Jetstream: Airline Tycoon

Jetstream is an airline management game. You start with one plane and a little cash, and build an airline on a real world map. HOW IT PLAYS • Open routes between 126 real airports — New York, London, Tokyo, Lagos — each with its own demand, distance and rivals. • Buy or lease the fleet, from the 9-seat Cessna Caravan to the 525-seat A380, plus freighters for cargo. • Set the fare on every line and fit the cabin: economy, business, first. Too high and you fly empty; too low and you give the margin away. • Race a hundred other airlines. A dozen of them fight back: they undercut your best line, hold grudges, and can be bought out. • Let the clock run at 1×, 4× or 16×. Fuel swings, gates run out, and the airline grows — or goes under. THEN IT GOES DEEPER Trade fuel or refine your own. Take a stake in a rival and sit on its board. Buy the airport under your hub. Paint the fleet in your colors and draw the mark on the tail. NEW IN 3.7 When the cash melts, you know why. The briefing names the lines that lose money, how much a day, and the cause — fuel, a rival, or too few passengers. Park a line in one tap: it stays open, ready to fly again when it pays. No ads, no energy bar, no timer between you and your airline. A few extras are sold in the game; none is needed to play.