Build your dream airline and rise to the top in Airlines Manager, the #1 aviation tycoon game of 2026! Experience a deep, realistic simulation driven by a team of passionate aviation enthusiasts who bring you fresh monthly challenges with exciting rewards, and regular updates featuring the latest aircraft - all inspired by real-world aviation news. Join over 15 million players worldwide and start your journey today!
KEY FEATURES
- Access 2700 airports worldwide, and set up strategic flight routes.
- Choose from over 200 airplane models from real-life civil aviation.
- Paint your own aircraft liveries and integrate them to your fleet.
- Monitor your flights in real-time on a dynamic world map.
- Unlock over 500 different types of research in the R&D center.
- Choose from over 200 services to tailor your strategy.
- Trade your planes with other players on the second-hand market.
- Two playing modes: PRO (in real-time) and TYCOON (fast mode).
WHY CHOOSE AIRLINES MANAGER
Airlines Manager delivers one of the most realistic and detailed airline simulation experiences available. With high-quality graphics, a live global flight map, and real-time tracking, you'll feel like you're running a real airline. Our exclusive partnership with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) brings an unmatched level of authenticity and data accuracy to the game.
Stay engaged with regular updates crafted by our passionate team of aviation lovers. From new aircraft and hub expansions to seasonal events and monthly challenges with exciting prizes, everything is inspired by real-world aviation news to keep your experience fresh and exciting.
Whether you're a casual player or a hardcore strategist, Airlines Manager adapts to your style. Choose between simplified or advanced gameplay modes, and enjoy the game in 8 supported languages including English, French, Spanish, and German. Join a vibrant community of over 15 million players worldwide — and connect with fellow aviation fans on our active Discord server!
ABOUT US
We are Playrion, a French gaming studio based in Paris. We are driven by the desire to design free to play mobile games linked to the world of aviation and offering a top notch user experience. We love planes, and anything that’s related to them. Our entire office has been decorated with airport iconography and plane models, including the recent addition of the Concorde from Lego. If you share our passion for the world of aviation, or simply love management games, Airlines Manager is for you!
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I have been playing this game for four years and it’s basically the best airline management game out there, I have grown my airline slowly to a massive complicated structure and I absolutely love everything about this game, the developers are clearly aviation fans. I have tried different much flashier games but this is above and beyond a stand out as it truly challenges you to manage a business. I highly recommend it to any aviation fan who wants their own pocket airline. Truly a must have and the developers aren’t greedy which makes for a long lasting experience (I have purchased credits here and there but mainly to support the developers because you can pretty much achieve anything without buying anything). For Developers: I do feel they really need to add the ability to start subsidiaries in game. Currently you kind of get stuck playing a strategy. So if you create a passenger airline you really have to be cautious around offering cargo services because you might lose passenger demand. I would love to be able to create low-cost and cargo subsidiaries where I could offer and research those services without being punished else where. Also please add more cities in the Middle East and Africa and make it easier to toggle between schedules and aircraft configuration page so when I schedule a plane that is not properly configured I don’t have to go all the way out and back in. Also any additional fun visuals to enrich the maps and the graphics would make this game even more fun I love to watch my planes fly real time around the world.
Love the game and only game I play!! However I do have a few suggestions
Anonymous13s
As the title says, this is by far my favorite game on the App Store. I’ve been playing for over 2-3 years and still plenty of things to do in game! One cool idea I though about is being able to interact way more with your affiliations for example customize how many Gates there are, at what time you want the airport to close or if you want it to be open 24/7 (those are just some examples i quickly though from the top of my head) In other words, it would be cool to add way more customizations to the game so that you really feel like you’re the owner/manager of the huge airline you built starting from nowhere, it would give people more pride in their work and also its a way to show how far you’ve come from the beginning. Also I think adding customer reviews and satisfactions would be a great add on (or can be a feature which you can enable different difficulty levels) for example if the airport is too crowded and people start missing their flights, you’d have to come up with a quick way to overcome this issue. Adding restaurants and stores to your airports and being able to have another way to earn passive income. I have way more ideas however I think for now that’ll do 😂
Developer Response
Hello, thank you for your comment. We're glad you like the game. Feel free to contact us at support@playrion.com to give us more details on what needs to be improved. We will study your idea and if possible, we will integrate it into the game afterwards. Have a nice day. Playrion
Great Game but
cruise addication
First off I love Airline Manager I believe it is the first and only grey tycoon game currently on the App Store. I have some suggestions that I think will make the game ten time better if that’s even possible. My first suggestion is adding a way to have other subsidiaries and entity’s. Some examples of this would be having a main airline and than branched out to include regional and cargo services. For example Delta Airlines has three branches there main airline than Delta Airline private jets and Delta Connection. I think and believe adding a feature like this would better separate regional airports and planes from your international airports and aircraft. I know this would make the game that much better. The second feature I would recommend would be ground services. What I am talking is having a option to buy and or charter buses and taxis to better services your passengers. I have one more recommendation and that would be to add another airport for Illinois in the United States. Currently the Vermilion Regional Airport located in Danville, Illinois (DNV) is not included in the game and would l would love to have that airport to choice from for future route expansion. Thank you for your time and I can’t wait for more updates in the future. Brendan
Developer Response
Hello, thank you for your feedback. I’ll forward your message to the team so it can be reviewed and maybe it will be added to a later version of the game. Stay tuned so you don’t miss a thing! Have a nice day. Lucas, Playrion
Route costs
Jrob hawk
The exponential growth of route costs is unacceptable. How can buying a route through Hays, KS ever be $70,000,000? It makes getting past a certain part of expansion impossible because they force you to take out loans early and then once you start having to pay off those loans, then you’re being forced to spend $70 million on tiny regional airports and at least $90 million for bigger ones. So then you have to max out your loans just to buy one route, plus a short haul plane, which leasing at this point is about your only option. But then those loans have to start being paid and then you’re lucky to come out even because you can’t afford planes/route that would make enough to cover loan payments. I’ve restarted 4 times, becoming more thrifty each time to start, and I always arrive in the exact same situation because of route costs. Will definitely rate higher if/when this gets fixed because it’s a pretty deep game and could be a lot of fun.
Developer Response
Hello and thank you for comment! Airlines Manager tries to be as close as possible to reality and it is one of its strengths. The more profits you make and the higher your rank, the more difficult the game becomes as you are now at the helm of a big airline company and it is part of the game’s challenge to remain profitable in the long term. Have a nice day and a good game! Damien Playrion
Dear CEO, here is version 4.0.06!
Preparing future aircraft
Stability optimizations
The Airlines Manager team
Version 4.00.0604
In-App Purchases
Celestial Oasis Pack
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$16.99
Emerald Dunes Pack
Conquer the endless skies with the X350-1000ULR.
$54.99
Golden Mirage Pack
Command the golden horizon with the A350-1000.
$34.99
Commander Pack
Master the skies with the A350-1000!
$11.99
Captain Pack
Take on the long-haul flights!
$5.99
Copilot Pack
Your pilot career starts now!
$2.99
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Information
Seller
Playrion SARL
Size
416.9 MB
Category
Simulation
Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.