We've made the platform more robust by introducing new safeguards against accidental duplicate actions. This helps prevent issues like unintentionally chartering a flight twice or submitting the same form multiple times if you double-click.

This behind-the-scenes improvement ensures that your requests are processed cleanly and only once, making for a smoother and more reliable experience, especially during periods of high server load or with a slow connection. Your actions are now better protected from unintended errors.

Other improvements

• Fixed an issue where creating new routes would sometimes fail because airport slot access was being checked incorrectly.
• Job listings now correctly respect all rank constraints, so you will no longer see jobs that you are not yet qualified for.
• Resolved a bug that could cause passengers and cargo to be counted as disembarked twice in flight reports.
• Fixed an issue where new buildings and agreements could not get quotes.
• New agreement costs have been halved until dynamic slot pricing is introduced shortly.

Passenger Services

To better reflect their role in the game, we've renamed the FBO (Fixed-Base Operator) building type to Passenger Services.

This is purely a name change to provide more clarity. All of your existing FBOs have been automatically renamed, and their functionality—extending your route network and enabling final-leg charters—remains exactly the same. You'll see this new name reflected across the platform, from the building purchase screen to your airport management panels.

Fairer Agreement Cancellations

We've fixed an issue that made it difficult to cancel agreements with an upfront payment. Previously, the system didn't count your initial payment towards the minimum term requirement.

Now, upfront payments correctly count as the first paid cycle. This means you can cancel these agreements as soon as the minimum term is met, without having to wait for an extra billing cycle to complete. We've also added a new badge to your finance screen to make it clear which recurring payments are charged upfront.

Other improvements

• The Job Marketplace map now shows a loading indicator and will only display jobs once it's fully ready, preventing visual glitches on slower connections.
• Clarified the wording in notifications for aircraft that cannot find available storage space after completing a job.

We've tweaked how aircraft slot grace periods are displayed and made it easier to recover your aircraft, ensuring you're never locked out of accessing your own assets.

A Clearer View of Grace Periods

Previously, it was difficult to tell when an aircraft's grace period in a slot was about to end or what happened after it expired. We've introduced a new set of clear, color-coded badges to give you at-a-glance status information.

When an aircraft is on an active grace period, you'll see an orange badge with a countdown timer. This shows you exactly how long you have until the aircraft is automatically moved to storage.

If the grace period ends and there's no available hangar or stand space, the aircraft will remain in the slot. This is now indicated by a red badge, letting you know that the slot is blocked because there was nowhere for the aircraft to go. This helps you quickly identify and resolve storage conflicts at your airports.

Recover Your Aircraft from Anywhere

Losing access to a partner's facilities no longer means losing access to your aircraft. If a partnership ends or facility access changes while your aircraft is parked in a location you can no longer use, you can now always open the agreement panel to retrieve it.

This ensures you can always manage and move your assets, even if they are located in a hangar or stand that has become restricted. You will have just enough access to view the facility and remove your aircraft, guaranteeing you never get locked out.

Other improvements

• Aircraft slots can no longer be shared publicly; access is now restricted to either your own company or members of a partnership. This provides greater control over your facilities and ensures a more accurate count of available slots.
• When access rules for a partnership change, aircraft using a partner's facilities are now automatically and correctly removed to prevent them from getting stuck.

• Fixed an issue where the configuration screen for FBO charter destinations would not load, causing the page to hang.

• Fixed an issue where your routes could be automatically disabled if all of your airport slots were occupied. Your routes will now remain active as long as you have a valid slot agreement at both the departure and arrival airports, regardless of current usage.
• Clarified the owner salary description in your company settings to specify that the salary is paid at 5am UTC on the 1st of each month.

After you complete a flight, your aircraft no longer just sits in a slot marked "Occupied." You'll now see a clear "Grace Period" timer, showing exactly how long the aircraft can remain in the slot before it's automatically moved to storage. This new badge is visible on both the Aircraft and Agreement views.

If you need to free up the slot sooner for another company aircraft, you can now manually trigger the auto-parking process. A new "Auto-park" button appears for any aircraft currently in its grace period, giving you more direct control over your valuable airport slots.

