Increased Pay

We've heard your feedback that charter jobs, especially short hops in the early game, often don't feel worth the time and effort.

As a first step towards making General Aviation (GA) more sustainable, we're introducing a new demand premium. You will now receive an additional payment on top of the base fare for both charter and route jobs. This bonus increases your revenue without changing the passenger's underlying travel budget.

This pay boost is most significant for charter jobs, which now include a substantial flat-rate premium, while passengers flying routes receive a smaller (but still significant) subsidy towards their ticket price, resulting in marginally higher demand for routes.

This is just the beginning of our work to re-balance the charter economy. We are actively developing further improvements, including more significant pay boosts and revenue-sharing features for partnerships, which will be released in future updates.

Charter Job Payments

For Charter jobs, you'll receive a £150 premium per passenger. This payment is applied once per passenger group for each job, specifically on the first leg that you fly for them.

If a passenger group's journey is split into multiple legs within the same job, only that first leg receives this extra payment. This makes completing the first step of a charter even more valuable.

Route Job Payments

Route jobs work differently, providing a subsidy that helps both you and the passengers. You will receive an extra £50 per passenger for every route leg they fly with your company.

This payment also acts as a subsidy for passengers, making your routes more attractive. When passengers are deciding if they can afford your route, this £50 is temporarily added to their budget for the affordability check. This means they can afford more expensive or longer routes than before, increasing your potential customer base.

In both Charter and Route cases, this subsidy doesn't come out of the passenger's actual travel budget, so they still have their full funds available for future trips. It's a simple revenue boost for you and an affordability boost for them.