If I start my game in 1930, would new airlines become available over time, as they are created? In 1930 there are just a few of them, it would be a shame if the world remained static.

Is it just me or is the AI rather static? I started a game in 1980 and it seems that airlines spawn without any planes and they only slowly build them, being quite immersion-breaking. They are rather slow at picking slots at airports too, even the most important ones like LA, NY, etc.

Hi! I just discovered this game and I love it. I’m 29, from London, and a big fan of the Fleet Air Arm. That’s about it 

In my game in 1940, I can see a large number of used Commando C-46 Cargo, even though this type was only introduced in 1941, and truly entered service in 1943 IIRC. Overall, though, postwar planes probably shouldn't be available until 1946-7.

I have contemplated creating my own airline game set in the 30s a few years back and did some resource finding, and among the best were Pan American annual statements, aircraft year books and governmental reports. I also had some collections of statistics regarding US aviation in the 1930s, but I've lost them. Overall, PAA statements can provide a valuable insight into numbers - mainly passenger numbers, revenues and costs.

PAA Annual Statements
https://merrick.library.miami.edu/cdm/se...rder/title

1930 Aircraft Year Book
https://www.aia-aerospace.org/wp-content...R-BOOK.pdf

1935 Aircraft Year Book
https://www.aia-aerospace.org/wp-content...R-BOOK.pdf

Report of the British Committee regarding the future of air transport
http://filestore.nationalarchives.gov.uk...CP-327.pdf

I haven’t noticed any values that would tell the player how favourably a plane is seen by the passengers. Some planes had particular image problems, like the Comet, while others were kept by the airlines, even though they were borderline unprofitable, just because they were immensely popular with passengers and seen as a technological wonder of the time (Stratocruiser is probably the best example). This should also penalise airlines in the west for buying Soviet craft, which was popularly seen as unsafe and even obsolete. 

Airlinesim has an interesting system with image and passenger popularity buffs or debuffs, based on the craft you have. It was a huge boost for Pan American and BOAC that they had a Stratocruiser, the largest and most luxurious plane of its era, even though they struggled to keep them profitable. In the modern era this wouldn’t be as spectacular, but planes like the Dreamliner can still be a strong statement regarding the airline’s strength, and similarly, a US airline buying Russian craft would suffer a terrible PR blow.

Also, although it’s a separate suggestion, it would be rather important to place restrictions and preferences on airlines in some countries.

1) Soviet bloc airlines should not be permitted to buy non-Soviet bloc planes.
2) If possible, airlines should seek to buy a plane made in their own country first, at least until the 50s/60s, regarding political preferences. I guess it could be tricky for the AI to decide whether to buy a half-decent local plane or a much better foreign one, but factors such as the design date, speed, capacity and costs should do the convincing bit.
3) West Berlin was historically only serviced by one airline each from the western countries, I wonder if that’s doable, perhaps as a separate license granted at the start to historical airlines and later available to purchase for a very significant price?
4) Some airlines had significant “first dibs” on planes, Boeing 314, Stratocruiser and Boeing 707 are a good example, as Boeing had a long-lasting relationship with Pan Am.

I tried to create a new game set in 1970, using all available opponents and it crashed. This is the log:

Game time: 01/01/1970 12:00:00 AM
Version: Version 2.14 Patch I (Alpha)
01/12/2019: 10:44 PM System.InvalidOperationException: Sequence contains no elements
  at System.Linq.Enumerable.First[TSource](IEnumerable`1 source)
  at TheAirlineProjectV2.Infrastructure.Model.GeneralModel.SetupNewGameAirline.SetupAirline(Airline airline, Int32 startyear, Boolean isHuman, Boolean useStartData, Airport activeAirport) in D:\OneDrive\bureaublad\TAP\TAP Code\TheAirlineProjectV2.Infrastructure\Model\GeneralModel\SetupNewGameAirline.cs:line 42
  at TheAirlineProjectV2.Infrastructure.Model.GeneralModel.SetupNewGame.StartNewGame(Airline human, Airport preferedAirport, Int32 startyear, Int32 opponents, List`1 airlines, Boolean useMajorAirlines, Boolean useMajorAirports, List`1 regions, List`1 selectedCountries, EnumAirportSize airportSize, Boolean useContinentOpponents, RouteTypeEnum focus, Boolean useStartData) in D:\OneDrive\bureaublad\TAP\TAP Code\TheAirlineProjectV2.Infrastructure\Model\GeneralModel\SetupNewGame.cs:line 60
  at TheAirlineProjectV2.Modules.MainMenu.ViewModels.MainMenuWindowViewModel.startGame() in D:\OneDrive\bureaublad\TAP\TAP Code\TheAirlineProjectV2.Modules.MainMenu\ViewModels\MainMenuWindowViewModel.cs:line 758
  at TheAirlineProjectV2.Modules.MainMenu.ViewModels.MainMenuWindowViewModel.StartGameNext() in D:\OneDrive\bureaublad\TAP\TAP Code\TheAirlineProjectV2.Modules.MainMenu\ViewModels\MainMenuWindowViewModel.cs:line 722
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  at System.Windows.UIElement.OnMouseUpThunk(Object sender, MouseButtonEventArgs e)
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  at System.Windows.Input.InputManager.ProcessStagingArea()
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  at MS.Win32.HwndSubclass.DispatcherCallbackOperation(Object o)
  at System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.InternalRealCall(Delegate callback, Object args, Int32 numArgs)
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  at System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.LegacyInvokeImpl(DispatcherPriority priority, TimeSpan timeout, Delegate method, Object args, Int32 numArgs)
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  at TheAirlineProjectV2.App.Main()

United Kingdom
Bristol (flights to Ireland)
Liverpool (flights to Ireland)
Manchester
Birmingham
Belfast
Isle of Man

British African/Middle Eastern Colonies
Cairo
Basra
Wadi Halfa
Karachi
Juba
Kisimu

France and Benelux
Ostend
Paris

Scandinavia
Stockholm
Malmo

Poland
Poznan
Krakow
Wilno
Lwow


And listing some destination maps:















These list pretty much all the significant airports in Europe circa 1930.

Hi, can you double check the runway requirement for the Airbus A319 and the runway length at GIB. EasyJet offer multiple flights a week to GIB using an Airbus A319 and i can't operate the same route. Thanks

my game has stucked at 22/03/2020