To improve performance and make finding the right jobs easier, the Job Marketplace now helps you narrow your search if you have a large number of active contracts.

If you have more than five active contracts, you will now be prompted to choose which contracts you’d like to see jobs from when you open the marketplace. Simply select up to five contracts from the list and click "Search Jobs" to load all available routes from those specific companies.

This change ensures the marketplace loads quickly and reliably, allowing you to focus on the jobs you're interested in without long loading times. If you have five or fewer contracts, the marketplace will continue to load all available jobs automatically as it always has.

• Fixed an issue during the company migration process where you were asked to configure aircraft that were being refunded. You will no longer see a prompt to configure seating for these aircraft.
• Fixed a bug that prevented migration entirely.

Job Market Performance Overhaul

We’ve completely overhauled the underlying query system for the job market, making it significantly faster to find and filter flights.

Previously, if you had contracts with multiple companies, the job search could become slow as the system checked every possible flight against your pilot constraints. We've rebuilt this logic from the ground up to be far more efficient. The system now intelligently filters jobs based on the companies you can fly for before evaluating complex aircraft and route constraints, dramatically reducing the processing load.

You'll notice the biggest improvements when searching broad areas or when you hold many active pilot contracts. The job list and map view now populate much more quickly, getting you in the air faster.

More Reliable Live Flight Map

We've resolved an issue that could sometimes cause the Live Flight Map to appear empty when you first opened it.

This was caused by a race condition where the map would occasionally try to draw aircraft before their data had been fully loaded. The map now waits for all data to be ready and displays a clear loading indicator, ensuring you always see a complete picture of active flights.

Other improvements

• Fixed a bug that could incorrectly schedule major, restricted maintenance services (like C and D checks) to run automatically, causing the whole automatic maintenance job to fail. These services will now always require manual sign-off.
• Owner salary payments in your transaction history now include the company name, making them easier to identify if you own multiple companies.
• Improved the visual styling of partnership badges in the job list for better readability.
• Fixed an issue that could prevent owner salary payments from being processed correctly at the end of the month.

Finding flights from your allies and partners is now easier than ever. You can now filter the public flight board to show only jobs by companies belonging to specific partnerships.

When filtering jobs, you will see a new "Partnership" filter. Simply select one or more partnerships from the list, and the flight board will instantly update to display only flights from member companies. This makes it simple to support your partners, find specific charter flights from a major alliance, or just explore the operations of different groups.

Automatic Owner Contracts

Managing your own company just got simpler. You are now automatically assigned a special Owner Contract when you create a company, which means you no longer need to take up a regular pilot contract slot.

This new contract is designed specifically for you as the company owner. It features unlimited hours, so you never have to worry about renewing it. As a result of this change, you can no longer sign regular pilot contracts with your own company. Instead, your compensation is now handled through the new Owner Salary system.

Automated Owner Salary Payments

You can now automatically pay yourself a monthly salary based on your company's performance. A new Owner Salary section in your company settings lets you set a percentage of the previous month's net profit to be paid directly to your personal bank account.

This system connects directly to the "Current Month Profit" figure on your finance dashboard. On the first day of each month, FSCharter will automatically calculate your company's profit from the previous month and transfer the designated salary percentage. The payment will appear in your transaction history as a "Salary" payment from your company.

This feature automates your compensation, rewarding you for running a profitable airline without any manual transfers. Simply set your desired percentage, and FSCharter handles the rest. If your company doesn't make a profit in a given month, no salary will be paid.

You can now customize your partnerships with a unique identity, including a logo, a 2-3 character code, and a brand color. This new branding will be displayed on the public flight board for every flight operated by a member company, giving your alliance more visibility.

When managing your partnership, you’ll find new branding options. You can upload a logo, set a unique alphanumeric code to represent your alliance, and choose a distinct color to make your flights stand out. If you don't choose a code, one will be automatically generated for you.

Once set, your partnership's branding will automatically appear next to every flight operated by any member of your alliance on the airport flight boards. This serves as a great way to advertise your partnership to other players looking for jobs, helping you attract new members and establish a recognizable presence in the world.