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Cargo System/Packages

Post by joefremont » Fri Aug 02, 2019 5:30 pm

Generic Cargo

As part of the new cargo system we have revised the formula for generic cargo so that its more closely tied to the standard ticket price. In general comparing the new cargo formula to the base ticket price, for 1 kg its about 150% of standard, 2000kg is equal and then limits down to 75% as the payload increases. On doing my research I read that typically 30-40 tons of air freight generates the same revenue as 15-20 economy seats so do the math and that means cargo gets 50% the revenue of passengers.

Here is a comparison of the passenger, new and old cargo formulas. The cargo rates listed are for 100 kg of cargo so its easier to compare.

Payload 100 kg
Distance:200 nm Ticket: 83 Old Rate: 259 New rate: 118.841
Distance:500 nm Ticket: 109 Old Rate: 479 New rate: 110.432
Distance:1000 nm Ticket: 149 Old Rate: 581 New rate: 213.341
Distance:2000 nm Ticket: 232 Old Rate: 678 New rate: 332.182
Distance:4000 nm Ticket: 414 Old Rate: 867 New rate: 592.773
Distance:6000 nm Ticket: 634 Old Rate: 1201 New rate: 907.773
Distance:8000 nm Ticket: 914 Old Rate: 1584 New rate: 1308.682

Payload 500 kg
Distance:200 nm Ticket: 83 Old Rate: 247.4 New rate: 103.750
Distance:500 nm Ticket: 109 Old Rate: 458.4 New rate: 110.250
Distance:1000 nm Ticket: 149 Old Rate: 556 New rate: 186.250
Distance:2000 nm Ticket: 232 Old Rate: 648 New rate: 290.000
Distance:4000 nm Ticket: 414 Old Rate: 829 New rate: 517.500
Distance:6000 nm Ticket: 634 Old Rate: 1148.6 New rate: 792.500
Distance:8000 nm Ticket: 914 Old Rate: 1514.4 New rate: 1142.500

Payload 1000 kg
Distance:200 nm Ticket: 83 Old Rate: 234 New rate: 93.375
Distance:500 nm Ticket: 109 Old Rate: 433.5 New rate: 110.125
Distance:1000 nm Ticket: 149 Old Rate: 525.9 New rate: 167.625
Distance:2000 nm Ticket: 232 Old Rate: 612.8 New rate: 261.000
Distance:4000 nm Ticket: 414 Old Rate: 783.9 New rate: 465.750
Distance:6000 nm Ticket: 634 Old Rate: 1086.2 New rate: 713.250
Distance:8000 nm Ticket: 914 Old Rate: 1432.1 New rate: 1028.250

Payload 2000 kg
Distance:200 nm Ticket: 83 Old Rate: 209.9 New rate: 83.000
Distance:500 nm Ticket: 109 Old Rate: 388.75 New rate: 110.000
Distance:1000 nm Ticket: 149 Old Rate: 471.55 New rate: 149.000
Distance:2000 nm Ticket: 232 Old Rate: 549.5 New rate: 232.000
Distance:4000 nm Ticket: 414 Old Rate: 702.9 New rate: 414.000
Distance:6000 nm Ticket: 634 Old Rate: 974 New rate: 634.000
Distance:8000 nm Ticket: 914 Old Rate: 1284.15 New rate: 914.000

Payload 5000 kg
Distance:200 nm Ticket: 83 Old Rate: 155 New rate: 72.625
Distance:500 nm Ticket: 109 Old Rate: 287.06 New rate: 109.875
Distance:1000 nm Ticket: 149 Old Rate: 348.22 New rate: 130.375
Distance:2000 nm Ticket: 232 Old Rate: 405.8 New rate: 203.000
Distance:4000 nm Ticket: 414 Old Rate: 519.08 New rate: 362.250
Distance:6000 nm Ticket: 634 Old Rate: 719.24 New rate: 554.750
Distance:8000 nm Ticket: 914 Old Rate: 948.28 New rate: 799.750

Payload 10000 kg
Distance:200 nm Ticket: 83 Old Rate: 102.62 New rate: 67.909
Distance:500 nm Ticket: 109 Old Rate: 190.07 New rate: 109.818
Distance:1000 nm Ticket: 149 Old Rate: 230.56 New rate: 121.909
Distance:2000 nm Ticket: 232 Old Rate: 268.68 New rate: 189.818
Distance:4000 nm Ticket: 414 Old Rate: 343.69 New rate: 338.727
Distance:6000 nm Ticket: 634 Old Rate: 476.21 New rate: 518.727
Distance:8000 nm Ticket: 914 Old Rate: 627.86 New rate: 747.818

Payload 20000 kg
Distance:200 nm Ticket: 83 Old Rate: 64.435 New rate: 65.214
Distance:500 nm Ticket: 109 Old Rate: 119.335 New rate: 109.786
Distance:1000 nm Ticket: 149 Old Rate: 144.765 New rate: 117.071
Distance:2000 nm Ticket: 232 Old Rate: 168.695 New rate: 182.286
Distance:4000 nm Ticket: 414 Old Rate: 215.79 New rate: 325.286
Distance:6000 nm Ticket: 634 Old Rate: 298.995 New rate: 498.143
Distance:8000 nm Ticket: 914 Old Rate: 394.21 New rate: 718.143

Payload 50000 kg
Distance:200 nm Ticket: 83 Old Rate: 52.564 New rate: 63.471
Distance:500 nm Ticket: 109 Old Rate: 97.35 New rate: 109.765
Distance:1000 nm Ticket: 149 Old Rate: 118.092 New rate: 113.941
Distance:2000 nm Ticket: 232 Old Rate: 137.616 New rate: 177.412
Distance:4000 nm Ticket: 414 Old Rate: 176.032 New rate: 316.588
Distance:6000 nm Ticket: 634 Old Rate: 243.91 New rate: 484.824
Distance:8000 nm Ticket: 914 Old Rate: 321.58 New rate: 698.941

Payload 100000 kg
Distance:200 nm Ticket: 83 Old Rate: 52.398 New rate: 62.866
Distance:500 nm Ticket: 109 Old Rate: 97.045 New rate: 109.757
Distance:1000 nm Ticket: 149 Old Rate: 117.721 New rate: 112.856
Distance:2000 nm Ticket: 232 Old Rate: 137.184 New rate: 175.723
Distance:4000 nm Ticket: 414 Old Rate: 175.478 New rate: 313.574
Distance:6000 nm Ticket: 634 Old Rate: 243.142 New rate: 480.208
Distance:8000 nm Ticket: 914 Old Rate: 320.567 New rate: 692.287
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