This thread discuss various basic game concepts and mechanics:
(work in progress)
AirlineAirline reputationdetermines your airline grade. An airline reputation is calculated by 2 factors : weekly passenger volume and # of championed countries. Weekly passenger volume can push reputation to 50 at the highest. To go further, your airline would need to be one of the top airlines of a country. More challenging markets usually award more reputation bonus
Airline reputation also affects how visible is your airline to passengers around the world as well as airport slot assignments
Airline gradeAffects how many routes and airport bases you could have(hubs, other than your Headquarter).
Airline Grade | Airline Reputation | Max Intercontinental flight | Max Airport base | Max Airplane Models |
New Airline | 0-10 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Local Airline | 10-20 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Municipal Airline | 20-30 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Regional Airline | 30-40 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Continental Airline | 40-50 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
Lesser International Airline | 50-60 | 6 | 4 | 6 |
Third-class International Airline | 60-70 | 9 | 5 | 7 |
Second-class International Airline | 70-80 | 12 | 6 | 8 |
Major International Airline | 80-90 | 15 | 7 | 9 |
Top International Airline | 90-100 | 18 | 8 | 10 |
Top International Airline II | 100-125 | 21 | 9 | 10 |
Top International Airline III | 125-150 | 24 | 10 | 10 |
Top International Airline IV | 150-175 | 27 | 11 | 10 |
Top International Airline V | 175-200 | 30 | 12 | 10 |
Legendary Airline | 200-225 | 33 | 13 | 10 |
Ultimate Airline | 225-250 | 36 | 14 | 10 |
Celestial Spaceline | 250+ | 39 | 15 | 10 |
For Route limit on domestic flight and regional flight (within same continent but different country OR flight distance <= 1000km), please refer to
https://airlineclub.createaforum.com/general-discussion/reworked-the-route-limit-systems/Airline service qualityCompany wide investment made for research and training. Can be modified via in "Office"
AirportAirport loyalty to airlineSlowly builds up with consistent flights serving the airport. Presence of Headquarter or base also boost loyalty.
Higher quality flights will give a higher loyalty over time. Airlines with high loyalty attracts more passengers and can charge a higher ticket price
Airport awareness to airlineSlowly builds up with consistent flights serving the airport. Presence of Headquarter or base also boost awareness.
With low awareness, passenger will not choose your flights simply because your service is not known to them. This is very common for new routes and new airlines.
Airport slot assignmentSlots an airport offered to your airline to operate flights. Affected by a number of factors
- Airport Loyalty to your airline
- Airport Awareness to your airline
- Airline Reputation
- Scale of the airport
- How busy is the airport
- Relationship to your mother country
- Country Openness
Airport ScaleDetermines the population coverage radius and percentage of passenger this airport attracts. Also affect airport fees as well as number of slots available
Airport population coveragePassenger population covered by this airline. The bigger the population, the more passengers there will be
Airport incomeCurrently the same as country income. Directly affect how many outbound/inbound passengers and the composition of passenger types (business/tourist). More affluent airports also support a bigger base of business and first class passengers
CountryCountry mutual relationshipHow close are the 2 countries. Countries with close ties will have more passengers traveling between them. Countries with hostile relationship will have greatly reduced passengers or none at all.
This also affect if a foreign country is willing to let your airline to operate in their country
Country incomeCurrently same as airport income. See airport income for details
Country opennessHow open is a country to foreign airlines from scale of 1 to 10
7 - 10 : Completely open market. Allowing foreign airline to operate freely in the country. Foreign passengers might also have stopover this country and travel to another foreign country (6th freedom of air)
4 - 6 : Allowing foreign airline to setup base and operate in the country. However passengers cannot have stopover in this country to travel to another foreign country
2 - 4 : Foreign airline cannot setup base (hence no outbound flight from this country). Foreign airline can still operate inbound flight to this country though
0 - 2 : Completely closed market. No foreign airline can fly to this country
Openness of a country would also affect how likely will it offer slots to new foreign airlines
Country championAirlines with ridership on Top 5 of a country will be considered "Country Champions" and will receive Airline reputation bonus. The amount of bonus awarded will be based on the ranking and the size of the aviation market of that country. For details, click on the country in the "country" screen
## Headquarter/Base
Base type
Base scale
Base upkeep
Base limit
## Flight
Flight service level
Pricing
Frequency
Flight overall quality
Flight costs
Freedom of the Air
Flight type
## Passenger
Passenger Type
Passenger Preference
## Airplane
Fuel
Range
Depreciation
Resell
Condition
## Bank
Loan term
Loan interest