Airlines Manager: Plane Tycoon 4+

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

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

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.

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

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.

"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"