Airlines Manager: Plane Tycoon

Name: Airlines Manager: Plane Tycoon
Rating: 4.6 (21566 reviews)
Author: Playrion

Manage your airplane fleet!

Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad

22K Ratings
Ages

4+
Years
Category

Simulation
Developer

Playrion
Language

EN
+ 7 More
Size

321.1
MB

Build your dream airline and rise to the top in Airlines Manager, the #1 aviation tycoon game of 2025! 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! Join the Community: https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/forums/airlines-manager.1087/

Events

MAJOR UPDATE

Airline Painter is Back!

No more detours! Unleash your creativity and paint unique liveries for your fleet with Painter, now directly in-game.

Ratings & Reviews

4.6

out of 5

22K Ratings

Love the game and only game I play!! However I do have a few suggestions
Feb 14

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
Love the game and only game I play!! However I do have a few suggestions
Feb 14

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 Feb 17
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
07/13/2021

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
Great Game but
07/13/2021

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 08/06/2020
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
07/15/2018

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
Route costs
07/15/2018

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 07/16/2018
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
Enjoyable game
03/31/2021

imadeupanickname
I like this game because I find the financial management aspect interesting. It really makes you think about how to maximize the utility of your resources. The first few months of playing are pretty slow while you wait to earn money for new planes/routes and you should use them to learn the ins and outs of scheduling, how to maximize and plane usage. People complaining about going bankrupt are usually impatient, choose the wrong hub/routes, and take out too many loans. Once you get a good revenue base going and unlock the services the challenge becomes finding efficient routes for all the planes you can buy. I started in November and am up to 4.5 billion in revenue per day and top 2,000 ranking. I usually buy between 10-20 A380’s each real day. The only annoying part is how long the maintenance game and plane delivery takes but honestly people should have figured out by now how to multitask with these issues. Buy planes in the evening and they are ready when you wake up the next day. Play the maintenance game while you’re watching tv or doing something else so you aren’t stuck watching an hour of ads every day. Hit button, do something else, hit button when the ridiculous ad is over. Repeat.

Developer Response
"Hello, thank you for your comment. I'm glad you like the game. Feel free to send a message at marion@airlines-manager.com if you have suggestions or if you encounter any problem; maybe it will allow us to receive 5 stars from you. ;)Have a nice day. Lucas, Playrion"
Enjoyable game
03/31/2021

imadeupanickname

I like this game because I find the financial management aspect interesting. It really makes you think about how to maximize the utility of your resources. The first few months of playing are pretty slow while you wait to earn money for new planes/routes and you should use them to learn the ins and outs of scheduling, how to maximize and plane usage. People complaining about going bankrupt are usually impatient, choose the wrong hub/routes, and take out too many loans. Once you get a good revenue base going and unlock the services the challenge becomes finding efficient routes for all the planes you can buy. I started in November and am up to 4.5 billion in revenue per day and top 2,000 ranking. I usually buy between 10-20 A380’s each real day. The only annoying part is how long the maintenance game and plane delivery takes but honestly people should have figured out by now how to multitask with these issues. Buy planes in the evening and they are ready when you wake up the next day. Play the maintenance game while you’re watching tv or doing something else so you aren’t stuck watching an hour of ads every day. Hit button, do something else, hit button when the ridiculous ad is over. Repeat.
Developer Response 04/23/2021
"Hello, thank you for your comment. I'm glad you like the game. Feel free to send a message at marion@airlines-manager.com if you have suggestions or if you encounter any problem; maybe it will allow us to receive 5 stars from you. ;)Have a nice day. Lucas, Playrion"

Dear CEO, version 4.0.01 is here! Finder now shows unique aircraft and prototypes The AM Gold now reduces the waiting time for your free livery! The Airlines Manager team

Version 4.00.0107

Sep 5

In-App Purchases

Celestial Oasis Pack

Rise with the desert winds with the 787-9.

$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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