Expenses but no income?

[Ravengious]

I noticed that there are just expenses to add either per month, per flight, and so on under the reports and expenses menu. Just wondering if there is a way to have income per flight too, i am working on duty-free income per se and also a on-board store ( soft drinks, aircraft models, snacks, ect...) for the airline. I do think it would be a nice feature to have.....

[pouzo]

I think that will be an awsome IDEA . If we can have income and we can choose the income just to make it more realistic.

[JackPlumb]

Airlines do have income, it is the prices of the tickets. If you airline isn't receiving income then make sure that you have set the prices for your tickets to counter balance the price of the fuel. Otherwise you'll continue losing money.

[Nabeel]

You could try setting a "negative expense" (so add an expense, with a negative value, -100 ie), with the release so close, I'm not sure if I can add income in time.

[Ravengious]

...On average, eighty percent of a passenger airline’s revenue comes from passengers purchasing tickets, I realize this, twenty percent of it comes from cargo and other transport-related services. I know I cannot get my V.A. operating the way it is supposed to be without having income somehow. I cannot have my ticket prices showing a flight from CYOW to CYYZ with a DHC8-400 being over five thousand dollars a ticket it's just not realistic. We cannot cheat on this.  We would like to get to the next step but it requires everything working properly.

Our ticket prices and fuel prices are balanced out last i have checked. the airline does make money, but;

Cargo - brings income and expense

Airline Store - brings income and expense

Catering - brings income and expense

Ground services - Brings income and expense

Aircraft Leasing / purchasing - expense

Passenger Services - expense and income

Aircraft Maintenance - expense and income

Insurance - expense

*just to mention a few, the list does go on

I would just like to know if it is on the agenda of phpvms to have options in the future of having a income added.

Thanks again

Happy New Year!

[Nabeel]

Thanks.

Have you tried adding an expense with a negative value?

[Ravengious]

Hey Nabeel,

Yup I added a negative value which seems to be working out well. Thanks for the info, still; I am sure there is a way to add an income ( the same way there is an expense )  to the reports & expense. If it is possible for it to be done one way,  I do not believe it is not possible for another to be added. It will just make vms a little more user friendly as far as reports & expenses go.

Once again, many thanks.

[Nabeel]

I agree, I'm overhauling the financials backend for the next release. It was just too close to my release deadline for this version to get to do it properly.