Developer posts and news about this game.
Gameplay: Added “Follow Me Car Bays”. Follow Me Cars are no longer stationed on Runways, but a new buildable area called the “Follow Me Car Bay”. When placed next to a taxiway, Follow Me Cars will meet aircraft on the taxiway. Follow Me Car bays also need to be joined to that tax
Gameplay: Added the option to play with “Longer Runways” when starting a new game. Longer runways present an extra challenge to the player as they take more space and good service times will require combinations of landing and takeoff runways. To ensure the player can actually bu
Gameplay: Introduced “Operational Disruptions”. Occasionally, an aircraft might now arrive with a tyre fault, light fault, or sensor fault. The arriving aircraft will come with a warning message by default. Tyre faults will require a special Transporter with a “Tyre Trailer”, whi
To prepare for future developments, we have had to change the format of save game files. Unfortunately, old save games will not be able to fully load lists of previously purchased vehicles and staff, taxiway-road crossings may need rebuilding, escalator directions may need resett
Gameplay: Added the Hire Car upgrade. This will increase passenger usage of the Car Park, further reducing the load on the Terminal Entrance. Gameplay: Added Visitors who will wait for passengers just outside the Baggage Claim. Visitors park their cars in the Car Park when waitin
Gameplay: Added the Car Park, which can be built directly next to the Terminal Entrance when clicking on the Terminal Entrance. Only one Car Park can be built per Terminal Entrance. The Car Park should reduce the load on the Terminal Entrance while allowing a small income per Car
Workshop: In the “Load Game” menu, players now have options to upload their save games to the Steam Workshop, share them, and browse other players’ uploaded games. Please note that this feature is only available to players who have agreed to the Steam Workshop terms and condition
Gameplay: Existing Catering Trucks are too large to connect to the smallest Size 0 propeller aircraft. To allow the catering service to still be provided to such aircraft, we have now introduced smaller Catering Vans at Catering Buildings. These vans are only useful for these sma
Gameplay: Introducing the Fuel Hydrant System upgrade, which allows the player to build underground fuel pipes. These allow more efficient supply of fuel to aircraft, particularly for larger aircraft. The pressure in the fuel pipes is governed by a physical model. The pressure mu
Statistics: The Statistics system has been overhauled. It is now possible to cycle through more graph options. Arrows have been added to the budget screen to allow the player to see the history of budget entries for previous days. Unfortunately, we had to change the format in whi
Gameplay: Aircraft of Size 3 and above will now require two trips from Fuel Trucks to be refueled. However, Fuel Depots now allow the purchase of a larger variant of the Fuel Truck, which is capable of refueling large aircraft in a single trip. The disadvantage of large Fuel Truc
Gameplay: Tug Depots now allow purchase of up to three different types of tugs, including the Standard Tug, Light Tug, and Towbarless Tug. This is to make purchasing vehicles at the Tug Depot more strategic as each tug type has its own advantages and disadvantages. Tugs purchased
Gameplay: Some transit passengers will now go to wait outside their next gate before their next flight arrives. This can help improve passenger service times (provided the transit passengers policy is enabled). Gameplay: Added more seats for transit passengers (by cafes, smoking
Gameplay: Added two new passenger airlines. Gameplay: Added passenger families. Some passengers will now be part of a family and they will move through the airport together. As a family will checkin and pass immigration together, this has a slight improvement in the time it takes
Gameplay: Added a size 3 passenger aircraft. Gameplay: Added two new passenger airlines. Gameplay: Added monorail trains. These are unlocked together with the level 2 construction upgrade. Monorails should help passengers travel longer distances faster and can be used to connect
Gameplay: Added a size 0 propeller passenger aircraft. Currently this aircraft is only available for the North America, Europe, and Oceania continents. Gameplay: Size 1 propeller cargo are now available for the Europe and Africa continents. Gameplay: Added six new passenger airli
Gameplay: Added a size 1 propeller aircraft. Currently this aircraft is only available for the North America, South America, and Asia continents. Gameplay: Added three new cargo airlines. UI: The Fuel Depot now correctly shows when fuel tanks are empty upon reloading a save game.
Graphics: New tree/bush styles have been introduced for the South America, Asia, Africa, and Oceania continents. Misc: Fire trucks at Fire Stations will now give “Water Salutes” to Cargo Aircraft at Aprons on rare occasions (e.g., the first time an aircraft of a larger size arriv
Graphics: An option has been added to change the style of hotels. Graphics: Check-ins and Baggage Claims now have Christmas Trees. UI: In the options menu, players can now see the sizes of aircraft and regions served by each airline. Gameplay: Added two new passenger airlines.
Gameplay: Added size 0 propeller aircraft for passenger services. Note that such aircraft will not use level2 gates (as jet bridges are not compatible with the small height of these aircraft). Gameplay: Added six airlines for the new size 0 propeller aircraft (one for each contin